The parent body of Ecobank has announced on Friday that its Chief Financial Officer, Greg Davis, is leaving his post to spend more time with his young family in the United Kingdom.
At a meeting of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Directors yesterday, the bank’s Board accepted Davis’ resignation as Chief Financial Officer, and Group Executive, Finance.
In line with ETI’s established executive succession plan, the Board has appointed Ayo Adepoju, Vice President, Group Finance as acting CFO.
Ecobank said Greg was a key member of the team, closely supporting the Group CEO, Ade Ayeyemi, in implementing the Roadmap to Leadership strategy of the Group since joining in 2016.
“One of Greg’s enduring successes has been building the quality and depth of the finance team across the Group and making significant enhancements” the bank said in a statement paying tribute to their former CFO.
Mr. Ade Ayeyemi, Group Chief Executive Officer paid homage to Greg, saying he “has great admiration for his well-grounded financial acumen, sound judgement and focused commitment and dedication to Ecobank”.
Before Ayo’s current role as Group Head of Business Performance and Analytics, he was Ecobank’s Group Financial Controller, where he was responsible for financial and regulatory reporting for the Group.
Prior to joining Ecobank, he had a career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and Lagos as an Assurance Manager in the financial services practice.
He is an Accounting graduate of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours and has an MBA from Warwick Business School, United Kingdom.
AFP
