The Board of Directors of foremost African financial institution; Guaranty
Trust Bank plc, has announced the appointment of Mobolaji Lawal as an
Executive Director of the Bank. Prior to his appointment, he was the
Divisional Head, Digital Banking Division.
Mr. Lawal who joined the Bank in 1992 as an Executive Trainee and rose
through the ranks to become a General Manager, a position he held until
his appointment as Executive Director. He has over twenty-four (24) years’
of banking experience which covers various aspects of banking including
Credit Risk Management; Corporate Banking Group; Commercial Banking Group;
Investment Banking and Corporate Finance where he served as Group Head.
Under his leadership, the Group worked on several landmark debt
syndications, capital market and project finance transactions both in
Nigeria and abroad.
He holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Obafemi Awolowo University (1990);
B.L from the Nigerian Law School (1991) and a Master of Business
Administration from the Oxford University, United Kingdom (2002). He has
also attended several executive management and banking specific
developmental programs in leading educational institutions such as Harvard
Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Institut
Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD).
Announcing the new appointment, the Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer of the Bank, Mr. Segun Agbaje stated that: “As a Bank, we maintain
high corporate governance standards and ensure our Board appointments are
in line with global best practices”. He further stated, “Bolaji has been
an integral part of the Bank’s success and has seen the bank evolve and
develop through the years. I am confident that his appointment to the
Board will further strengthen and position the bank for improved
performance“.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc was established in 1990 and is regarded by
Industry watchers as the best run and most ethical financial institution
within the Nigerian Financial Services space, due to its bias for
world-class corporate governance standards, excellent service quality and
innovation. The Bank is one of the few Nigerian financial institutions to
have a well-articulated succession plan and this has enabled it seamlessly
undertake two management and several board changes since inception.
The Bank operates from over 238 branches within the country and has
banking subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia,
Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom.