President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mr Godwin I. Emefiele as a successor to the suspended Governor of CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Profile of Godwin I. Emefiele

Chief Executive Officer, Group Managing Director, Director, Member of Executive Committee, Member of Board Credit Committee, Member of Staff Matters, Finance & General Purpose Committee, Member of Board Risk Management Committee, Member of Management Global Credit Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee, Member of Assets & Liabilities Committee and Member of Information Technology (IT) Steering Committee, Zenith Bank Plc

Mr. Godwin I. Emefiele serves as Chief Executive officer and Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc. Mr. Emefiele served as Deputy Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc. since 2001. He served as Executive Director in charge of Corporate Banking, Treasury, Financial Control and Strategic Planning of Zenith Bank Plc. and had been Management team since inception. Mr. Emefiel
e has over eighteen years of banking experience. Mr. Emefiele serves as Director at Zenith Bank Plc and Zenith Bank (Gambia) Limited. Before commencing his banking career, he has lectured Finance and Insurance at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and University of Port Harcourt, respectively. Mr. Emefiele serves as Director of ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited. He is also an alumnus of Executive Education at Stanford University, Harvard University (2004) and Wharton Graduate Schools of Business (2005). Mr. Emefiele holds a B.Sc Degree in 1984 and an MBA Degree in Finance in 1986, both from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Board Members Memberships*
Chief Executive Officer, Group Managing Director, Director, Member of Executive Committee, Member of Board Credit Committee, Member of Staff Matters, Finance & General Purpose Committee, Member of Board Risk Management Committee, Member of Management Global Credit Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee, Member of Assets & Liabilities Committee and Member of Information Technology (IT) Steering Committee
Zenith Bank Plc
Director
ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited
Director
Zenith Bank (Gambia) Limited

Education*
Unknown/Other Education
The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
Unknown/Other Education 2004
Harvard Business School
BS
University of Nigeria Nsukka
MBA
University of Nigeria Nsukka

Other Affiliations*
The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
Harvard Business School
University of Nigeria Nsukka
ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited
Zenith Bank (Gambia) Limited


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