ACCESS BANK APPOINTS WIGWE TO SUCCEED IMOUKHEDE

The Board of Directors of Access Bank Plc has the appointment of Mr Herbert Wigwe to succeed Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, as Group Managing Director/ Chief executive Officer when he retires from the bank in December.

Aig-Imoukhuede, 46, will be leaving the group  after 11 and a half years of outstanding performance.

A statement signed by the bank’s spokesman, Mr. Olusegun Fafore quoted the Chairman, Access Bank Plc, Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, as having appreciated Aigbeje Aig-Imoukhede efforts on behalf of the management and staff of the bank.

SUCCESSION TUSSLE HITS ACCESS BANK, AS AIG-IMOUKHUEDE RETIRES

A succession tussle over who takes over the helms of affairs when the current Group Managing Director, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, retires at the end of this year, is currently brewing at Access Bank Plc.

Aig-Imoukhuede had told shareholders last year that he would retire from the bank in December 2013. His retirement is in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s minimum 10-year tenure given to chief executive officers of banks.