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 Reginald Ihejiahi  holds a B.Sc degree in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University and M.Sc. Finance degree from the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London. He also holds a Doctor_of_Business_Administration (DBA) Honoris Causa, from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is a Fellow of the Association_of_Chartered_Certified_Accountants (FCCA), UK and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) where he is also a council member.

Career
Reginald has held strategic positions in all aspects of banking up to executive board levels in both Investment Banking and Large Retail Banking for almost 30 years. He started his career in 1983 at the Nigerian branch of the First National Bank of Chicago, USA which was at that time the leading investment bank in Nigeria. He has worked in all key areas of banking, covering all market segments from Relationship Development, Product Marketing, Branch Operations, Corporate Planning, Project Advisory work etc. He had at various times been the General Manager responsible for pioneering the Corporate Banking Business of a new-generation Bank; Head of Strategy for the turn-around of an old-generation Bank and leader of an enquiry team at a distressed merchant bank. He has served on the boards of key banking industry organisations including the board of the Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC). He joined United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), in March, 1995 as Deputy General Manager and was at various times General Manager, Credit Risk Management, Commercial and Consumer Banking. In October 1998, he became the Executive Director responsible for Commercial and Consumer Banking. In April 2000, Reginald was the Executive Director responsible for Operations and Information Technology, overseeing the transformation of the Bank’s service delivery capacity. In this position, he was responsible for over 4000 employees in over 250 locations as well as the bank’s Branch Operations and Information Technology strategy. He voluntarily resigned in 2002; he was appointed Managing director & Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc a position which he assumed in February 2004 till date.