Olukorede Adenowo

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Olukorede Adenowo
Born1966 March 01
Oyo, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
OccupationManaging Director
Organization First Bank, United Kingdom
Spouse Olajumoke Adenowo

Olukorede Adenowo (born March 1, 1966) [1] is a banking professional and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of First Bank United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Nigeria. [2] [3] [4] He was previously the bank's Executive Director of Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional Banking, responsible for Nigeria and West Africa. He is also an executive director [5] on the board of the bank. He was also previously the managing director and chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in Gambia and Senegal; [6] the deputy managing director and deputy CEO for SCB, Cameroon, a non-executive director at SCB Gambia and Sierra Leone, and vice president of the Gambia Bankers Association and trustee of the Institute of Bankers of Gambia.

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Early life

Korede was born on March 1, 1966, in Ibadan, Nigeria, [7] where he had his primary education at Maryhill Convent School and his secondary education at the International School, Ibadan (ISI).

Education

In 1987, Korede got a BSc. Hon. in Economics at the University of Ife in Osun State, Nigeria, and a Master of Business Administration from the Lagos Business School under the IESE—International Graduate School of Management—at the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain. [8] He is an alumnus of INSEAD and Said Business School of Oxford University and a member of the Institute of Chattered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

Career

Adenowo started his career working for Société Générale Bank Nigeria and Deloitte Nigeria, where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1990. Deloitte Nigeria honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015.

Marriage and children

Korede Adenowo is married to Jumoke Adenowo. They both have two children, Toluwaloju Adenowo and Toluwalase Adenowo. [9]

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  7. ↑ OLUKOREDE ADENOWO ED, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, speaks on his career and goals , retrieved 2022-12-06
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