Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Appoints Olukorede Adenowo As CEO

Standard Chartered has announced the appointment of Olukorede Adenowo (K.O) as Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited.

His appointment as CEO follows his recent appointment as Executive Director, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking business in Nigeria where he is responsible for driving and implementing the Bank’s business strategy for its corporate clients.

Prior to this, KO was the Chief Executive Officer for Standard Chartered Bank, The Gambia with dual responsibility for managing the Bank’s business interest in Senegal. He has been a Non-Executive Director of the Bank in Sierra Leone and also served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Standard Chartered Gambia.

K.O has a total of 35 years post-university experience in Banking, Finance and Consulting.

He was a founding staff of Standard Chartered Bank in Nigeria and has held various senior positions in Standard Chartered Bank Group in the last 24 years. He has served as Head of Origination and Client Corporates for Standard Chartered, West Africa; Deputy Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon and a senior management executive in the Wholesale Bank in Standard Chartered Nigeria.

In his penultimate role as Africa Co-Head Financial Institutions and Public Sector business for SCB, K.O provided strong leadership in building and managing key strategic FI relationships across West Africa. He worked closely with several Banks and Governments across the region i.e. Cameroon, Gabon, Senegal, Ghana, and most recently Nigeria in advising them on accessing international capital markets and ultimately improving the banks visibility in Public Sector for business success and growth in an increasingly stringent regulatory environment.

He was also appointed the first Regional Head of Global Corporates for Standard Chartered Africa where he led the Africa Multinational business.