Access Holdings Plc appoints Bolaji Agbede as acting CEO
Access Holdings Plc has appointed Ms. Bolaji Agbede as its Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.
This follows the death in a helicopter mishap of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe died alongside his wife, son and a businessman, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo on Friday in California, United States.
The company said the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.
“The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria,” the statement signed by the Group Company Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, read in part.
Agbede was the company’s most senior founding Executive Director in charge of business support.
She has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services. She commenced her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacities within the commercial banking and operations functions rising to the position of manager in 2001.
Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 as an assistant general manager and was responsible for managing the Bank’s portfolio of chemical trading companies.
