User:Aaoe/Dr Ebenezer Onyeagwu

Ebenezer Onyeagwu was appointed Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc on the 1st of June 2019.

Education
He is an alumnus of Auchi Polytechnic, Delta State University, Nigeria, the University of Oxford, England , and Salford Business School, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom where he received a Masters Degree in Financial Services Management. . At the University of Oxford, he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Strategy and a certificate in Macroeconomics.

He also holds an MBA from Delta State University, Abraka, completed executive-level education at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Business School of Columbia University, and the Harvard Business School of Harvard University in the United States.

Career
Ebenezer Onyeagwu started his banking career at the defunct Financial Merchant Bank in 1991. From there, he moved to Citizens International Bank Limited where he worked from 1991 to 2002. He joined Zenith Bank Plc in 2002 as a Senior Manager in the bank's Internal Control and Audit Group.

He quickly rose through the ranks at the bank between 2003 and 2005, first, as Assistant General Manager, then Deputy General Manager, and eventually, General Manager of the bank. In these capacities, he handled strategies for new business and branch development, management of risk assets portfolios, treasury functions, strategic top-level corporate, multinationals, and public institutional relationships, among others.

He was appointed Executive Director of the bank in 2013, responsible for Lagos and South-South Zones as well as strategic groups/business units of the bank, including Financial Control & Strategic Planning, Treasury & Correspondent Groups, Human Resources Group, Oil & Gas Group, and Credit Risk Management Group.

Ebenezer Onyeagwu was named Deputy Managing Director of the bank in 2016. In that capacity, he deputized for the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with direct oversight of the bank’s Financial Control and Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Retail Banking, Institutional and Corporate Banking Portfolios, Information Technology Group, Credit Administration, and Treasury & Foreign Exchange Trading, until he was appointed GMD/CEO.

Board Memberships
Ebenezer Onyeagwu currently serves either as a chairman or member on the board of the following organizations:


 * 1) Chairman, Board of Zenith Pensions Custodian Limited.
 * 2) Chairman, Zenpay Limited.
 * 3) Member, Board of Zenith Bank (UK) Limited.
 * 4) Member, Board of FMDQ Holdings Plc.
 * 5) Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF).
 * 6) Member of the Board, International Monetary Conference (IMC).
 * 7) Member, Wall Street Journal CEO Council.
 * 8) Member, African Trade Gateway Advisory Council of the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).
 * 9) Member, Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

He has also previously served on the boards of:


 * 1) Zenith Bank Ghana Limited.
 * 2) Zenith General Insurance.
 * 3) Zenith Securities Limited.
 * 4) Zenith Assets Management Company.
 * 5) Zenith Medicare Limited.
 * 6) Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).

Recognition
Ebenezer Onyeagwu has received several awards and recognitions which include:


 * 1) Bank CEO of the Year 2019 by Champion Newspaper.
 * 2) Bank CEO of the Year by BusinessDay Newspaper – 2020, 2021 and 2022.
 * 3) CEO of the Year at the SERAS Africa Sustainability Awards – 2020 and 2021.
 * 4) Bank CEO of the Year 2022 by Leadership Newspaper.
 * 5) Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa for 2023 and 2024 by the International Banker.
 * 6) Bank CEO of the Year 2023, by New Telegraph.
 * 7) Banker of the Year 2023, Champions Newspaper.
 * 8) Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa) by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.