Pamela Shodipo Becomes Executive Director, Fidelity Bank

Fidelity Bank Plc has appointed Pamela Shodipo as Executive Director, South Directorate to further its strategic objective.

The bank made this known in the disclosure submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Exchange Limited (NGX) and obtained by Investors King.

According to the bank, the appointment was approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and notice of the same has been communicated to the NGX, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation and Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria.

The bank also expresses confidence that Pamela will make a significant contribution to Fidelity Bank and looks forward to working closely with her.

About Pamela:

Pamela joins the board of Fidelity Bank Plc with over 25 years of multifunctional and cross-border banking experience at leading financial institutions covering general management and business origination in diverse segments including corporate, commercial, consumer, retail and public sector.

In January 1991, she commenced her professional career at International Standard Insurance Limited from where she joined United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) in 1992 as a customer service officer.

In April 1997, Pamela joined Zenith Bank Plc where she worked until September 2007, rising to the position of assistant general manager, before joining united Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) as Regional Director in October 2007.

Pamela enjoyed an illustrious career at UBA and headed various regional Banks. She was elevated to the position of General Manager in 2017 and had direct supervisory responsibility for up to 28 branch manager from 2017 to 2020.

Between October 2020 and November 2021, she was directorate, head, Lagos 3/Public Sector before her appointment as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA Benin Republic, where she served from December 2021 to November 2022.

Pamela was the head of personal banking for the UBA Group overseeing Nigeria and Africa until her appointment to the board of Fidelity Bank Plc.

Pamela holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Lagos (1990) and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Wales College of Cardiff, United Kingdom (1995).

She has attended several business, leadership and executive development programme at world-class institutions including Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School and the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

She is an Alumni of Lagos Business School Senior Management Programme (SMP22) and an honorary senior member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).