By TAIYE OLAYEMI

The Board of Unity Bank has appointed Mr Ebenezer Kolawole as the Acting Managing Director of the Bank, following recent leadership changes.

This appointment comes after the retirement of Mrs Oluwatomi Somefun, who completed her tenure as Managing Director, with necessary approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

In a statement on Wednesday, Unity Bank described Mr Kolawole as a seasoned banker, bringing over three decades of industry experience to his new leadership role.

He began his financial services career in 1992 at Caribbean Finance Limited, an affiliate of CFL in the Cayman Islands, based in Kaduna.

He later joined Ecobank, working in both Operations and Finance, and rose through the ranks to become Deputy Financial Controller.

Subsequently, he moved to Standard Trust Bank (STB), contributing in Operations, Regulatory Risk Management, and Finance, and was pivotal in the STB/UBA merger.

Kolawole earned a first-class degree in Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.

He has attended executive education programmes at Columbia Business School, New York, and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Kolawole is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and the Institute of Credit Administration (FICA), and an Honorary Member of CIBN (HCIB).

Additionally, he is an Associate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Management (AMNIM), a Member of the Institute of Directors, among others. (NAN)

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