Ifiesimama Melvin Sekibo
| Ifiesimama Melvin Sekibo | |
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| Born | Ifiesimama Melvin Sekibo 1965 (age 58–59) Rivers State, Nigeria |
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| 📆 Years active | 2012–present |
| MD/CEO of Heritage Bank (Nigeria) | |
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Ifie Sekibo (born 18 April 1965) is a Nigerian banker and entrepreneur. He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Education[edit]
Sekibo has a degree in accountancy from the University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt (now Rivers State University). He is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School[9] and holds a PhD in Credit Management from the London Post Graduate Credit Management College, UK, an affiliate of American University, London.[10]
He also serves as a fellow of the Institute of Directors; Institute of Petroleum, London; Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management; Institute of Credit Administration, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and other professional institutes.
Career[edit]
Sekibo started his career as an auditor with the Rivers State Government’s Audit Department in 1988. He joined KPMG in Lagos as an Audit Trainee in 1989 before moving to ELF Nigeria as a Cost Controller. He served as an Assistant Manager in Investment Banking and Trust Co. from 1991 to 1997.[11] He became a member of the Executive Management of Rims Merchant Bank from 2000 to 2002, while also serving as Financial Controller and Head of Administration in Monipulo Limited (Petroleum Development) from 1999 to 2002. In 2003, he became the Group Managing Director of International Energy Insurance, a position he held until 2009[10]
In 2009, he led a team of professionals which nurtured the re-birth of the erstwhile Societe Generale Bank which was transformed to an Innovative Commercial Bank with Regional authorization called Heritage Banking Company Ltd. In 2014, he led the bank to acquire Enterprise Bank and got a national license from the Central Bank of Nigeria to operate nationwide.[12][13][9][14]
Awards and achievements[edit]
Ifie Sekibo was Honoured at the 2014 edition of Goal Attainment Made Easy (GAME) Conference for his contribution in the financial services sector.[15] In 2016, he won the Leader of the Year Award from Guardian of the Nation International.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ifie Sekibo: 'Championing New Model of Entrepreneurial Growth, Innovation in Africa'". Vanguard News. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ↑ "Sekibo tasks SMEs on new models, partnerships for competitiveness". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2021-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sekibo calls for innovation to boost GDP through agric". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2021-02-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Heritage Bank's MD Sekibo harps on food security, agro-business funding". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2021-02-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sekibo seeks stronger Nigeria, Russia ties". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ "NES 24: Nigeria must support SMEs, agric to addres poverty, says Sekibo". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ "Sekibo advocates stronger Nigeria - Russia partnership". Vanguard (Nigeria). 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2021-03-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ifie M P Sekibo". Bloomberg. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Sekibo @ 55: Celebrating a turnaround Captain". Vanguard News. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Youth Mentorship Vital for Economic Devt, Says Sekibo". THISDAYLIVE. 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ifie Sekibo: A Leader With the Midas Touch at 56, By Dele Akinsemoyin". Premium Times. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ifie Sekibo: Celebrating a turnaround captain at 55". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ↑ Salami, Oluwadamilare (2020-07-07). "How IFIE Sekibo Runs HERITAGE Bank". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ↑ "Ifie Sekibo: Celebrating a Turnaround Captain at 55". THISDAYLIVE. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2021-02-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ BellaNaija.com (2014-12-10). "Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Ifie Sekibo & More Honoured at GAME 2014 as Men & Women Making a Difference!". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ↑ "Photo News: Heritage MD receives GOTNI's Leader of the Year Award -". The Eagle Online. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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