Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe (born July 28, 1964) is a Nigerian business executive and banker. She is the first female managing director and chief executive officer of Fidelity Bank Nigeria.
Early life
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was born in Awka, Anambra State, in Eastern Nigeria. She also lived in Owerri, Imo State, where she studied at the Federal Government Girls’ College.
Education
Onyeali-Ikpe has a law degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She also has a master’s degree in Law from King’s College London.
Career
In 1990, she began working in banking as a legal officer for the now-defunct African Continental Bank. She subsequently worked as a treasury officer for the First African Trust Bank. She later joined Zenith Bank and Standard Chartered Bank respectively.
Enterprise Bank
In 2011, she joined Enterprise Bank as an executive director of the bank’s operations in Lagos and other locations in the South-Western region in Nigeria.