By Prosper Mene
Mrs Onwughalu joined Fidelity Bankโs Board in December 2020 and previously served as Chairman of the Board Credit Committee and the Board Committee on Bank Capitalisation, among other leadership roles.
She brings over 30 years of banking experience, including executive management positions in several financial institutions.
She was formerly Group Managing Director of Mainstreet Bank Limited and Deputy Managing Director at Skye Bank Plc.
โThe Board is confident that Mrs Amaka Onwughalu will lead the Board in the continued successful execution of its strategy.
โThe Board is also pleased with the succession arrangements for the role of Board Chairman, which attests to the Bankโs high governance standards,โ the notice added.
Currently CEO of Blueshield Financial Services Limited, Onwughalu holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Buckingham, an MSc in Corporate Governance from Leeds Metropolitan University, and an MBA from the University of Port Harcourt.
She has also attended executive programmes at world-class institutions, including INSEAD, IMD Lausanne, Cambridge Judge Business School, Columbia Business School, Stanford, and Harvard Kennedy School.
The bank expressed confidence that Onwughalu would continue to lead the Board in successfully executing its strategic objectives, noting that her appointment reflects Fidelity Bankโs high governance standards.
