Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
A foremost banker, Mr Olukorede Adenowo, has been appointed to the board of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria as an Executive Director.
Mr Adenowo, who has a 33-year post-university experience in banking, finance and consulting, is expected to use his experience to take the bank to a greater height.
Earlier in 2020, he was appointed as the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking business in Nigeria, where he is responsible for driving and implementing the lender’s business strategy for its corporate clients.
Prior to his appointment, he was the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) The Gambia with dual responsibility of managing the company’s business interest in Senegal.
He has been a non-executive director of SCB Sierra Leone from 2014 and also currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of Standard Chartered Bank Gambia.
Mr Adenowo was a founding staff of Standard Chartered Bank in Nigeria and has held various senior positions in Standard Chartered Bank Group in the last 21 years.
He has served as Head of Origination and Client Corporates for Standard Chartered Bank, West Africa; Deputy Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon and a senior management executive in the Wholesale Bank in Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria.
In his penultimate role as Africa Co-Head Financial Institutions and Public Sector business for SCB, the reputable banker 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.
Mr Adenowo, who is married to Olajumoke and both have two children, was appointed the first Regional Head of Global Corporates for Standard Chartered Africa where he led the Africa Multinational business.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, he worked in Societe Generale Bank Nigeria and Deloitte Nigeria, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990.
An Economist turned Chartered Accountant; he was appointed Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Institute Accountants of Nigeria in 2000.
He is an alumnus of INSEAD and Said Business School of Oxford University where he had management training in Leadership and holds an MBA from the Lagos Business School.
