Board of Directors

MANAGING DIRECTOR / CEO

Mr. Ugochukwu Irechukwu is a graduate of Accountancy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, and has an MBA in Banking and Finance from the same University.

He has over 26 years of Banking experience spanning Operations, Credit, Marketing and Zonal management.

He joined Zenith Bank Plc in February 2003 where he has worked in various branches of the bank and rose to a Zonal Head before his appointment as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Sierra Leone.

Prior to joining Zenith Bank, he also worked at Intercontinental Bank Plc, where he started his banking career.

He is a professional member of the Nigeria Institute of Management.

He is married and blessed with three Children.

DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR

Mr. Tapsiru Lamin Dainkeh holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the Krakow Agricultural Academy (Poland: 1980-1985). He attained his Masters in Banking and Finance (MBF) from Milan State University (Italy: 1991-1992). He attended the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program on Banking and Finance at Boston University, USA (1994-1995).

Mr. Dainkeh worked in the Bank of Sierra Leone for a period of thirty-one years (1988-2019). He held different positions in the Bank, among which was the Director of Banking Supervision from 2010 to 2016.

In 2004-2009, he went on secondment from Bank of Sierra Leone to the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) based in Lagos, Nigeria. He was the Director of Finance and Administration.

Mr. Dainkeh retired from the Bank in 2019 as Senior Director in the Governor's Office and he is presently a member of the Government Audit Committee of the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Felix is the Chief Risk Officer of the bank. He is a General Manager (GM) and Currently the Group Head, Risk Management Group of the bank. He participated in the establishment of a robust Risk Management function in the bank.

Mr. Egbon joined the service of the bank in May 2006 with the responsibility for branch coordination and subsequently Internal Control and Audit and was responsible for review and enforcement of the bank's procedures, controls and policies in branches bankwide.

He is a fellow, Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (ICAN), honorary member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and Senior member, Risk Management Association of Nigeria.

Prior to his engagement with Zenith Bank, he had worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers as Audit Senior, Auditing and Business Advisory Services, United Bank for Africa Plc as the Principal Manager in charge of branch coordination, Internal Control and Audit responsible for review and enforcement of procedures, controls and policies in the bank branches.

COUNTRY HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Patrick Ebiega is the Country Head of Operations of the Bank. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), with over two (2) decades of Banking experience. He holds a B.Sc. Hons (second class upper division) from the University of Jos Nigeria, in 1996. An MBA(Banking & Finance) from University of Nigeria in 2001 and an M.Sc. in Project Management from Enugu State University of Technology in 2017

He started his Banking career in 1998. He worked in branch  operations  of other banks covering funds transfer, cash & teller, customers services etc. before joining Zenith Bank 2001

He has experience in business development units as marketing officer, unit head, Head of corporate banking before being promoted to a manager in 2007. He has pioneered and managed several branches of the Bank before he was transferred to Internal Control & Audit Dept., head office Lagos where he supervised the Banks' fraud desk, Verification and confirmation unit.

Prior to being seconded to Sierra Leone, he was the Head of Corporate Audit overseeing the Audit of Treasury, Correspondence banking, Trades services, Domestic operations and credit risk management group.

He has had several internal and external trainings.