Zenith Bank Appoints New CFO

• Zenith Bank Appoints New CFO

Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Dr. Mukhtar Adam as its chief financial officer.

The bank said in a statement on Wednesday that the appointment had been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

It said prior to his appointment as the CFO, Adam was the bank’s deputy CFO, a position he held since September 2014.

Before then, he headed the Financial Reporting, Tax Management and Strategic Planning Groups, and oversaw the entire Zenith Group’s financial reporting function.

According to the statement, before joining Zenith Bank in 2007, Adam has worked in financial services group of the Nigerian and Ghanaian practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior consultant.

“His areas of expertise include financial reporting and analysis, tax management, audit management, strategy development and execution, enterprise risk management, credit risk management, financial advisory, capacity building and training,” the lender said.