Pandemic be utterly damned: Nigerian women are damningly flying and unapologetically flourishing. The KOKO name is synonymous with excellence and success. Each year, KOKO ranks black women globally based on a variety of categories before naming the KOKO Woman Of The Year. With the COVID-19 pandemic comes challenges and great opportunities.
So Nigerian women leading through a global health, political uncertainty and national economic crisis is no easy feat, but the events of this past year haven’t fazed the 30 trailblazing inspiring black strong women who make up KOKO’s 2021 Most Powerful Women list in Finance list.
These great and impressive financial pedigree from our dedicated Nigerian women are worthy of mention and praise by all Nigerians and the world at large.
“The 2021 Women in Finance list is curated using industry expertise, experience, abilities and role importance and significance within Nigeria’s financial setup,” says KOKO’s Operations Director.
Of them, 13 lead (or hold senior leadership position) some of the Nigeria’s biggest banks and financial institutions, positions they’ve leveraged so effectively well to effect change in the delicately unpredictable Nigerian financial polity.
Below are this year’s Most Powerful Women in Finance in Nigeria:
1. Miriam Olusanya – MD/CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank
2. Yemisi Edun – MD, FCMB
3. Zainab Ahmed – Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning
4. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe – MD/CEO, Fidelity Bank
5. Adaeze Udensi – MD/CEO, Titan Trust Bank
6. Abiola Adekoya – Lead Wealth Advisor, Artios Capital
7. Tomi Somefun – MD/CEO, Unity Bank Plc
8. Bukola Smith – MD, FSDH Merchant Bank
9. Ireti Samuel-Ogbu – Citi Nigeria CEO, Citi Country Officer
10. Halima Buba – MD/CEO, SunTrust
11. Caroline Chidiebere Anyanwu – FCMB Pensions
12. Titi Odunfa Adeoye – CIO, Sankore
13. Kafilat Araoye – MD/CEO, Lotus Bank
14. Suzanne Iroche – MD/CEO Finbank Plc
15. Folake Latifat Sanu – Executive Director, Wema Bank Plc
16. Oluwayemisi Disu – Director, Heritage Bank Plc
17. Funke Osibodu – MD/CEO Union Bank Plc
18. Ajoritsedere Awosika – Chairperson, Board of Directors, Access Bank Plc
19. Adaora Remi Umeoji – Deputy Managing Director, Zenith Bank Plc
20. Adeola Azeez – Deputy Country Head at Deutsche Bank Nigeria
21. Aishah Ahmad – Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
22. Funke Feyisetan-Ladimeji – Executive Director, Coronation Merchant Bank
23. Bola Adesola – Senior Vice Chairman, Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
24. Bunmi Dayo-Olagunju – Executive Director, Operations, Stanbic IBTC Bank
25. Oluwatoyin Sanni – Founder and CEO, Emerging Africa, Leading Capital Markets
26. Arunma Oteh – Chair, The Royal African Society
27. Sola David-Borha – CEO, Standard Bank Group
28. Bode Abifarin – Chief Operating Officer, Flutterwave
29. Chinyere Don Okhuofu – DCEO, Interswitch Networks
30. The Mothers Of Nigerian Banking – Osaretin Demuren And Ibikun Awosika
For information about KOKO Women Of The Year List, please visit: https://koko.ng/nomzamo-nonzwakazi-mbatha-kokos-2017-woman-year/
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