First Bank GMD to Retire Dec. 31

Mr. Bisi Onasanya is to retire as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc on December 31.
A statement from the bank signed by Global Head, Marketing & Corporate Communication, Folake Ani-Mumuney, said his retirement takes effect from the end of the current financial year on December 31, 2015. Onasanya is retiring on the heels of an inspiring and enviable career spanning over three decades of diverse management and operational experience, 21 years of which he has spent with First Bank, serving meritoriously in the past six years as Group Managing Director/CEO, the statement said.

Under Onasanya’s leadership FirstBank had been back to back winner of both national and international awards, having been named “The Best Bank Brand in Nigeria” four times in a row 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 by the globally renowned “The Banker Magazine” of the Financial Times Group. For four consecutive years, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 First Bank has been named the “Best Retail Bank in Nigeria” by the Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards, it added.


Credit: Daily Trust

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