The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has approved the appointment of Mr. Henry Oroh as Executive Director and Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
A statement issued by the bank said the appointments were consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within.
The statement said the appointments will be effective September 1, 2019 and had been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Below are the profiles of the new directors as released by the bank:
Henry Oroh FCA (MBA, B.Sc Accounting)
Henry holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Benin, Benin City and an MBA from the Lagos State University as well as LLB Degree from the University of London.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria.
He has over two decades of Banking Industry experience. He began his banking career in 1992 at Citibank where he served for seven (7) years in Operations, Treasury and Marketing.
He joined Zenith Bank in February 1999 and has worked in various Groups and Departments within the Zenith Group Office.
His expertise spans Operations, IT, Treasury, Marketing, including the Manufacturing, Food and Beverages, Pharmaceuticals, Oil and Gas, Public Sector, Consumer as well as Corporate Banking and Business Development.
In April 2012, he was seconded to Zenith Bank Ghana Limited as an Executive Director and became the Managing Director/Chief Executive in February 2016 where he successfully spearheaded the phenomenal growth of the Zenith Brand both within the Ghana market and the West African Sub-region.
Henry has attended several Leadership programmes and Executive Management Courses at The Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School New York, University of Chicago, USA, University of Pennsylvania, HEC Paris, JP Morgan Chase UI< and the Lagos Business School.
He comes to the board of Zenith Bank Plc with strong competencies in Credit & Marketing, Operations, Information Technology, Treasury and impressive Leadership skills.
Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar FCA
Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar is currently the Managing Director of Apt Pensions Funds Managers Limited.
He is a graduate of the Leeds Polytechnic UI<. He is a renowned Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA).
Dr. Abubakar has extensive and tremendous experience in the Financial Services Industry, Audit and Consulting.
He had worked with the firm of Akintola Williams Deloitte between January 2000 and November 2008 and rose to become the Partner and Board Member of West Africa Sub-region.
Prior to this, he had served on the Board of several Financial Institutions in Nigeria.
He has attended a number of management and leadership training programmes and conferences both within and outside the country.
He brings to the board of the Bank tremendous track record in Risk Management, Credit & Marketing, Auditing and very outstanding Leadership skills.
