Mrs. Okoli was appointed Deputy Managing Director, Retail South effective May 2022. She is a seasoned professional with approximately three (3) decades of robust banking experience. She commenced her professional career in 1992 as an Executive Trainee in the defunct Diamond Bank Plc where she distinguished herself and rapidly rose through the ranks to become an Executive Director in 2016. Following the Bank’s merger with the defunct Diamond Bank in 2019, she was appointed Executive Director, Business Banking Division by the Bank.
Her robust experience cuts across commercial and consumer banking; corporate banking; branch banking, institutional banking, business banking and business development.
She obtained a Bachelor’s of Law degree from University of Benin and a Master’s in Business Administration from Warwick Business School, United Kingdom. She is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and a Member of the Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria.
Mrs. Okoli has attended various courses in Nigeria and abroad including the Advanced Management Programme of Wharton Executive Education, University of Pennsylvania, and the Senior Management Programme of the Lagos Business School. She is also an Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
Professional Experience | Academic and Professional Qualifications | Appointment Date | Board Committee Membership |
May 2022-Date
Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc
| Honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria
| Effective May 2022 | Member, Board Credit Committee |
March 2019-May 2022
Executive Director, Business Banking
Access Bank Plc | |||
September 2016-March 2019
Executive Director, Business Development Former Diamond Bank Plc | MBA, Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK. | ||
March 2015-September 2016 Head, Corporate Banking Directorate Former Diamond Bank Plc | Senior Management Programme, Lagos Business School | ||
October 2011-March 2015
Divisional Head Institutional Banking Former Diamond Bank Plc
| Advanced Management Programme, Wharton Executive Education, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | ||
November 2008-October 2011 Regional Manager, Apapa Former Diamond Bank Plc | B.L. Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island Lagos | ||
April 2008-November 2008
Divisional Head, Branch Banking, Lagos 2 Division, Former Diamond Bank Plc | University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria - LL.B (Hons)
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May 2007-April 2008
Group Head, National Corporate Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
March 2006 to May 2007
Group Head, Commercial Banking, Adeola Hopewell Group Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
June 2005-March 2006
Group Head, Commercial Banking, Lagos Island Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
May 2003-June 2005
Branch Manager, Victoria Island Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
July 2002-May 2003
Team Lead, Large Commercial Banking Group, Victoria Island Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
November 2000- July 2002
Head, Corporate Banking/ Financial Institutions Unit, Marina Branch Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
June 1998-November 2000
Head, Commercial and Consumer Banking, Marina Branch Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
January 1996-June 1998
Credit and Marketing staff Commercial and Consumer Banking, Marina Branch Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
November 1994-January 1996 Cash Officer Former Diamond Bank Plc | |||
April 1992- November 1994 Executive Trainee Former Diamond Bank Plc |
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1991-1992 Clerical Officer, Office of the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser- National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company.
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