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September 18, 2008
FirstBank Elevates
Three Staff to General Manager
In
consonance with its tradition of rewarding hard work and
dedication, First Bank of Nigeria Plc has elevated three (3)
of its staff to the just created position of General
Manager. This was part of a general exercise, which cuts
across all cadres of staff with effect from April 1, 2008.
Those
promoted to the level of General Manager are Messrs. Tijjani
Mohammed Borodo, the Company Secretary; Timothy Olaosebikan
Bolade, the Bank’s Chief Compliance Officer; and Francis
Olugbenga Shobo, the Business Development Manager, Port
Harcourt. They become the first set of staff to occupy the
position.
Tijjani Borodo, the Company Secretary was until this
elevation a Deputy General Manager. He has spent over 11
years in the Bank with the principal remit of running the
Bank’s Secretariat, as well as serving as Secretary to the
Board of Directors and the Annual General Meeting of the
Bank. Before joining FirstBank, Tijjani worked with the Kano
State Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1980, rising from the
post of a Pupil State Counsel to Director of Public
Prosections (DPP). He holds an LLB (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria and an LLM from the University of Exeter,
United Kingdom. He has attended numerous professional
courses within the country and abroad. Tijjani is married
with children.
Timothy Olaosebikan Bolade, the Bank’s Chief Compliance
Officer was until recently a Deputy General Manager, with
the overarching function of ensuring bank-wide compliance
with statutory/regulatory requirements. He holds both the
Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Master of
Science in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan.
He equally holds an L.LB degree from the University of
Lagos. In his over three decades career in the Bank, TOB as
he is fondly called, has served in various capacities as
Trainer in the Bank’s Training & Development Unit,
Relationship & Credit Manager, Treasury Manager, and Head,
Credit Risk Management. He has attended various training
programmes and courses both within and outside the country,
amongst which are the Manchester Business School and the
Euromoney Training programme in Operational Risk Management
in the UK. He is married with children.
Gbenga
Shobo was until his promotion a Deputy General Manager
overseeing the Business Development Office in Port Harcourt.
His main charge is to superintend FirstBank’s business in
Rivers and Bayelsa States. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Political Science from the University of Ife, now
Obafemi Awolowo University. A chartered accountant, Gbenga’s
outstanding career in banking spans over 17 years and he was
a recipient of the Bank’s Most Outstanding Business
Development Manager Award at the 2007 CEO Annual Merit Award
ceremony. Some of his other recent management positions
include DGM/Business Development Manager, FirstBank Lagos
Mainland; Group Head, National Corporates, FirstBank;
General Manager, Corporate/Commercial Banking/Branches, FBN
(Merchant Bankers) Limited; and Divisional Head, Corporate
Banking Division and Institutional Banking Group
respectively, at MBC International Bank Limited. Gbenga has
attended many professional development courses across the
globe. He is an avid tennis and golf player, and member of
several sports clubs.
H. O. Bakare
Head, Corporate Planning & Group Coordination
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