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Former Non-executive Director and Chair, Externally Managed Investments Committee

Mr. Urum Kalu (UK) Eke, MFR

Mr. Eke, a consummate financial services expert is the Group Managing Director, FBN Holdings Plc and serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Merchant Bank Limited. He joined the Board of FirstBank, an FBN Holdings Company, in 2011 as Executive Director, Public Sector South and until his appointment as GMD of FBN Holdings was Executive Director, South at FirstBank.

Prior to this, Mr. Eke was the Executive Director, Regional Businesses, Lagos & West at Diamond Bank Plc. Prior to working at Diamond Bank, he had worked at Deloitte Haskins & Sells International. He has over 35 years’ experience in financial services covering auditing, business assurance, consulting, strategy, taxation, process re-engineering and capital market operations.

He is the Founder and Chairman of Elder K.U. Eke Memorial Foundation, an entity set up in 2001 to provide humanitarian aid in Nigeria. He is a Patron, Lagos State Council, Boys’ Brigade Nigeria and a Paul Harris Fellow of The Rotary Club International. Mr. Eke is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

He holds a first degree in Political Science (University of Lagos) and an MBA in Project Management Technology (Federal University of Technology, Owerri).

He is also an Alumnus of the prestigious Wharton Business School and a recipient of Nigeria’s National Honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)

Other members

Mr. Olajide Zeitlin

Former Chairman, Board of Directors

Mr. Uche Orji

Former Director/Chief Executive Officer

Mrs. Stella Ojekwe-Onyejeli

Former Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq

Former Executive Director

Mr. Asue Ighodalo

Former Non-executive Director and Chair, Compensation & Governance Committee

Ms. Halima Buba

Former Non-executive Director

Ms. Lois Laraba Machunga-Disu

Former Non-executive Director and Chair, Audit and Finance & General-Purpose Committees

Mr. Bello Maccido

Former Non-executive Director and Chair, Direct Investments Committee