UBA announces appointment of Caroline Anyanwu as Non-Executive Director
The United Bank for Africa Plc has announced the appointment of Caroline Anyanwu as Non-Executive Director of the bank, according to a notice of the company’s AGM resolutions filed with the Nigerian Stock Exchange and signed by the company’s secretary, Bili Odum.
Mrs. Anyanwu was elected and appointed at the just concluded 60th Annual General Meeting, held on Thursday April 7, 2022.
The appointment, according to the notice was subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and her appointment is to be effective from a date that will be communicated by the bank.
Prior to being elected as Non-Executive Director of the bank, Mrs. Anyanwu, was appointed in May 2021, as a director on the board of the bank.
She holds a First-Class degree in statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, taxation, credit risk, and banking throughout her career of close to four decades. She worked at UBA from 1996-2006, where she held the position of Head, Credit Risk Management.
Anyanwu also served as the Deputy Managing Director of Diamond Bank with supervisory responsibility for risk management, until her retirement in 2019.
Other resolutions passed at the bank’s 60th AGM, include the re-election of directors including:
Mrs. Owanari Duke – Independent Non-Executive Director.
Erelu Angela Adebayo – Non-Executive Director.
Ms. Aisha Hassan-Baba, OON – Independent Non-Executive Director.
