Experienced leadership. Strong governance.

Oba Edwin Nwaeri is an accomplished executive and founder of A-Z Seismic Consultants limited. He has over 35 years of industry experience spanning strategic planning, technical leadership, business intelligence, asset development and operational management. He holds a BSc in Geology and an MSc in Applied Geophysics and currently serves as CEO and Principal Consultant of A-Z Seismic Consultants Limited, Lagos Nigeria.

His career includes senior leadership roles at Amaranta Oil and Gas, Schlumberger Production Management and ExxonMobil. He has managed major development programmes, multidisciplinary teams and complex investments across Nigeria and international markets. Edwin brings extensive analytical, governance and decision-making experience to the Bank.

Tagbo Nwosu, Esq is seasoned lawyer with 36 years of extensive experience in legal practice.

A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Prof. Aguolu is a highly skilled and versatile accountant who trained with the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), then Coopers & Lybrand, and belonged to the graduating class of 1977 of the University of Nigeria. He worked for some blue-chip companies among which were Chemical and Allied Products Plc (ICI) and UACN Plc. He was Principal partner Osita Aguolu & Co. a firm which he set up in 1991.

In addition to practice, owing to the dearth of qualified Accountancy teachers in Nigeria then, he joined the University of Nigeria as a lecturer in 2002 rising to the professorial rank effective from 2009. He was the head of the department of Accountancy of the University from 2014 to 2017 from where he retired effective from March 1, 2023. His career in Accountancy spammed a period of 49 years which included strong academic foundation, sound professional training in the world's foremost accounting firm, balanced practical experience and long exposure to accounting education and practice.

Prof. Aguolu was a regular contributor to scholarly journals and has many scholarly publications to his credit including two widely read tertiary books, Fundamentals of Auditing and Taxation and Tax Management in Nigeria, first published in 1998 and 1999 respectively. For 16 years, 2006 to 2022, he was contributing author to the International Bulletin for Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), a reputable body of international tax experts based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Dr (Eng) Charles O. Tabansi is 63 years old, a Port Harcourt based businessman and a Civil Engineer by profession. He has Doctorate degree in Civil Engineering, the CEO of Petronella Nig. Ltd (an Oil service Logistic company and Country representative of various OEMs); Cotabs Engineering Ltd (a Civil Engineering firm) and Cot-Invest Ltd (an investment company and owners of Charlies Total Fitness, Charlies Restaurant / Bar, and Charlies Hotel).

Mr. Patrick assumed leadership of the Management Team of the bank as the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) in June 2024. A 1989 graduate of Finance and Banking of University of Port Harcourt and MBA from Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma.

He has behind him varied experience and over thirty year’s hands-on banking experience spanning all functioning areas of banking. Mr. Ekemezie is married with children.

Chief. C.N.C Nweke is the Founder and Chairman of Chizzy Nigeria Limited, a leading West African chemicals and technical services company. An accomplished entrepreneur and business leader, he brings 45 years of experience in enterprise building, strategy and sustainable value creation within and outside Nigeria.

His career spans Mobil Exploration Nigeria Incorporated and International Paints West Africa Limited, where he became IPWA’s first Operations Director. He co-founded the Paints Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and served as its inaugural Deputy Chairman. Since establishing Chizzy in 1988, he has guided its growth into an industry leader serving the paints, food and beverage, oil and gas, plastics, and personal care sectors.

His governance and financial-services experience includes serving as chairman, executive director and non-executive director across several financial institutions. He holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers. He is also deeply committed to mentorship and philanthropy.