Board and Management Team

Dr. Okey Nwuke, FCA

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Nwuke has over 28 years’ experience in finance and corporate governance working with top corporates and leading commercial banks in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, an honorary member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and a member of Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners. 

He has garnered considerable expertise in credit analysis and bank financial management through professional training as a Chartered Accountant, from relevant training programmes as well as on the job training. He was an Executive Director in Access Bank from 2004 to 2013 and served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank’s subsidiaries in Rwanda and Burundi. Dr. Nwuke was a pioneer Non-Executive Director of Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited representing Access Bank. 

Dr. Nwuke’s key competencies include finance, strategy development and execution, organizational restructuring and transformation, leadership and change management. He joined the Board of Coscharis Group in August 2014 and is currently responsible for the strategic drive to position it for sustainability. He currently sits on the Boards of Coscharis Group Plc and its subsidiaries, Personal Trust Micro Finance Bank Limited , First Ally Asset Management Limited,  Simply Gift and Interiors Limited, Claritus Limited, Rekit Financial Advisers Limited and Access Pension Fund Custodian Limited. 

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Master’s in Business Administration (Distinction) in International Banking and Finance from the Birmingham Business School, United Kingdom. Dr. Nwuke holds a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA) from Walden University, Minnesota, USA with a research focus on leadership transition challenges in family businesses. He has been exposed to several leadership and professional development programmes at renowned institutions including Harvard Business School, Boston (AMP 175), Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania (both in U.S.A), INSEAD and IMD.

He joined the Board in November 2019 and currently chairs the Board Credit Committee. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion. 

Professional Experience 

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Appointment Date

Board Committee Membership

November 2019-Date 

 

Non-Executive Director,

Access Bank Plc

 

2017

Doctor of Business            Administration (DBA), Walden University         Minnesota, USA

November 2019

Chairman-Board Credit Committee 

August 2014-Date

 

Group Deputy Managing Director, Coscharis Group

2017

Chief Executive Program

Lagos Business School

 

Vice-Chairman-Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion

December 2004- December 2013

 

Executive Director, Access Bank Plc

2008

Advanced Management Program

Harvard Business School

Member-Board Digital and Information Technology Committee

May 2002-December 2004

 

General Manager, Access Bank Plc 

2005

Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria 

Member-Board Risk Management Committee

2001-2002

 

Group Head, Commercial Banking Group (Assistant General Manager)

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)

2000

ACIT

Chartered Institute of Taxation

Member, Board Audit Committee

2000-2001

 

Head, Institutional Banking Group(Senior Manager),GTB

1997-1998

MBA, International Banking and Finance Birmingham Business School

Member-Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee

1997-2000

 

Oil and Gas Desk

( Manager and Senior Manager),GTB

B.Sc Accountancy,

University of Nigeria

1993-1997

 

Corporate Banking

(Banking Officer-Deputy Manager)

GTB

1991-1993

 

Financial Control Department

GTB

 

1990-1991

Trainee Accountant

AT & T Nigeria Plc

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