Annual Report 2007 - Investing In Africa

Evelyne Tall (49)
Executive director since 2005
Evelyne Tall is Regional Head for the UEMOA Zone (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte
d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) and Cape Verde. She
started her banking career in 1981 with Citibank in Dakar. She left Citibank to
join Ecobank Mali as Deputy-Managing Director in 1998, and was made
Managing Director in 2000. She was later transferred to Ecobank Senegal as
Managing Director. She was appointed Regional Head of the UEMOA Zone in
October 2005. Evelyne Tall holds a Bachelor’s degree in English (Dakar) and a
diploma in International Trade, Distribution and Marketing from the Ecole
d’Administration et de Direction des Affaires, Paris.
Patrick Akinwutan (46)
Executive director since 2005
Patrick Akinwuntan is in charge of Operations, Technology, Transaction & Retail
Bank. He is also the Managing Director of eProcess International SA. He joined
Ecobank in 1996 as Head of Commercial Banking and Zonal Head of Ecobank
Nigeria. He also held the positions of Group Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Director at Ecobank Nigeria. Before Ecobank, he worked for Ernst and
Young, Manufacturers Merchant Bank and Springfountain Management
Consultants in Nigeria. Patrick Akinwuntan holds an MBA and he is a fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an associate of the
Institute of Taxation. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s
Senior Executive Program.
Offong Ambah (48)
Executive director since 2006
Between 1985 and 1991, Offong Ambah worked with International Merchant
Bank and City Trust Merchant Bank in Nigeria. In 1991 he started work with
Ecobank. In 1999, he was transferred to Liberia to set up Ecobank Liberia as
Managing Director. He left the Ecobank Group in 2002 for United Bank for
Africa PLC where he worked as Executive Director. He left UBA in 2005 and was
appointed Interim Chairman of Allstates Trust Bank. In March 2006, he returned
to Ecobank Group as Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria and Regional Head
of the Nigeria Zone. Offong Ambah holds a Bachelor in Economics and a
Masters in Economics.
Albert Essien (53)
Executive director since 2005
Albert Essien is Regional Head for the WAMZ (Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Gambia). He has also responsibility for Ecobank’s expansion into East
and Southern Africa. He started his banking career in 1986 with the National
Investment Bank in Accra, Ghana. He joined the Corporate Banking Department
of Ecobank Ghana in 1990. In 1997, he became Country Risk Manager. He was
appointed Deputy Managing Director in 2001 and became Managing Director
in December 2002. Albert Essien has a degree in Economics and is an alumnus of
the Executive Development Program of INSEAD (France/Singapore). He is also an
honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana.
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