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Suzanne Olufunke Iroche or Suzanne Olufunke Soboyejo-Iroche is a Nigerian banker who leads FinBank.


Life

Iroche attended the Queen's College, the University of Lagos and the
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Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016
She was an Executive Director of Global Bank Directorate and she had been involved in pension management reform at the United Bank for Africa.Suzanne Olufunke Iroche
Bloomberg, Retrieved 23 February 2016
She came to notice when there was a shake-up in the Nigerian banking industry when five bank CEOs were dismissed on 13 August 2009, and five replacements were named by the
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. The Deputy Governor, Sarah Alade, announced that Iroche was selected to lead FinBank Nigeria replacing
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. Others replaced on the same day included the CEO of the
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, Dr. Bath Ebong, who was replaced by
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who was replaced by John Aboh at Oceanic Bank.CBN sacks 5 Banks Directors
Gabriel Omoh and Babajide Komolafe, 14 August 2009, VanguardNGR, Retrieved 23 February 2016
In 2019, she was appointed as an executive director of the Nigerian company United Africa Company of Nigeria (UAC) replacing Awuneba Ajumogobia whose resignation took effect on 31 July.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iroche, Suzanne Living people Nigerian bankers Yoruba bankers Queen's College, Lagos alumni University of Lagos alumni Kellogg School of Management alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Yoruba women in business Nigerian corporate directors Nigerian women business executives Women corporate directors