Olaitan Martins is currently the Group Executive, Corporate Banking. Prior to this appointment, she served as the Executive in charge of the Transaction Banking Division, leading the digitisation and automation of the Trade and Cash management system of the wholesale business of the Bank.
Olaitan has over 25 years’ work experience in various financial institutions, including Investment Banking & Trust Limited, Intercontinental Bank Limited, IBTC Asset Management Limited and Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, where she held various leadership positions. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FirstInsurance Brokers Limited and as a Director of FirstBank Gambia.
Since joining FirstBank in 2014, Olaitan has recorded remarkable achievements instrumental to the re-positioning of FirstBank’s Transaction Banking and Corporate Banking businesses as a credible industry player. She brings her deep market and customer-facing experience to bear in the Corporate Banking Business.
Olaitan has a wealth of experience across Cash Management, Trade Services, Product Development, Relationship Management, Business Development, Risk Management, Wealth and Portfolio Management, Investment Banking, Treasury and Foreign Exchange Management amongst others.
She is currently the Chairperson of the FirstBank Women Network, where she lends her voice to encourage all-round inclusion for women in the workplace. She is a pioneer of change who uses her leadership skills to act as a mentor, sponsor, and advocate for women.
Olaitan is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) with a Doctorate degree in Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Durham, United Kingdom, with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
