10 things to know about Yetunde Oni, new CEO of Union Bank

Ten things to know about Yetunde Oni, the new CEO of Union Bank

1. Yetunde Oni bagged a degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan in 1991.

2. She underwent Executive Training at Oxford University in 2016.

3. She obtained an MBA in Business Administration from Bangor University in 2020.

4. She began her career with Prime Merchant Bank Treasury & Money Markets Group

5. In 1994, she joined Ecobank Nigeria as a Relationship Manager in the Institutional Banking Group (1994 – 2005).

6. In January 2005, Yetunde Oni joined Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, assuming the role of Senior Account Relationship Manager in the Local corporations segment.

7. She was later transferred to the Apapa Branch where she was saddled with the dual responsibility of Wholesale Banking Branch Head and the development of the Bank’s Local corporate portfolio in the Apapa and Ogun State Region.

8. In May 2010, she was appointed Head of Local Corporates.

9. In 2014, she was appointed the Managing Director & Country Head of Commercial Banking in West Africa for Standard Chartered Bank, (2014 – Jan 2021).

10. Before her Managerial appointment with Union Bank, she operated as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank in Sierra Leone, a position she took in January 2021.