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\u00a0By Adejuwon Osunnuyi<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a statement by the financial institution, the holding company will be governed by a Board of Directors comprising, Mr. Sola Oyinlola as Chairman of the Board and Mr Segun Agbaje as the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adebanji Adeniyi as Executive Director, Mrs Cathy Echeozo as Non-Executive Director, Mr. Suleiman Barau and Mrs. Helen Bouygues as Independent Non-Executive Directors.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Banking subsidiary, Guaranty Trust Bank Limited will be governed by a Board of Directors comprising, Mr Ibrahim Hassan as Chairman of the Board, Mrs Miriam Olusanya as Managing Director, Mr Jide Okuntola as Deputy Managing Director, Mr Haruna Musa as Executive Director, Mr Olabode Agusto as Independent Non-Executive Director, Ms Imoni Akpofure and Mrs Victoria Adefala as Independent Non-Executive Directors.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Commenting on the completion of the Corporate Reorganization, Agbaje, said: \u201cWe believe that a Holding Company Structure will allow us take advantage of new business opportunities in the emerging competitive landscape and strengthen our earnings base. We are very excited to get started on the next phase of our incredible journey to driving Africa\u2019s growth by making end-to-end financial services easily accessible to every African and African Businesses by leveraging Technology and Strategic Partnerships.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAs a bank, we were always looking to meet every customer need; with our corporate reorganization, we will be able to do more to help our customers thrive in this new world of digital technologies and unprecedented possibilities. Whilst we are evolving as an organization, we remain committed to our founding values which have endeared our brand to millions of people across Africa and beyond, and which continues to drive our financial success.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAs a proudly African and truly international band, we will continue to live by these values\u2014of excellence, hard work and integrity, even as we create faster, cheaper, safer and more diverse products for people and businesses of varied types and sizes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The financial institution, aiming to strengthen its long-term competitiveness and growth prospects, Guaranty Trust Bank plc had recently completed its re-organisation to a holding company structure.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the terms of the re-organisation, a new operating company has been established and amendments made to the articles of incorporation for a corporate name change.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0The corporate name of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc and GTCO Plc will be used by the newly established operating company.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The statement noted that the appointments have been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria and disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nigerian Exchange Group.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to its corporate reorganization to Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has been at the forefront of delivering innovative banking products and services to customers and best-in-class Return-on-Equity to shareholders.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0It is widely regarded as the best managed financial institution in Nigeria and has, over the past decade, embarked on a period of unparalleled growth, growing its customer base from less than three million customers in 2011 to over 24million customers in 2020, and profit before tax from N45.5 billion at the end of the 2010 financial year to N238.1billion at the end of the 2020 financial year.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0By Adejuwon Osunnuyi Following the completion of its restructuring into a holding company, Guaranty Trust Bank has appointed Mrs Miriam Olusanya as the first female managing director of its banking arm, while Mr Segun Agabaje serves as group managing director of the Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc. In a statement by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85,8,15],"tags":[838,840,839,837],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appointment","category-banking","category-business-news","tag-first-female-managing-director","tag-guaranty-trust-holding-company-plc","tag-mr-segun-agabaje","tag-mrs-miriam-olusanya"],"yoast_head":"\nFollowing the completion of its restructuring into a holding company, Guaranty Trust Bank has appointed Mrs Miriam Olusanya as the first female managing director of its banking arm, while Mr Segun Agabaje serves as group managing director of the Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n