Ademola Adebise is th
previous Managing Director (October 1 2018 - March 31 2023)
of Wema Bank Plc. handing the baton over to Moruf Oseni.

Early childhood

Adebise was born on October 31, 1966, in Lagos to the family of Mr & Mrs Adegoke Adebise. He attended the Surulere Baptist Primary School between 1972 and 1978, the Lagos Baptist Academy in 1978 after which he gained admission into the

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where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science between 1983 and 1987. Adebise has a master's degree in

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(MBA) from the

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and attended the

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(AMP) of the

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Career

Adebise worked as a

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at an indigenous Information technology company in Nigeria in 1988 before he started his banking career at the Information technology department of Chartered Bank (Now Stanbic IBTC bank). He has worked in the following capacities: • Head of Information technology and the Chief financial officer (CFO) of the Chartered Bank (1989 and 2000) • Assistant General Manager at National Bank, supervised Risk Management, Treasury and Corporate Banking (2001 to 2005) • General manager at National Bank (2005). • Head of the Finance & Performance management Practice for Nigeria at Accenture (2005 - 2009) • Executive director in charge of South Bank, Deputy Managing Director (supervising Corporate Banking,

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, and Support Functions at Wema Bank (2009 to 2017) • Managing Director at Wema Bank (2018 - 2023). Adebise currently serves as a Non-Executive on the boards of AIICO Insurance Plc, AIICO Capital Limited and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) following his retirement as the MD/ CEO of Wema Bank on March 31, 2023.

References

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