Godwin Emefiele
Non-Executive Chairman
Godwin Emefiele became the Group ’s Managing
Director / CEO in August 2010. Prior to this appointment, he was the
Bank’s Deputy Managing Director for nine (9) years and has been on Zenith’s
Management team since inception.
Mr. Emefiele has over twenty years banking experience,
and holds a Bsc. and an MBA in Finance, both from the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka. Before commencing his banking career. He lectured Finance
and Insurance at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and University of
Port Harcourt, respectively. He is also an alumnus of Executive Education
at Stanford University, Harvard University and Wharton Graduate Schools
of Business, where he took courses in Negotiation, Leading change and
strategy.
Andrew Martin
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director
Andrew joined Zenith UK from ABSA Bank London
Branch where, acting as General Manager, he had oversight for wholesale
treasury, trade finance and corporate banking business lines. Previously
he spent 5 years as the Head of Finance & Risk at Daiwa Europe Bank
and 5 years as a Senior Manager, Finance & Risk at SG Warburg.
Tony Uzoebo
Executive Director: Business Development
Tony joined Zenith UK from Zenith Bank Plc,
South Africa where he was instrumental in the start up of the Representative
Office and held the position of the Chief Representative Officer. He
has spent 12 years of his banking career with Zenith Bank Plc and has
held various senior management positions ranging from bank operations
to Corporate Banking where he combined marketing and credit functions
with business development.
Udom Emmanuel
Non-Executive
Mr. Emmanuel is an Executive director of Zenith
Bank Plc. He is Group Head of Income Optimisation, Financial Control
& Strategic Planning Department. He holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting
from the University of Lagos in 1988. He brings into the Management
team many years of quality experience from PricewaterHouseCoopers and
Diamond Bank Limited before moving over to Zenith Bank Plc in 1996.
He has over 16 years post graduate experience out of which he has 10
years of banking industry experience in addition to 6 years experience
in PricewaterHouseCoopers.
Quentin Aylward
Non-Executive
Before retiring in September, 2004, Quentin
was a career banker with experience in Domestic, Corporate Finance and
International banking. Formerly Director - Financials, HSBC Bank plc,
Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets until retirement in September
2004. He has undertaken positions in Manila, Cairo and Hong Kong and
travelled extensively in North America, Middle East, Asia, Pacific and
Africa. He has a broad range of knowledge in credit, marketing, business
development, planning, international payments and trade.
Renier Lemmens
Non-Executive
Having spent 10 years as a Partner at McKinsey
& Company, Renier joined GE Capital in 2002 to become Chairman and CEO
of Budapest Bank. In 2005 he joined Barclays as Chief Operating Officer
- International Retail and Commercial Banking, resigning in 2007. Until
September 2009, he was Chief Executive Officer of Amodo Consumer Finance
after which date he took up the position of General Manager at PayPal
Europe.
Charles Llewellyn
Non-Executive
After fifteen years in the Royal Navy, Charles
pursued a career initially at Chemical Bank, undertaking various assignments
in London, the Middle East and New York, culminating in his appointment
from 1982-1985 as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the London
Branch and Nordic region. This was followed by four years as Chief Executive
of United Gulf Bank in Bahrain, and later as CEO of the Oman Development
and Investment Company in Muscat. He subsequently moved into change
management and operations consultancy with Proudfoot plc. For twelve
years he has been a Regional Chairman for Vistage International- a mentoring
and leadership development organization.
