Adaora Umeoji Assumes Office as The First Female Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank

Newly appointed group managing director of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Adaora Umeoji has assumed office as the first CEO and group managing director of the bank.

She takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, who on June 1st 2024, passed the baton of excellent service delivery, group synergy, transformation and innovation recorded by the bank in his five-year reign.

Before her appointment, Adaora was the Deputy Managing Director of the bank since October 28, 2016, and with nearly 30 years of banking experience of which 26 years has been with Zenith Bank. She is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, where she attended the Advanced Management Programme.

Umeoji is also an alumnus of Columbia Business School with a Certificate in the Global Banking Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Jos, a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, and a first-class honours degree in law from Baze University, Abuja.

She holds a Master of Laws from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from the University of Calabar, and also has a doctorate in business administration from Apollos University, USA. 

Umeoji also holds a Certificate in Economics for Business from the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management, USA, and has attended various management programmes in renowned Universities around the world including the strategic thinking and Management programme at Wharton Business School, USA.