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Composition

The Group Executive Management Committee (GEMC) is comprised of the Chief Executive Officer, the regional and Group business heads and Group functional heads, currently a total of seventeen members. They are responsible for the operational management of the Group and its subsidiaries.

The GEMC is responsible to the Board and plays an important role in the Group’s corporate governance structure. The GEMC manages the broad strategic and policy directions of the Group, submits them to the Board for approval where necessary and oversees their implementation. The GEMC has decision-making powers in specific areas of Group management. In particular, the GEMC works with and assists the Chief Executive Officer to:

  • Define and develop group strategy;
  • Confirm alignment of individual subsidiaries' plans with overall group strategy;
  • Track and manage strategic and business performance against plan;
  • Implement group policy and decisions;
  • Make recommendations on various issues relating to staff;
  • Track and monitor progress and accomplishments on major group initiatives and projects at affiliate level;
  • Articulate appropriate response to environmental factors, regulations, government policies competition and other such issues across the group;
  • Articulate policies for advancing group objectives;
  • Make important decisions in areas where delegation of authority is granted to the GEMC.

Composition of the Group Executive Management Committee:

Ronke Wilson

Group Chief Human Resources Officer

Arnold Ekpe

Group Chief Executive Officer

Offong Ambah

Regional Head/MD, Nigeria

Patrick Akinwuntan

Group Head, Operations, Technology, Transactions and Retail Bank

Samuel K. Ayim

Company Secretary/Group Chief Legal Officer

Iyane Dia

Group Chief Risk Officer

Laurence do Rego

Group Chief Financial Officer

Albert Essien

Regional Head, WAMZ

Segun Ogunsanya

Group Head, Retail Bank

Christophe Jocktane-Lawson

Group Head, International

Abou Kabassi

Regional Head, CEEAC

Yves Coffi Quam-Dessou

Group Head, Wholesale Bank

Sani Yaya

Group Chief Audit and Compliance Officer

Tony Nzongola

Senior Advisor

Evelyne Tall

Regional Head, UEMOA

Richard Uku

Group Head, Brand and Communications

Steve Williams

Group Head, Treasury