
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
Jim Ovia, CFR
Jim Ovia is the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, one of Africa’s largest banks with over $24 billion in assets and shareholders’ funds of over US$3 billion as at June, 2022.

GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR / CEO
Dr. Ebenezer N. Onyeagwu
Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu was appointed Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc on the 1st of June 2019. He is a seasoned banker and an astute financial strategist with over three decades of banking experience.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Temitope Fasoranti
Dr. Temitope Fasoranti is a seasoned banker with over three decades of experience in the Nigerian financial services industry. He is an alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (1988), a Master’s Degree in Economics (1991) and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in Economics.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Henry Oroh
Henry Oroh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Benin, Edo State and an MBA from the Lagos State University as well as an LLB Degree from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN), Nigeria.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mrs. Adobi Nwapa
Mrs. Adobi Stella Nwapa comes to the board with over thirty years’ cognate experience in banking, being a pioneer staff of the Bank since 1990. She possesses robust institutional memory and background, honed from the bank’s foundation as the pioneer customer service officer.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Anthony Akindele Ogunranti
Mr. Ogunranti Akindele is a consummate professional banker with expertise across Banking Operations, Corporate, Commercial, Retail and Branch Banking, Multilaterals, Power & Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Structured Trade & Project Finance, as well as General Management.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Gabriel Ita Asuquo Ukpeh
Mr. Ukpeh is an internationally acclaimed consultant in business strategy, risk management, process re-engineering and financial services, who was, until recently, a Senior Partner and Risk Quality Leader for Africa at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Engr. Mustafa Bello
Engr. Mustafa Bello graduated with B.Engr. (Civil Engineering), from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in 1978 with Second Class Upper Division and won the Shell prize for best project and thesis for Faculty of Engineering in 1978

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar
Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar is currently the Managing Director of Apt Pensions Funds Managers Limited. He is a graduate of the Leeds Polytechnic, UK. He is a renowned Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Omobola Ibidapo-Obe Ogunfowora (PhD)
Dr. Omobola Ibidapo-Obe Ogunfowora, a Legal Practitioner and Corporate Governance Practitioner, graduated LLB (Hons) from the Cardiff Law School, United Kingdom and obtained LLM from the same University.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Chuks Emma Okoh, FCA
Mr. Chuks Emma Okoh joins the board of Zenith Bank Plc as a Non-Executive Director with over thirty (30) years of cognate experience in the Banking Industry & Telecommunications Sector. He comes with deep insight and varied experience spanning the areas of Finance, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, Operations & Strategic Management.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Peter Olatunde Bamkole
Dr. Peter Olatunde Bamkole joins the Board of Zenith Bank Plc as an Independent Non-Executive Director with robust experience spanning several sectors including oil and gas, public utilities, and executive education.