Elias is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Globus Bank. He has been in the banking industry for over two and half decades having handled top management positions such as Executive Director, Corporate and Commercial Banking at Zenith Bank Plc. for about 8 years as well as Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking at Access Bank Plc. for another 3.5 years; his experience cuts across all areas of banking.
Elias trained in PricewaterhouseCoopers between 1989 and 1993 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and became a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Elias holds a B.Sc degree in Accounting from University of Benin, Nigeria and an M.Sc Corporate Finance from University of Liverpool, UK.
He has attended several professional developments programmes in Insead Fontainebleau; IMD, Lausanne; Harvard Business School, Boston; Wharton School, Philadelphia.
Nixon is the Executive Director/Executive Compliance Officer of Globus Bank. Nixon started his banking career with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (1997) and later joined Access Bank Plc in 2002.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Port Harcourt and MBAs from Bangor University, United Kingdom and Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt. He has also attended several courses on Leadership, Corporate Governance, Strategic Management, Corporate Restructuring, Portfolio and Risk Management. He is an alumnus of INSEAD France and IMD.
He is also a member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and The Chartered Banker Institute of Scotland and Wales. Before his appointment, Nixon held various senior management positions including Group Head, Global Transaction Banking (Access Bank Plc), Group Head, Large Conglomerates (Access Bank Plc) and Group Head, Commercial Banking Division, East (Access Bank Plc).
Mr. Okere is the founder of Computer Warehouse Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Lagos and an Executive MBA from the International Graduate School of Management (IESE) Spain, and has over thirty (30) years industry experience covering roles in Visioning & Strategy, Relationship Management, Leadership Training, Corporate Management, Sales and Marketing and Systems Analysis.
Mr. Okere is a member of the board of the Governing Council of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria, Advisory Board of Global Business School Network Washington, Global Agenda Council World Economic Forum.
Vincent holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Enugu State University of Science & Technology (1987), Master’s degrees in Finance and Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos (1997 and 1998 respectively), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management from Walden University USA
He started his career in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited in 1987 and worked in several places including Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Shell Markets Middle East, and West African Ventures/Sea Trucks Group. Vincent is a registered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
Olayide holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Ilorin (1985). She has over seventeen (17) years banking experience working with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (1992), UBA Plc (1998) and Intercontinental Bank Plc in 2009 where she rose to the level of General Manager, and audit experience from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (1990).
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (LBS), IMD Lausanne, INSEAD France and Cranfield UK
Mr. Ezi-Ashi is a seasoned entrepreneur. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1983) and an LLB from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1990).
He is the Founder/Chief Executive of TIE International Nigeria Limited (1985), GETTIT Nigeria Limited/KCC U.K (1995) and Sermatech Nigeria Limited, a leading engineering and business consortium.
Azekhuria holds a Bachelor of Science Master of Science degrees in Natural Gas Engineering from Texas A & M University, Kingsville, Texas USA (1979 and 1981 respectively). He has over twenty-eight (28) years professional experience and held responsibilities at very senior levels. He started his career as a Senior Operations Geologist at Exploration Logging Inc, Houston Texas in 1981 and later moved to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 1982 where he served in various capacities including Gas Engineer, Head Marketing Unit and Deputy Chief Engineer.
Between 1998 and 1999, he served as Special Assistant to the Head of State on Petroleum Resources and was a member of the Technical Advisory Committee, NLNG as well as member NNPC/SHELL JV operating committee. He is a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria; Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Member Nigeria Gas Association and Executive Member, Council of Nigerian Gas Association amongst others.
He was awarded the national honor of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 2005
Titus holds a first degree in Accountancy from the University of Maiduguri (2000) and an MBA in finance from Obafemi Awolowo University (2010). He started his banking career in 2002 with Diamond Bank Plc where he gained extensive experience in Audit and Risk Management. His experience transcends Bank Operations, Audit and Investigations, Credit Risk Management, financial institutions due diligence on mergers and acquisitions, Market and Operations Risk Management.
He was involved in an International Finance Corporation (IFC) SME Credit Train the trainer's project where he transferred skills set acquired to over three hundred (300) participants on SME related courses. He has also benefited from several distinctive local and international professional training courses in Nigeria.
He was also notably a member of the Working Group of the Bankers' Committee Sub-Committee on Power for the development of the Power Sector Action Plan for addressing sector illiquidity, and improving sector bankability and, aggressive ATC & C loss reduction programme in 2017. He is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
Dayo qualified as a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1997 after his tertiary education at Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti (1995). He holds an MBA in Management and Accountancy from Obafemi Awolowo University (2009) and he has over seventeen (17) years of professional experience in the financial services industry.
Before joining Globus, Dayo was an employee of International Breweries (1993), HLB Z.O. Ososanya & Co. (1998), First Bank Plc (2006) and Ecobank Nigeria Limited (2008). He has attended various training including Strategic Business Leadership Programme (LBS), Financial Modelling (IBFC Agusto & Co.), Tax Planning and Management of Tax Liability (LBS) etc. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Bola holds a Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science) degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (1997) and a Senior Management Program Certificate (SMP) from the Lagos Business School (2009). He has over eighteen (18) years experience in IT Services, software development, electronic channels product management and project management out of which fourteen (14) years was spent in the financial services sector.
Rita holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She started her banking career in Access Bank Plc in 2007 and rose to become the Bank's Head, Fixed Income Trading.
She has vast experience in Fixed Income and Currency Trading, Asset and Liability Management, Treasury Sales, Correspondent Banking and Financial Institutions. As a result of her Outstanding Performance, the bank received a Special award/Recommendation from Debt Management Office as the Most Outstanding Primary Dealer Market Marker in 2016. Also, under her purview the Bank received the FMDQ Gold award in 2018 as the best FMDQ Fixed Income Market Liquidity Provider. Rita is an alumnus of the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at Wharton University and a Fellow of the Financial Market Dealers Association of Nigeria.
She has attended several courses including Simarch's Fixed Income and Securities (South Africa) and Fixed Income and Derivatives (Citibank London) and Treasury Management Academy (Euromoney). She is a Financial Analyst at CNBC Africa and FMDQ/Channels Television. She holds both the Treasury Dealers Certification and ACI-Dealing Certificate.
Olaitan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the Ogun State University (1998) and qualified as a Chartered accountant (ICAN) in 2002. He has over eighteen (18) years experience covering AML/CFT Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, International Sanctions Compliance, Internal Control and Internal Audit.
He has worked in various capacities in NBM Bank Limited (now Sterling Bank), Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, Access Bank (Gambia) Limited and First City Monument Bank Plc respectively. He is noted for designing and implementing effective and efficient compliance risk management system and processes which assure and optimize sustainable revenues for organizations.
He is a Certified Compliance Professional, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) and the Compliance Institute of Nigeria. He has also attended various training which includes Regional Workshop on Combating Financing of Terrorism, Regional Workshop on ML/TF Risk Assessment for Financial Institutions and Regional Training on revised FATF Recommendation.