FBN Holdings, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in Africa has announced the appointments of two executive directors based on the board approval.
The board approved the appointment of Mr. Samson Oyewale Ariyibi as an Executive director, Investment Management and Oversight of FBN Holdings Plc while Mr. Patrick Iyamabo was appointed as an Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the flagship subsidiary, First Bank of Nigeria Limited.
About Mr. Samson Oyewale Ariyibi
Mr. Samson Oyewale Ariyibi is an award winning professor with about 32 years work experience, spanning bank and allied financial services, business assurance, tax management and consulting, having served in senior management roles at various global organizations and proudly Nigerian companies including, Ernst and Young(EY), Pricewaterhousecoopers, Standard Chartered Bank and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANSCORP) where he was the chief financial officer prior to joining FBN Holdings.
Oyewale Joined FBN holdings September 2013, as the pioneer Head of Finance. He was promoted to General Manager and appointed as the Chief Financial Officer in 2016. He holds a Bachelor’s degree second class honors upper division in Microbiology from the University of Ilorin and a master’s of business administration (MBA) marketing from the University of Lagos. He is a fellow of the institute of chartered accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (ACIT) the Chartered Pension Institute of Nigeria (CPIN) and the Institute of Directors (IOD) of Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the advance management Programme of the Kellogg school of Management at Northwestern University and has attended several local and international workshops, conferences and executive training programs.
Adewale L.O Arogundade, Acting Company Secretary, disclosed in a statement obtained by Investors King.
Patrick Iyamabo Profile
Patrick Iyamabo is the Chief Financial officer of First Bank of Nigeria limited and it’s subsidiaries. Prior to joining First Bank in 2016, he was a senior Vice President of strategy and M&A at First City Monument Bank(FCMB) Limited, and then the Group Chief of Financial Officer of FCMB Holdings Plc. Patrick has over 27 years professional experience in assurance and risk management, business development, accounting and finance with Nigerian and multinational institutions both within and outside the country.
Earlier in his career, he also worked with Pfizer in Lagos and New York.
Patrick also worked at Arthur and Andersen (AA) as auditor and strategy consultant, where he was also a co founding member of the information risk Management practice of AA. At various times, Patrick worked Booz Allen Hamilton in New York and LEK Consulting in Boston, providing Strategic management and specialized corporate finance services to private and listed companies.
Patrick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and MBA From the prestigious Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
He is a member of various professional bodies including Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Associate, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACITN); Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HSM) and Certified Information Systems Auditors (CISA).
