Obaro Odeghe holds a bachelor’s degree and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Benin. He is an Associate member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) and an Associate Member, National Institute of Management (ANIM). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration – FICA and an honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB). He has over 25 years experience across various areas of banking including; Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, SME Banking, Consumer Banking, Institutional Banking, Trade Finance and Operations. He was the Executive Director, Corporate Banking at Fidelity Bank Plc with responsibility for the following sectors-Energy, Power, Manufacturing, Telecoms, FMCGs, Construction and Real Estate, since March 2019, until he joined us.
He began his banking career with Zenith Bank Plc in January 1995 and worked with the Bank for 13 years before joining United Bank for Africa (UBA) and later to Fidelity bank in 2014 where was appointed as an Executive Director up till March 2019. He has accomplished remarkable and noteworthy achievements in his career, notable among them was the transformation of strategic businesses which accounted for over 10% of the PBT of his previous Bank in 2017 and he was conferred with the award of the ‘Most Profitable Regional Bank’ same year. He has proven records of accomplishments in delivering exceptional business performance culminating in his winning the ‘CEO Award’ from Zenith Bank and the ‘Profitability, Risk Assets & Transaction Banking’ award.
He has attended many domestic and international trainings which includes Executive Leadership: Harvard Business School, USA, Delivering Business Growth; And Actionable Framework: Kellogg’s Business School, USA, Executive Leadership Program; Effective Use of Power: Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA, Executing Strategy for Results: London Business School, UK. He is currently a Non-Executive Director, on the Board of FITC.
He joined the Board of the Bank following the CBN approval of his appointment on February 2, 2022.
