By Dipo Olowookere
The duo of Sir Stephen Nwadiuko and Mr Sonny Iroche have been appointed to the board of United Capital Plc, Africa’s renowned Investment Banking Group.
According to a statement issued by the firm, Mr Nwadiuko and Mr Iroche are joining the board as non-executive directors.
This followed the retirement of Ambassador John Shinkaiye from the organisation’s board of directors recently.
In the statement, United Capital noted that these appointments were subject to requisite regulatory approvals.
It was stated that these appointments will further cement United Capital as the leading investment banking group in Nigeria.
Speaking on their proven track record and broad experience, United Capital’s Board Chairman, Mr Chika Mordi said “Stephen and Sonny both bring robust insight and perspective to the quality of deliberations on the board, I welcome them both on board.”
Sir Stephen Nwadiuko is a fellow of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Compliance Institute of Nigeria as well as an associate of Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria.
He is a retired Deputy Director, Banking Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) where he worked for over 20 years. He was a former council member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and Chairman Chartered Institute ofBankers of Nigeria, Abuja Branch.
He is currently a Member of the Investigating Panel of both the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Compliance Institute Nigeria.
He was recently appointed as the Managing Director/CEO of First Guarantee Pensions Limited by the National Pensions Commission.
On his part, Mr Sonny Iroche is a seasoned Finance Executive with over 30 years’ experience in Banking, Power and Public Service. He has served on various boards such as the International Glass Industries Limited and GTBank Sierra Leone.
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