Every story has an end; hence it is natural to see “The End” at the climax of a movie.
This explains the exit of Philip Oduoza, as Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA), and the beginning of a new phase heralded by Kennedy Uzoka, a onetime director at the bank.
With his appointment as GMD, Uzoka has started a new phase in the history books, as he set to imprint his mark in the sands of time.
As new GMD, the world awaits the marks of the suave man of the moment.
- Kennedy Uzoka holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Benin and an MBA from the University of Lagos. A multiple awards winner, Mr. Uzoka has over 2 decades experience covering core banking, corporate marketing, strategic business advisory services and resources management.
- Mr. Uzoka has supervised the Bank’s businesses in New York and London. In addition to Strategic Support Groups such as HR, Legal Advisory Services, Procurement & Vendor Management, Corporate Relations & Marketing amongst others, he also had responsibility for other critical business functions including Group Treasury, International Financial Institutions & Transaction Banking, e-Banking, UBA Pensions Custodians, Consumer Banking and Cash Management Services.
- He was Head, Strategy & Business Transformation of UBA Group and later Regional Bank Head, South Bank covering over 17 states in southern part of Nigeria. Prior to the merger of legacy Standard Trust Bank(STB) and United Bank for Africa(UBA), he was Regional Director-South East, Vice President-Northern Nigeria, Chief Marketing Officer— Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Marketing Officer, Lagos and later, Managing Executive Officer at STB.
- He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School in Boston USA, the International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland and the London Business School, United Kingdom.
- Welcome Kennedy Uzoka!!!
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