Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank Plc – Nigeria’s largest bank by assets, has announced the appointment of Bolaji Agbede as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (Ag Group CEO).
Agbede replaces late Herbert Wigwe, who died on Sunday in a plane crash in California, in the United Staes of America with his wife, son, and another prominent Nigerian.
“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 company said in a statement.
The statement added that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
A graduate from University of Lagos (UNILAG)s, Agbede is a versatile professional with over 27 years’ experience in human resources management, customer relationship management and banking operations.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and Statistics from UNILAG (1990) and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cranfield University in 2002.
Agbede is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
She has held various portfolios at Access Bank, including head of Group Human Resources for 12 years between 2010 and 2022 and bank’s most senior founding Executive Director in Business Support.
The astute banking professional has spent 21 years at Access Bank, having first joined as the Assistant General Manager, responsible for managing the bank’s portfolio of chemical trading companies.