Dr. Ifie Sekibo, outgoing Managing Director of Heritage Bank (right), and the acting MD of the bank Mr Akinola George-Taylor
As part of its repositioning strategy, Heritage Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director. He will take over from Dr. Ifie Sekibo who served his 10 years tenure at the bank.
Following the receipt of the approval of the Board of Directors of Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Bank said it is poised for its next phase of transformation in the financial sector of the Nigerian as well as global economy.
Mr George-Taylor, the new Ag. Managing Director will be overseeing all Heritage’s banking operations across Nigeria.
As an experienced banker with over two decades working in the banking and financial services sector, Akinola George-Taylor has a proven track record in managing multi-billion Naira operations. He started his banking career in 1993 with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc aka GTBank where George-Taylor rose to the position of Executive Director in charge of Public Sector Group, Abuja & North Central.
Whilst at the bank, he has held various positions in different business sectors. He was also the Managing Director of GTBank in Sierra Leone between 2005 to 2009.
Aside his appointment as an acting MD, the bank also announced Osepiribo Ben-Willie and George Oko-Oboh as Executive Directors.
Osepiribo Ben-Willie is an accomplished banker with over two decades experience of which she has been leading business transformation initiatives at various levels within the financial service space. Ben-Willie is currently the Directorate Head South-South, South-East & Private Wealth Management Team in Heritage Bank Plc. She has worked in the following banking institutions Credite Bank Nigeria Limited, Diamond Bank, Zenith Bank and Stanbic IBTC.
George Oko-Oboh on the other hand currently heads the Abuja and North Directorate Business of Heritage Bank Plc where he plays a pivotal role in the business growth, and daily operations of all businesses and transactions as it relates to his area of supervision. Oko-Oboh is an accomplished financial services professional with over two decades of banking experience functioning in various leading business roles spanning Retail, SME, Commercial, Public Sector, Collections, Funding Advisory and Corporate Negotiations.
The newly appointment of the Acting Managing Director and his team of Executive Directors became effective Monday September 12, 2022.
