Dr. Nwuke has over 30 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 and subsequently a Non-Executive Director of defunct Access Pension Fund Custodian Limited.
Dr. Nwuke’s key competencies include finance, strategy development and execution, organizational restructuring and transformation, leadership and change management. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the 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 also 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 is currently the Chairman of the Board Credit Committee and 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
| 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
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1990-1991 Trainee Accountant AT & T Nigeria Plc |