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Access Holdings Names Ms. Bolaji Agbede As Acting Group Chief Executive Officer

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The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (“the Company’) has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.

According to the holding company, the appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Until her recent appointment, Ms. Agbede was the Company’s most senior founding
Executive Director in charge of Business Support.
She has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and
business consultancy services. Ms Agbede commenced her professional career in 1992
at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacities within the Commercial Banking
and Operations functions rising to the position of Manager in 2001.

She subsequently served as the Chief Executive Officer of JKG Limited, a business consulting outfit in 2003.
Ms. Agbede joined Access Bank Plc (‘the Bank’) in 2003 as an Assistant General
Manager and was responsible for managing the Bank’s portfolio of chemical trading
companies.

She served as the Bank’s Head, Group Human Resources between 2010.and 2022 and was appointed the Company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022.

She has a track record in successful people integration in business combination and culture transformation.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of.Lagos (1990) and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.

Ms. Agbede has attended several renowned leadership and professional development
programmes including the High-Performance Leadership Programme organised by the
IMD and the Strategic Talent Management Programme organised by the London
Business School.

Commenting on this appointment, Mr. Abubakar Jimoh, the Chairman of the Company said: “The appointment of Ms. Agbede is in alignment with our robust succession planning practices. We are strongly convinced that Ms. Agbede, being the Company’s most Senior Executive with exceptionally rich, professional and leadership experience and.understanding of the Access culture, would provide the much-needed leadership to steer the Company towards the attainment of its strategic vision of building a globally connected community and ecosystem, inspired by Africa for the world”.

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