Sterling Bank Plc announces resignation and retirement of Directors loop

As published through a report documented with the Exchange and approved by the company’s secretary and chief legal counsel, Temitayo Adegoke. 

Sterling Bank Plc has announced the retirement of Dr. (Mrs.) Omolara Akanji and the resignation of Mr. Emmanuel Emefienim from the Board of the bank.

Dr. (Mrs.) Omolara Akanji resigned as an Independent Non-Executive Director after serving the board for 8 years while Mr. Emmanuel resigned as the Executive Director, Institutional Banking Directorate.

Dr. (Mrs.) Omolara Akanji

Since her nomination in 2014, Dr. (Mrs.) Omolara Akanji has been on the Board of Directors at Sterling Bank Ahead of her nomination, her initial career commenced with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 1978 as an Assistant Economist. She rose through the ranks and resigned in December 2007 as Director, Trade and Exchange Department. She served also as a Consultant to the CBN between 2008 and 2011.

She has a B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Reading, a Diploma in Statistics from the University of Kent, Mathematical Institute, and a Ph.D. Finance from the European-American University, Commonwealth of Dominica.

Mr Emmanuel Emefienim

Mr. Emefienim before his nomination, has over 25 years of background in the Nigerian banking industry, having worked in various central and senior administrative roles across Operations, Treasury, and Sales.

He launched his banking career with Oceanic Bank Plc (now Ecobank Nigeria) where he rose to the role of Head, Credit & Marketing before joining United Bank for Africa Plc as manager, Commercial Banking.

Emefienim furthermore functioned in Savannah Bank Plc and FSB International Bank Plc (now Fidelity Bank Plc) for over six years before joining Equitorial Trust Bank in 2006. Ensuring the acquisition of Equitorial Trust Bank and its merger into Sterling Bank in 2011, he assumed the role of Regional Business Executive encompassing the South-South 2 Region, a role in which he surpassed ushering to the development of his accountabilities to wrap the whole South-South & Mid-west Regions in 2017.