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Access Bank of Nigeria Names Interim CEO

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Nigeria’s Access Bank has named an interim CEO following the tragic demise of Herbert Wigwe, the CEO, who lost his life in a helicopter accident last Friday, along with five others, while on a trip to the US

Nigeria’s Access Bank has named an interim CEO following the tragic demise of Herbert Wigwe, the CEO, who lost his life in a helicopter accident last Friday, along with five others, while on a trip to the US.

In a recent statement, Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank, revealed that Bolaji Agbede, the bank’s senior founding executive director, will step into the CEO role on an acting basis.

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Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 and has nearly 30 years of experience in banking and business consultancy. Wigwe founded Access Bank in 1989 and it has grown to become one of Nigeria’s largest banks in 2018 after it acquired its main competitor, Diamond Bank.