Oliver Alawuba is the Group Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA), a leading Financial Services Group with operations in 24 Countries of Four Continents. In his over 25 years career in the Financial services space, Oliver has achieved major milestones and contributed to shaping the Banking landscape across Africa.
He was at various times, CEO Designate for UBA Cote d Ivoire, CEO UBA Ghana, Regional CEO for West Africa, ED East Bank in Nigeria and later, DMD/CEO UBA Africa, providing leadership for the entire 19 Country operations of UBA across Africa. During these periods, he worked with teams to structure landmark transactions and solutions that redefined most of these markets.
Presently as GMD/CEO for UBA Plc, he oversees the Global Operations of UBA across Nigeria, 19 other African Countries, UBA America, UBA United Kingdom, UBA France and UBA UAE.
Under his Leadership, UBA has delivered exceptional and Industryleading financial performance as the Bank continues to support its Customers across its various markets under its Customer First philosophy.
He is an alumnus of the Senior Executive Programme (SEP) of London Business School and the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) of INSEAD Business School in France.