Board and Management Team

Ms. Hadiza Ambursa

Executive Director, Commercial Banking

Ms. Ambursa was appointed Executive Director, Commercial Banking Division in November 2017. 

She has over two decades of banking experience from Guaranty Trust Bank and Access Bank. Her experience spans across Transaction Services, Public Sector, Commercial Banking and Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Access Bank in 2003, she was a Relationship Manager, Public Sector in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. 

Ms. Ambursa graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from University of Jos in 1991 and obtained a master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy in 1996 from the same university. She subsequently attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (‘MIT’) where she obtained a Master’s in Business Administration in 2009. She has attended several Executive Management Development Programmes in leading institutions, including Harvard Business School and MIT.

She sits on the Boards of Access Bank Ghana Plc and Bank Directors Association of Nigeria. 

Professional Experience

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Appointment Date

Board Committee Membership

2017-Date

 

Executive Director

Commercial Banking 

Access Bank Plc

2015

 

General Management Program

Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston MA.

November 2017

Member-Board Credit Committee

2016-2017

 

Group Head, Commercial Banking North

Access Bank Plc 

(General Manager)

2015

 

Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation, 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA

2013-2015

Group Head, Private Banking

Access Bank Plc

(General Manager)

2009

 

Masters in Business Administration,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA.

 

2011-2013

 

Group Head, Corporate Finance 

Access Bank Plc

 

(Deputy General Manager)

1996

 

M.A. International Law and Diplomacy

 

University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

2007-2010

 

Group Head, Public Sector, Abuja

Access Bank Plc 

(Assistant General Manager)

1991

B.Sc Political Science

 

University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

2005-2007

 

Group Head, Public Sector

Access Bank Plc

(Senior Manager)

2004-2005

Group Head, Commercial Bank North West

Access Bank Plc

(Senior Manager)

2003-2004

 

Group Head Public  Lagos

Access Bank Plc

(Manager)

2000-2003

 

Relationship Manager, Public Sector

 

GTB

(Senior Banking Officer-Deputy Manager)

 

1999-2000

 

Account Officer, Public Sector

GTB

(Banking Officer)

1989-1999

Transaction Services

GTB

(Banking Officer)

1997-1998

Transaction Services

GTB

(Assistant Banking Officer)

 

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