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Yvonne Ike feel welcome and valued. She is the senior sponsor of the Business, Corporates, Financiers & Entrepreneurs
Managing Director and Head of Sub Saharan iGEN inter-generational employee network which provides a
Africa region, Bank of America Merrill Lynch platform for young talent to network, improve their broader
understanding of the banking sector and navigate the career
opportunities within bank.
Investment banker Yvonne has more than two decades’ In addition, BAML has successfully run a Global
experience in financial services and is one of the world’s Ambassadors Programme with Vital Voices. The programme
leaders in the field, specialising in sub-Saharan Africa. provides mentoring and entrepreneurship training for women
She has led senior teams in New York, Geneva, Hong across the globe. Yvonne is a Global Ambassador for this
Kong, Nigeria and South Africa and was instrumental in programme.
raising the profile of Nigeria as an investment destination. She is also a trustee of Bridge Leadership Academy,
Before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) Christopher Kolade Foundation, Dangote Foundation and is an
in September 2014, Yvonne was a chief executive officer at independent non-executive director of Guinness Nigeria PLC.
Renaissance Capital West Africa, and from 1984 to 2009, In 2016, Yvonne established the Adara Foundation to
she was a managing director at JP Morgan. support women’s empowerment in Nigeria. Its programmes
As a senior leader within BAML, Yvonne uses her focus on developing Nigerian women entrepreneurs to
leadership and influence to make it a place where all increase their socio-economic status.

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