Bolaji Agbede

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Bolaji Agbede
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Bolaji Olaitan Agbede

NationalityNigerian
Alma mater University of Lagos
Cranfield University
Occupation(s)Banker, Businesswoman
Employer Access Holdings Plc

Bolaji Olaitan Agbede is a Nigerian banker and corporate executive who is the acting managing director and group CEO of Access Holdings since 12 February 2024, following the death of Herbert Wigwe. [1] [2] At the time she was appointed acting CEO, She was the company's most senior founding executive director, responsible for business support. [3]

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Background and education

She is a Nigerian national. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and statistics in 1990 from the University of Lagos. She went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield University in 2002. [4] She is an honorary member of Chartered Institute of Management of the United Kingdom and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria. [5]

Career

As of March 2024, her career stretched back more than 27 years, with experience in banking operations, customer relationship management, and human resources management. [6] Agbede began her professional career with Guaranty Trust Bank in 1992 and rose to the position of Manager in 2001. In 2003, she served as CEO of JKG Limited, a business consulting firm. [6] She joined Access Bank Plc in 2003 as an Assistant General Manager and became the Group Human Resources Director in 2010, serving in that capacity until 2022. [7]

In 2022, she was appointed the company's founding executive director, in charge of business support [8]

Following the death of Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash in the United States on 9 February 2024, the board of directors of Access Bank Group (Access Holdings Plc), appointed her as the acting group CEO. [2]

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