Nigeria's Access Bank appoints Bolaji Agbede after death of CEO
Access Bank, one of Nigeria's largest
banks, has appointed a temporary replacement for Herbert Wigwe, who died alongside five others
in a helicopter crash last Friday.
Bolaji Agbede, Access Bank's most senior founding
executive director, will assume the chief executive officer’s position in
acting capacity, the bank's parent company, Access Holdings Plc, announced in a
statement.
Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 and has nearly 30 years
of experience in banking and business consultancy, the company said.
Wigwe's chartered helicopter was on its way from Palm
Springs to Boulder City in Nevada in the US when it went down, about 96km (60
miles) from Las Vegas.
The 57-year-old banker was on his way to Las Vegas to
attend Sunday's Super Bowl.
Wigwe founded Access Bank in 1989. It became the largest
bank in Nigeria in 2018 after it acquired its main competitor, Diamond Bank.
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