Oliver Alawuba, Deputy Managing Director of the United Bank for Africa, has added 986,000 shares valued at N7.148 million to his stake in the bank.
The lender disclosed in a statement signed by Bili A. Odum, Group Company Secretary, UBA Plc.
Mr. Alawuba purchased the shares at N7.25 a unit on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Lagos, Nigerian Exchange Limited trading floor.
Oliver Alawuba has worked with the UBA Group for almost 20 years and was appointed in January 2020, CEO for the Group’s Africa operations. He previously held the role as CEO of UBA in Ghana and more recently, as Regional CEO for UBA in Anglophone Africa.
Mr. Oliver Alawuba has over twenty years of work experience in the banking industry and the academia. Oliver was at various times an Executive Director at Finbank Nigeria Plc (now FCMB Plc), MD/CEO of UBA Ghana Ltd, MD/CEO of UBA West Africa, Directorate Head, Public Sector and Personal Banking and Regional CEO, UBA Africa – Anglophone.
Oliver has B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Food Science and Technology and MBA in Banking and Finance. He is an alumnus of the AMP and SEP programmes of the prestigious Insead Business School, France, and London Business School respectively. He is also a Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Management and Honorary Senior Member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
