Zenith Bank Plc, on Tuesday appointed Kennedy Onuwa Okwudili as an Executive Director from May 1, 2026, a move the bank said is in line with its tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within to further strengthen the Executive Management.
Okwudili, a 1998 Second Class Upper division graduate of Accounting from the University of Maiduguri, obtained a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 2008 and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Veritas University, Abuja, all in Nigeria has over 25 years of cognate banking experience.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), 2013, and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), 2024, he is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), 2016.
Okwudili who has undertaken task across spanning credit and marketing, treasury, compliance, operations, in addition to working in various zones and departments of the bank
at different times, has attended several Executive Education Programmes both within and outside the country. These include: Senior Leadership Development Programme at the Lagos Business School, Corporate Directorship Programme at the Harvard Business School and Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford, SAID Business School.
He is currently the President of Catholic Bankers Association of Nigeria (CBAN) and a member of the Noble Order of the Knights of St. John International (KSJI).
