JIBRIL AKU
Chairman
Jibril Aku has an expansive wealth of experience in the Banking and Financial services industry, spanning 34 years. His banking career has included key positions in specialized departments of capital markets, foreign exchange and treasury management. He was the Group Head of Strategy Management at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated in Lomé, Togo before retiring on December 2016. He had earlier served as the Managing Director/CEO of Ecobank Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. Prior to joining the Ecobank Group in 2006 as Executive Director, Treasury & Financial Institutions of Ecobank Nigeria, he served in various local and International Banks for 21 years including Citibank Nigeria where he attained the position of Vice President and Country/ Regional Treasurer and Former Afribank Nigeria PLC where he was the Executive Director Operations and Technology from 2003 – 2005.
Mr. Aku is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, as well University of Benin, both in Nigeria, from where he holds Bachelors in Business Administration and MBA respectively. He is a recipient of the prestigious Doctor of Science from from Achievers University, Nigeria, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB).
He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of FMDQ OTC PLC, a Securities Exchange. Other companies where he also served as director include Nigeria Interbank Settlement System PLC (NIBSS), Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), and Old Mutual Insurance Company, Nigeria.
Mr. Aku is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, as well University of Benin, both in Nigeria, from where he holds Bachelors in Business Administration and MBA respectively. He is a recipient of the prestigious Doctor of Science from from Achievers University, Nigeria, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB).
He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of FMDQ OTC PLC, a Securities Exchange. Other companies where he also served as director include Nigeria Interbank Settlement System PLC (NIBSS), Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), and Old Mutual Insurance Company, Nigeria.