Dr. Adaora Umeoji has been appointed as Zenith Bank Plc new Group Managing Director. The appointment takes effect from the 1st of June 2024.
This was revealed on Tuesday, in a statement signed by the Company Secretary, Michael Otu, and filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited.
The statement partly reads, “Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji is the first female GMDCEO since the inception of the bank, and her appointment is consistent with the bank’s executive transition tradition, succession plan, and strategy of grooming leaders from within.”
She has spent 26 years in total with Zenith Bank Plc, and had been the Deputy Managing Director of the bank since October 28, 2016.
The new GMD will take over from the current GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose tenure comes to an end May 31.
