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Composition and Role dustry. He was the Managing Director of General Telecoms
between 1989 and 2000 and Executive Vice Chairman of
As at December 31, 2017, the Board comprised 15 mem- Nigerian Communications Commission between 2000 and
bers, made up of seven Executive Directors and eight- 2010.
Non-Executive Directors, four of whom are Independent
Non-Executives. He is a graduate of the University of Ife and an alumnus of
Lagos Business School. He is a fellow of the Nigerian So-
Below are the profiles of the Board members. ciety of Engineers, Nigerian Institute of Management and
Nigerian Academy of Engineering. Dr. Ndukwe sits on the
Mosun Belo-Olusoga, FCA boards of Systemspecs Limited, Open Media Group and
Group Chairman Salt & Einsten MTS Limited.

Mrs. Belo-Olusoga is the Principal Consultant/Programme He joined the Board of Access Bank in December 2012 and
Director of The KRC Ltd. She served on the boards of Guar- chairs the Board Audit Committee and Board Digital and In-
anty Trust Bank Plc, Asset and Resource Management formation Technology Committee.
Company Ltd and Equipment and Leasing Association of
Nigeria. She currently sits on the boards of ActionAid, MTN Dr. Ndukwe is 69 years old as at the date of this meeting.
Foundation, Premium Pension Limited and Mainstream
Foundation. She had an illustrious banking career spanning ajoritsedere awosika, MFr
nearly three decades and retired from Guaranty Trust Bank Independent Non-Executive Director
Plc in 2006 as an Executive Director.
Dr. Awosika is an accomplished administrator with over
Mrs Belo-Olusoga is a graduate of Economics from the three decades’ experience in public sector governance.
University of Ibadan. She qualified as a Chartered Accoun- She was at various times, the Permanent Secretary in the
tant in 1983 and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Ac- Federal Ministries of Internal Affairs, Science & Technology
countants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Bankers and Power. She is a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society
of Nigeria. She joined the Board of the Bank in November of Nigeria and the West African Postgraduate College of
2007. She was the Chairperson of the Board Credit and Pharmacy. Dr. Awosika holds a doctorate degree in pharma-
Finance Committee until her appointment as Chairman of ceutical technology from the University of Bradford, United
the Board in July 2015.
Kingdom.
She is 60 years old as at the date of this meeting.
She was appointed to the Board of Access Bank in April
2013 and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Board Audit
Anthonia O. Ogunmefun Committee and Chairman of the Board Credit and Finance
Non-Executive Director Committee.

Mrs Ogunmefun is the Managing Partner of Kemi Ogun- Dr. Awosika sits on the boards of Capital Express Assurance
mefun Law Office, a Canadian-based private legal practice Ltd, Chams Plc and Josephine Consulting Limited.
specialising in immigration law, family law, real estate and She is 65 years old as at the date of this meeting.
corporate law. She served as the Chairperson of Gover-
nance Committee of Kinark Child and Family Services, a
major Canadian child care trust, and is a Non-Executive Di-
rector of LOC Nominees Limited.
Paul Usoro, SAN
Mrs. Ogunmefun obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree Non-Executive Director
from the University of Lagos in 1974. She was called to the
Nigerian Bar in 1975 and the Law Society of Upper Canada Mr. Usoro is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a Fellow of the
in 2004. She was appointed to the Board in April 2011. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the founder and Se-
nior Partner of the Law firm of Paul Usoro & Co. He has over
Mrs. Ogunmefun is the Chairman of the Board Risk Man- 30 years of law practice experience and is acknowledged
agement Committee and Vice Chairman of the Gover- as a highly experienced litigator and communication law
nance and Nomination Committee. expert. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Airtel
Network Limited and PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc.
She is 66 years old as at the date of this meeting.
He represented Access Bank as a Non-Executive Director
on the board of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc. He
ernest Ndukwe, OFr holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ife
Independent Non-Executive Director
(1981) and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982.
Dr. Ndukwe is an Electrical/Electronics Engineer, with over Mr Usoro joined the Board in January 2014 and currently
three decades of experience in the telecommunications in-

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