The board of Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe and Mr. Gabriel Ukpeh as independent non- executive directors of the bank, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The appointment is in compliance with the code of Corporate Governance for banks in Nigeria issued by the apex bank.
Professor Ibidapo-Obe is a distinguished professor of Systems Engineering and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. He holds a Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) in Civil Engineering with specialisation in Applied Mechanics/Systems from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
He has served both in public sector and on the board of many of international organisations.
Besides, University of Lagos, he was also Vice Chancellor of Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebony State (FUNAI) until February 15, 2016 when he retired.
Mr. Ukpeh is an internationally acclaimed consultant in business strategy, process reengineering and financial services and was until recently a Partner and Risk Quality Leader for Africa at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) with 35 years experience in financial audit and reporting.