Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Kennedy Onuwa Okwudili as an Executive Director of the bank effective May 1, 2026.
The appointment, which is consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within, will further strengthen the bank’s executive management.
Okwudili graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting in 1998 from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a Second Class Upper division.
He obtained a Masters of Business Administration, MBA, from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria in 2008 and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria in 2021.
Okwudili has over twenty-five years of cognate banking experience spanning credit and marketing, treasury, compliance as well as operations and had at different times worked in various zones and departments of the bank.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, 2013, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, 2024 and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, 2016.
He has attended several Executive Education Programmes both within and outside the country, including: 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.
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