Keystone Bank Appoints Olayinka Acting MD/CEO

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Keystone Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Olaniran Olayinka as acting Managing Director/CEO, subject to approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Acccording to the bank, the new appointment is in line with its strategic intent to constantly align its corporate structures and processes to support its sustained push for growth.

The Company Secretary and General Counsel, Dr. Michael Agamah, in a statement yesterday said Olayinka will lead the bank’s Executive Management to drive its strategic business and corporate goals leveraging on the robust banking experience garnered over several years across various sectors of the economy.

Commenting on the development, the Chairman of the bank, Alhaji Umaru H. Modibbo, disclosed that the appointment of Olayinka as Acting MD/CEO is based on the bank’s corporate philosophy and culture of optimising her human capital through sustained leadership development.

Modibbo stated further that the bank will continue to proactively nurture and harness its existing talents to assume leadership roles in the financial institution.

Olayinka, who is currently an Executive Director, holds a First Class Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the prestigious University of Lagos.
He has attended several executive courses and programmes in Banking Operations, Credit, Risk Management, Business Process Re-engineering, and Change Management, amongst others.

He had a four-year stint with PricewaterhouseCoopers and over 25 years banking experience covering Operations, Human Resources Management, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking and Institutional Banking.

Keystone Bank is a technology and service-driven commercial bank offering convenient and reliable solutions to its customers.