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Heritage Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director. George-Taylor takes over from Dr. Ifie Sekibo who has served his statutory 10-year tenure at the bank.
The Bank has also named Osepiribo Ben-Willie and George Oko-Oboh as Executive Directors. The announcements followed the receipt of the approval of the Board of Directors of Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria as Heritage Bank is now poised for its next phase of transformation.
The new Ag. Managing Director will oversee all Heritage’s banking operations across Nigeria. As an experienced banker with over two decades of experience in the banking and financial services sector, Akinola George-Taylor has a proven track record in managing multi-billion Naira operations. He started his banking career in 1993 with GTBank where he rose to the position of Executive Director in charge of Public Sector Group, Abuja & North Central. Whilst at the Bank, he held various positions in different business sectors.
He was also the Managing Director of GTBank in Sierra Leone between 2005 to 2009.I
Osepiribo Ben-Willie is an accomplished banker with over two decades experience of which she has been leading business transformation initiatives at various levels within the financial service space. Ben-Willie is currently the Directorate Head, South-South, South-East & Private Wealth Management Team in Heritage Bank Plc. She had worked with Credite Bank Nigeria Limited, Diamond Bank, Zenith Bank and Stanbic IBTC.
George Oko-Oboh currently heads the Abuja and North Directorate Business of Heritage Bank Plc where he plays a pivotal role in the business growth and daily operations of all businesses and transactions as it relates to his area of supervision. An accomplished financial services professional , Oko-Oboh has over two decades of banking experience functioning in various leading business roles spanning Retail, SME, Commercial, Public Sector, Collections, Funding Advisory and Corporate Negotiations.
The newly-appointed Acting Managing Director and his team of Executive Directors resumed on their respective duty posts on Monday, 12 September 2022.
