The United Bank for Africa, on Thursday, announced the appointment of Abdoul-Aziz Dia, a Senegalese, as a non-executive director, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
With over 25 years of banking experience garnered from several countries across the globe, including the United Kingdom, France, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire, Dia has held senior management positions at international financial institutions, including the African Development Bank, Citigroup, Standard Chartered, Ecobank and UBA.
A Master’s Degree holder in Statistics and Financial Mathematics from ENSAE, Paris, France, he was Executive Director on the board of various companies across Africa and Europe.
Welcoming him to the board, Tony Elumelu, chairman of UBA Group, described Dia as a seasoned banker, whose global experience and outlook will be an asset, expressing confidence that he has a vital role to play in the future of UBA.
One of such, he noted, is the enormous value he brings to “the Group’s growth strategy.”
Dia joins the Board almost a year after UBA appointed four new members to strengthen and further diversify its Group board, including two female board members: Erelu Angela Adebayo and Angela Aneke. The other two Directors are Kayode Fasola and AbdulKadir J. Bello.
The new director is fluent in six languages: French, English, Romanian, German, Wolof, and Fulani.