Reports have it that Access Holdings Plc has on Monday 12 February 2024 announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.
This is coming few days after the tragic death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe who died in a helicopter accident alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo on Friday last week.
In a statement issued by the company’s Board of Directors and dated February 12, 2024, noted that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria
The statement read in part; “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today 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.
The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria”.
The new CEO who joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General, has garnered about three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.
Agbede served in different roles at the bank including, Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 before she was named the company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022, a role she occupied until her recent appointment.
The graduate of Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos and a Masters Degree holder in Business Administration from Cranfield University UK in 2002, is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
