Oliver Alawuba

Oliver Alawuba is the Group Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a leading Financial Services Group with operations in 24 Countries on 4 Continents. In his over 25 years career in the Financial Services space, Oliver has achieved major milestones and contributed to shaping the Banking landscape across Africa.

He was at various times, CEO Designate for UBA Côte d'Ivoire; CEO UBA Ghana; Regional CEO of Anglophone Countries in UBA Africa Subsidiaries: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ghana; Executive Director, East Bank in Nigeria; Managing Director/CEO UBA Africa; and later Group Deputy Managing Director/CEO, UBA Africa covering Nigeria and other 19 Subsidiaries in Africa. During these periods, he worked with teams to structure landmark transactions and solutions that redefined most of these markets.

Presently as GMD/CEO for UBA Plc, he oversees the Global Operations of UBA across Nigeria, 19 other African Countries, UBA America, UBA United Kingdom, UBA France and UBA UAE. Furthermore, he is the current Chairman of the Body of Banks’ CEOs in Nigeria.

Under his leadership, UBA has delivered exceptional and industry- leading financial performance as the Bank continues to support its customers across its various markets under its Customer First (C1st) Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Management (FNIM), and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB).

He is also an alumnus of the Senior Executive Programme (SEP) of the London Business School, the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) of INSEAD Business School in France and Harvard Business School in United State of America.