The Board of Directors, Zenith Bank Plc, has announced the appointments of Mr. Adamu Lawani and Mr. Louis Odom as Executive Directors of the bank.
In the announcement made on Wednesday, Zenith Bank board
also approved the appointment of Pamela Yough as a Non-Executive Director of
the bank.
These appointments have been approved by the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN).
Lawani, an alumnus of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, is a
seasoned Chartered Accountant with over three decades of experience in the
banking industry.
He graduated with a Higher National Diploma in Accounting,
achieving distinction. He also holds a Master’s in Business Administration from
both the University of Lagos and The Business School in the Netherlands.
Lawani joined Zenith Bank in 1996 and has experience in
operations, credit and marketing.
His leadership positions extend to various groups such as
Corporate Banking and, Agriculture Finance Department, among others.
Lawani is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Nigeria, Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration, Fellow of
Nigerian Institute of Management, among others.
Also, Odom, another director appointed, holds Accountancy
from the Abia State University, as well as an MBA from the University of
Liverpool, United Kingdom and Master of Philosophy (Management) from Nile,
University of Nigeria.
He joined Zenith Bank in January 1997 and has working
experience in the Rivers/Bayelsa zones and currently in Abuja, where he holds
the position of the General Manager in charge of the Abuja and Northern Zones.
Prior to joining Zenith Bank, he had worked in Diamond Bank
and is well-experienced in operations, credit and marketing.
He has attended several Executive Education programmes both
within and outside the country, including the London Business School, Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Business School and Lagos
Business School.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of
Nigeria, and Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers,
Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Yough is a Banker, Financial Consultant and
Investment Advisor with over 35 years of experience in the financial sector.
She has experience in Corporate and Investment Banking,
Treasury, Correspondent Banking, Investor Relations and Wealth Management.
She was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of
Zenith Bank (UK) Limited, a position she held for four years, between June 2017
and October 2021.
Yough joined Zenith Bank Plc in 1999 where she headed
various departments in the institution and rose to the level of General Manager
and Group Head in charge of Multilaterals, Conglomerates, Private Banking and
Head of Investor Relations.
In May 2022, Yough was given an Award for Excellence and was
recognised by the Women in Finance Nigeria for her contributions to the banking
Industry.
She has also held roles as a Non-Executive Director in some
of Zenith Bank’s subsidiaries including Zenith Registrars and Zenith Realtors.
She is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute
of Bankers of Nigeria and a member of the Institute of Directors (IOD) London.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Pace
University, New York and an MBA from Long Island University, USA.
She is an alumnus of Oxford University, Stanford University,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge, England.