2009 Annual Report and Financial Statements - UBA Plc

Executive directors
PHILLIPS ODUOZA
Executive Director (Deputy Managing Director, Nigeria-South and GMD/CEO-Designate)
Appointed 2005
Holds an MBA (Finance) and fi rst class BSc (Civil Engineering) degrees from the University of Lagos.
Alumnus of the Harvard Business School‘s Advanced Management Programme.
Working career spans over two decades with experience in several areas of banking, including Credit
and Marketing, Treasury Relationship Management, IT, Business Development, Internal Control and
International Operations with C-suite appointments before joining UBA in 2004.
Appointed as GMD/CEO designate of UBA Group to take over from Tony Elumelu eff ective 1 August 2010.
FAITH TUEDOR-MATTHEWS
Executive Director (Deputy Managing Director, Nigeria-North)
Appointed 2005
Holds an MBA from University of Aston, Birmingham, fi rst degree from the Southampton Institute
and a post-graduate Diploma in Marketing from North Staff ordshire University, all in England.
Alumnus of the Harvard Business School Senior Executive Programme. Graduate member of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing, London and a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.
Banking career spans over 20 years with cognate experience in various areas of banking, including
Corporate Banking, International and Domestic Operations, Branch Management and Risk Asset
Management. Joined Standard Trust Bank as an Executive Director and was appointed Deputy
Managing Director, UBA Nigeria (North) in 2008.
VICTOR OSADOLOR
Executive Director (Group Chief Finance Offi cer and DMD designate)
Appointed 2005
Holds a BSc degree in Accounting from the University of Benin and fellowship of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. An alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced
Management Programme and honorary life membership of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of
Nigeria (CIBN).
Began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and has over 20 years’ experience in the fi nancial
services industry. At the executive level, he has played several key roles, including serving as the
Chairman of Standard Trust Bank Plc/UBA Plc‘s Integration Committee. He was one of the principal
executive offi cers responsible for the successful delivery of all UBA‘s merger and acquisition
transactions to date.
He chairs both the Group Risk Management Committee of the Bank and the CIBN Bookshop
Management Committee.
Appointed as Deputy Managing Director designate of UBA Group eff ective from 1 August 2010.
GODWIN IZE-IYAMU
Executive Director (Subsidiaries and Specialized Products)
Appointed 2004 Retired 2010
Holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from the University of Central
Florida and an MSc (Accounting) degree from University of Houston, both in USA. A Certifi ed Public
Accountant (CPA), after training in the United States as a professional accountant, sat for and passed
the CPA examinations in the State of Texas, and was honoured with a ‘Top Ten Award’ in the fi nal CPA
examinations in that state. Alumnus of Insead (France) Advanced Management Programme.
Professional accounting career has seen him work with some renowned accounting fi rms, both in
Nigeria and the USA as well as Mobil, prior to joining the banking industry.
Banking career spans over 25 years and within the fi nancial services industry, is an acknowledged
authority in corporate banking and energy fi nance He was a co-chairman of the steering committee
that mid-wifed the merger/integration of UBA and STB merger.
Retired from the Board of UBA in March 2010 after a meritorious service.
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Board of directors