UBA Elects Five New Executive Directors

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the appointments of Ayo Liadi, Oliver Alawuba, Ibrahim Puri, Uche Ike and Chuks Nweke as executive directors of the UBA Group. The bank stated that their appointments were subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

“All the appointees bring considerable experience to the board and as a sign of the depth of internal talent and the group’s commitment to fostering promotion of its own human capital, all have been promoted from within the bank,” UBA said in the statement.

Liadi has over 20 years banking experience, having worked in Tier 1 banks in Nigeria and West Africa, before joining UBA in January 2014 as the Director for Lagos and West Bank, overseeing over 200 branches of UBA. A chartered accountant and graduate of Business Management from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Liadi received the Dean’s award for Outstanding Academic Performance.

Alawuba, currently the CEO Africa, Anglophone, joined the UBA Group in 1997. He is a member of the Association of Bank Directors in Nigeria and also a Catholic knight, Alawuba had previously supervised the bank’s Public Sector and Personal Banking businesses. He has over 25 years of banking experience.

Puri, currently the Directorate Head of the North Bank, is a graduate of Banking and Finance. He joined the UBA Group in 2006 and has contributed immensely to the growth of the bank in both the private and public sectors. Puri has over 25 years of banking experience.

Ike, the Group Chief Risk Officer, is a chartered accountant, with an MBA from the University of Benin. He has been with the group since 2006 and has served in a number of prominent roles, first as Group Head of Operations in South and South East Banks and then for a period of five years, as General Manager at the bank’s New York branch. Ike has over 27 years of banking experience.

Nweke, currently the Head of Operations and Information Technology, is an accounting graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (best graduating student) and holds an MBA from the same university. He is also a qualified chartered accountant and has over 25 years banking experience.

The Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, said: “These appointments will greatly assist in the plans we have to transform the UBA Group into a truly customer-led bank and the foremost financial institution in Africa.”