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chairs the Board Governance and Nomination and Board ing.
Remuneration Committees.

He is aged 59 at the date of this meeting. Iboroma akpana
Independent Non- Executive Director

Abba Mamman Tor Habib Mr. Akpana is the Managing Partner of Solola & Akpana, one
Non-Executive Director of the leading commercial and oil and gas law firms in Nige-
ria. He is a consummate corporate and commercial lawyer
Mr. Habib is a thoroughbred banking professional with over with a career spanning over two decades. Mr. Akpana has a
20 years’ experience, 15 of which were spent with Guaranty proven track record of academic excellence. He graduated
Trust Bank Plc where he voluntarily resigned in 2008 as an as a top student in Law from the University of Jos and ob-
Executive Director. His experience in Guaranty Trust Bank tained a Master’s Degree from Harvard Law School.
spanned Corporate Banking and Risk Management.
He is a Notary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Based on
Mr. Habib is the Managing Director of Gremcoh Services his work, he was recognised in the Chambers Global 2006,
Limited, his family owned agricultural and real estate en- 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions as a ‘Leading Individual’ in
terprise. He holds a First Class Bachelor of Science degree Nigeria in its Corporate and Commercial section. Similarly,
in Agricultural Economics from the University of Maiduguri the International Financial Law Review 1000 ranked him as a
and a Master of Science in Banking and Finance from Bayero ‘Leading Lawyer’ in Nigeria in its 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
University, Kano. editions while the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa
profiled him as a ‘Recommended Individual’.
He has attended several Executive Development Pro-
grammes in leading institutions including African Develop- Mr. Akpana is a member of the International Bar Associa-
ment Bank, Harvard, IMD, D.C Gardner London and INSEAD. tion, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Asso-
ciation, Nigerian Bar Association and the Law Society of
He joined the Board in January 2016 and currently serves as
the Vice-Chairman of the Board Credit and Finance Com- England and Wales.
mittee. He joined the Board in March 2017.

Mr Habib is 56 years old as at the date of this meeting. Mr Akpana is the Vice-Chairman of the Board Remunera-
tion Committee
adeniyi adekoya He is aged 53 years old as at the date of this meeting.
Independent Non- Executive Director

Mr. Adekoya is a highly experienced maritime and oil and Herbert Wigwe, FCA
gas industry expert with significant investment banking ex- group Managing Director /Chief executive Officer
perience. He is currently an Executive Director of Synerpet
Nigeria Limited (formerly Akeprime Limited). Prior to this, Mr. Wigwe started his professional career with Coopers &
he had been a General Manager of Peacegate Holdings Ltd Lybrand Associates, an international firm of Chartered Ac-
where he was responsible for setting up and developing the countants. He spent over 10 years at Guaranty Trust Bank
company’s marine operations. Plc where he managed several portfolios, including financial
institutions, large corporates and multinationals. He left
He was also consultant to Maine Nigeria Ltd where he de- Guaranty Trust Bank as an Executive Director to co-lead
veloped the framework for the private placement to raise the transformation of Access Bank Plc in March 2002 as
USD 500 million start-up capital and led the company’s par- Deputy Managing Director. He was appointed Group Man-
ticipation in bid rounds for oil blocks in the Republic of Equa- aging Director/CEO effective January 1, 2014. Mr Wigwe is
torial Guinea. He worked with Mobil Oil Producing Nigeria an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Man-
Unlimited as a Budget Officer, Exploration Department, and agement Programme.
also obtained financial service industry experience from
AIM Fund and Trimark Investment Service, both in Ontario, He holds a Master’s degree in Banking and International Fi-
Canada. nance from the University College of North Wales; a Mas-
ter’s degree in Financial Economics from the University of
Mr. Adekoya holds a Bachelors degree in Business Adminis- London and a B.Sc. degree in Accounting from the Univer-
tration from the University of Lagos. sity of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Mr Wigwe is also
He joined the Board in March 2017 and is the Vice-Chair-
man of the Board Digital and Information Technology Com- the Chairman of The Access Bank (UK) Ltd and a Non-Ex-
mittee. ecutive Director of Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company
Plc.
Mr Adekoya is aged 51 years old as at the date of this meet-

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