Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc has appointed Ms Bolaji Agbede, an Acting Group Chief Executive Officer

Pix- Agbede,Acting Group CEO, Access Holding’s Plc

Her appointment followed the sudden tragic loss of the Group CEO, Dr Herbert Wigwe, in a helicopter crash on Friday in California, United States.

A statement by the company’s Board of Directors dated February 12, 2024, stated that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria

It said: “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.

“The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”

She is the most senior founding Executive Director in charge of Business Support within the company.

Agbede who joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General, has almost three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.

Author- Maureen Ikpeama