By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Financial services holding company, FBNH Holdings Plc said on Friday it has appointed Omatseyin Akene Ayida and Bosede Adebola Osibogun to the board of the company.
FBN Holdings in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said its board of directors has approved the appointments of the duo as non-executive directors.
“However, these appointments are subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the ratification of shareholders at its next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company,” the notice added.
According to FBN Holdings, these appointments now bring the total number of the holding company’s directors to nine (9).
Other members of the board include Oba Otudeko, Bello Maccido, Oye Hassan-Odukale, and Mallam Abdullahi Mahmoud.
Also on the board of FBN Holdings are Bisi Onasanya, Chidi Anya and Hamza Sule Wuro Bokki.
The company says Ayida – non executive director holds a B.A in Economics and Politics from Canterbury United Kingdom from 1981 to 1984 and he is a member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
He started his professional career with Commercial Bank (Credit Lyonnais) Ltd London, as a management trainee in 1984 and later worked in other branches of the company; France (1985-1987) and Nigeria (1998-2001), occupying various positions up to a deputy managing director.
From 1998 to 2005, he worked with Capital Bank International Plc. where he also became the managing director.
Ayida has attended several training both within and outside Nigeria such as Program for Management Development (PMD 72) Harvard Business School, Boston USA, Chief Executive Program (CEP 23) –Lagos Business School, Lagos Nigeria among others.
He is on the directorship of several companies and was the managing director of Ruyat Oil Limited prior to this appointment.
On her part, Osibogun is a fellow Chartered Institute of Bankers on Nigeria (FCIB) holds B.Ed. Economics from the University of Ibadan from 1975 to 1978 before obtaining her M.Sc. from the same University in 1988.
FBN Holdings says she started her working career as a corps member in 1979 with the Nigerian Television Authority IIorin before joining Cooperative Bank Limited as a seniour advance manager from 1979 to 1994.
From 1994 to 2005, she was the managing director at Cooperative Savings & Loans Limited.
Other notable places she has worked include: Cooperative Bank Plc. (2005) – general manager, Skye Bank Plc. (2006-2008) – regional director and Skye Trustees Ltd (2009-2009) as the managing director. From 2010 to 2013, she worked with Davidfinn Global Concept Ltd as managing partner.
Also, Osibogun has attended several professional courses, workshops and Seminars and has served on different committees. “She is the managing director of Davidfinn Global Concept Ltd prior to this appointment,” FBN Holdings affirmed.
