Kennedy Uzoka, the leader of the transformation agenda at UBA Plc has been appointed the new Group a Managing Director of one of the leading African financial institutions.
Uzoka who takes over effective from August 1 from the outgoing Phillips Oduoza who retires July 31, was announced after a meeting at UBA House, the UBA Group Board Tuesday.
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Uzoka having been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) succeeds Phillips Oduoza, who retires after two terms of leading the UBA Group.
Kennedy Uzoka has most recently been leading the transformation agenda of the Bank, after returning from completing the Advanced Management Programme of Harvard Business School.
Uzoka has over two and half decades of experience in commercial banking, strategy and business transformation.
Prior to his sabbatical at Harvard, Uzoka served as Deputy Managing Director, UBA group and was also the CEO of UBA Africa, responsible for the Group’s operations in 18 countries across Africa.
Uzoka is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from University of Benin and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from University of Lagos.
Also appointed was Victor Osadolor as the Deputy Managing Director, UBA Group. He brings a strong finance and risk background, having previously
Osadolor also held the position of Chief Strategy Officer at Ecobank Transnational Incorporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Accountants of Nigeria. He also holds the Advanced Management Programme Certificate from the Harvard Business School.
The Chairman of UBA Group Tony Elumelu said of both appointments:
“Kennedy brings an extremely strong skill set and is ideally positioned to lead UBA in its next phase of growth. His most recent experience of managing the Group’s increasingly important African business, is particularly relevant, as we all work to build one of the leading financial services franchises in Africa. I have no doubt that both he and Victor with their expertise and depth of business experience will ensure that the Bank is best positioned to deliver on its strategic ambition.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Phillips, for all that he has done for the Bank in guiding UBA through a particularly challenging period. The Board feels that the strong foundations created during Oduoza’s term
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York.
From a single country operation founded in 1949 in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, UBA has emerged as a pan-African provider of banking and other financial services, to more than 10 million customers, through close to 1000 branches and touch points globally.
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