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2009 Annual Report and Financial Statements - UBA Plc

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Senior management<br />

10<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />

The management team of <strong>UBA</strong> Group includes professionals who have both functional<br />

expertise <strong>and</strong> managerial skills that are collectively complementary. In addition to the<br />

Executive Directors, the Executive Committee comprises the following principal offi cers, all<br />

of whom are Group General Managers:<br />

KENNEDY UZOKA<br />

Group Human Resources Director<br />

An award-winning graduate of Mechanical Engineering (BSc) from the University of Benin, he<br />

holds an MBA (Finance) degree from the University of Lagos <strong>and</strong> had training at both International<br />

Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Harvard Business School, Boston<br />

Massachusetts, USA.<br />

Has over 17 years’ working experience in the banking sector, during which period he has played<br />

several roles at senior <strong>and</strong> executive levels in retail banking, strategy <strong>and</strong> business transformation<br />

<strong>and</strong> branch expansion. He served as the Chairman of the Integration Committee for the Bank‘s<br />

Purchase <strong>and</strong> Assumption transactions between 2007 <strong>and</strong> 2008.<br />

He currently has supervisory responsibilities for Human Capital Management in the Bank.<br />

ANDRE BLAAUW<br />

Group Chief Risk Offi cer<br />

Holds BCom, BSc <strong>and</strong> MBA degrees from various South African Universities. As a Chartered <strong>Financial</strong><br />

Analyst, he holds the membership of the Association of Investment Management Research (AIMR).<br />

Has over 20 years of banking experience in strategy, treasury <strong>and</strong> business transformation. The last<br />

12 years of his career have been dedicated to the risk management fi eld.<br />

FEMI OLALOKU<br />

Group Chief Operating Offi cer<br />

Holds BSc (Civil Engineering) <strong>and</strong> MBA degrees, both from the University of Lagos.<br />

Has over 15 years of work experience in the banking sector, holding several management positions<br />

in Operations <strong>and</strong> Information Technology.<br />

IFEATU ONEJEME<br />

Group Director, Group Treasury <strong>and</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> Services<br />

Holds a fi rst class honours degree in Accountancy from the University of Nigeria <strong>and</strong> the fellowship<br />

of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. An alumnus of two Ivy League schools in<br />

the USA at the post-graduate level – The Wharton Business School <strong>and</strong> the University of Chicago<br />

Graduate School of Business.<br />

Has over 23 years of active banking <strong>and</strong> fi nancial services experience across several areas, including<br />

Treasury <strong>and</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> Services, Operations <strong>and</strong> Information Technology, Risk Management, Strategic<br />

Planning <strong>and</strong> Management, Performance Management, <strong>and</strong> Budgeting <strong>and</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> Control.

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