User:IFUEMI/Tayo Aderinokun

May 8, 1955-June 14, 2011 -	Tayo Aderinokun had a first degree in Business Administration from the University of

His professional education includes Credit and Relationship Management training at the Chase Manhattan Bank Institute for International Banking New York, USA (1982-1983). His professional working experience was gained working with several financial institutions beginning with the Central Bank of Nigeria in Calabar, where he did his National Youth Service (1977-1978).

He worked with Chase Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd (later renamed Continental Merchant Bank) from 1981 to 1988. He was at Prime Merchant Bank Ltd (1988 and 1989) as an Assistant General Manager rising to the position of Head of the financial services division of the Bank. In 1989, he set up a non-bank financial institution, First Marina Trust Ltd., which he ran for a year.

In 1990 he co-founded Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he served as Deputy Managing Director before taking over the position as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer in August 2002. He was responsible for strategic policy direction as well as day-to-day administration of the Bank. His tenure of leadership ushered in an era of impressive growth and progressive innovations which made the bank the reputable and trusted institution it is today. He died on the 14th of June 2011 in a London hospital.

He was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN) and holds a recipient of the national award - Member of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria (FCIB).