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Uzoma Dozie - Executive Director (Corporate Banking & Regional Business Lagos/West)
Mr. Dozie graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Reading, Berkshire England. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Chemical Research from University College, London in 1992 and an MBA from Imperial College Management School, London in 1998.
Mr. Dozie started his banking career in the Commercial Banking Unit at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he worked for some years and later moved to Citizens International Bank Limited where he worked in the Oil and Gas Division. In 1998, he joined Diamond Bank Limited as an Assistant Manager and Head of the Bank's Oil and Gas Unit.
He was at a time Head, Financial Control, then Retail banking (where he spear-headed the introduction of lifestyle-changing retail products in the bank) and also headed two distinctive strategic business units in the Bank before his appointment as Executive Director in 2005. He has attended various specialist and executive development courses in Nigeria and overseas
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Oladele Akinyemi - Executive Director (Regional Business - North)
Mr. Akinyemi first joined Diamond Bank from erstwhile Lead Merchant Bank in 1991 as head of Systems Unit. He later headed the Commercial & Consumer Banking and the Retail Banking units of the Bank before leaving for UBA in 1997.
He left UBA to become an Executive Director of One-to-One Nigeria Limited and whilst there, he built the first database marketing service company in Nigeria and pioneered List Rental business in Nigeria.
He then joined Citibank Nigeria in 1999 as Head of Cards, Cash Management and e- Solutions Group. He rejoined Diamond Bank in 2002 as Head of the Information Technology Group.
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Victor Ezenwoko - Executive Director (Regional Business - South)
Victor Ezenwoko was Head, Regional Businesses Upcountry, a position he attained in 2008 with the Bank. Since he joined Diamond Bank Plc, Victor has worked across virtually every part of the country and his performance over the years underscores the aptness of his elevation to the Board. Victor is a 1986 Accountancy Graduate and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1991. He is an Alumnus of the prestigious Wharton Business School and an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He has attended several business, professional and manpower development courses both within and outside Nigeria.
He has altogether over 23 years working experience as an accountant and a banker from manufacturing, information technology and banking sectors with over 18 of those years in the banking sector. His banking career started at Ecobank Nigeria Plc in 1992 where he worked in the Financial Controls Department and later moved into a branch management position. He joined Diamond Bank in July 1997 as a start up Branch Manager for Onitsha Bridgehead Branch and subsequently Branch Manager for Onitsha New Market Road Branch (1998-1999) and for Abuja Branch (1999-2000). Having made his mark in Branch Management, Victor was promoted to
Regional Manager East (2000-2002). Between 2002 and 2003, he functioned as Group Head, Large Commercial Businesses (Head Office) and Group Head, Commercial Banking Lagos Island.
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Abdulrahman Yinusa - Executive Director (Chief Financial Officer)
Abdulrahman Yinusa joined Diamond Bank in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer from his CBN appointment in Finbank as Executive Director, Finance and Strategy. Prior to the CBN appointment, he was Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa’s subsidiary in Sierra Leone. And prior to that, he was the Managing Director/CEO of UBA Asset Management Limited, where he launched four Mutual Funds within the two years of his tenor.
He has over two decades of quality banking experience, since joining Nigeria International Bank (Citibank Group) for NYSC in 1989 and rose to the position of Senior Financial Analyst before he left in 1993 to join FSB International Bank (now part of Fidelity Bank) as the Financial Controller, a position he combined with being Head of Strategy till he left in 1996 to join UBA Plc. He held various senior level positions within UBA Plc, including Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, before being posted to head two subsidiaries at various times, prior to his appointment to Finbank by CBN.
He is an Ahmadu Bello University B.Sc. Accounting graduate and also holds both M.Sc. Economics and MBA Finance degrees from the University of Lagos. He is equally a certified member of many professional associations, including being Fellows of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, and Associate members of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria Institute of Management and holds the Treasurer Dealership Certificate. He has also attended a wide range of professional courses in prestigious institutions across the world, including University of Cambridge in the UK, IMD in Switzerland and the world-class Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in France.
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Caroline Anyanwu - Executive Director (Risk Management)
Caroline Anyanwu returned to Diamond Bank in May, 2011as the Executive Director, Risk Management & Control, from her Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) appointment as Executive Director Risk Management in Finbank Plc. (September 2009 to April 2011)
Until her appointment by the CBN, Caroline was the Head, Risk Management & Control Division in Diamond Bank Plc having joined the Bank in February, 2006 from UBA Plc where she was Head, Credit Risk Management.She commenced her professional career in PriceWaterHouse (Chartered Accountants) (From August 1985 – July 1988) where she trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant and subsequently held the position of an Auditor Senior /Consultant.
Her Banking career started with the then African Continental Bank Plc (September 1988 – July 1990) where she served as the Head, Strategic Planning. She subsequently worked in Oceanic Bank Plc (August 1990 to August 1996) and later UBA (August 1996 to Feb 2006). Caroline’s exposure in the banking Industry spanned through a number of job functions including: Strategic Planning, Financial control, Credit and Marketing, Banking Operations, Business Process Re-engineering and Risk Management.
Caroline is a first class graduate of Statistics and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) where she obtained a Second Place Overall Merit Award for ICAN Professional Examination II in May 1988. She is also an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
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