The Daily Observer (Banjul)
Daily Observer
23 December 2011
Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Ltd has appointed two new executive directors at a recent board meeting. According to a press release from the bank, the appointees are Ms. Isatou Jawara and Bolaji Ayodele, which has also been approved by the Central Bank of The Gambia. The appointments, the release added, are meant to further enhance the capacity of the Board to deliver on the bank’s corporate goals, as the new Board members are seasoned professionals with diverse experiences.
Commenting on the appointments according to the release, the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Ltd, Femi Omotoso said: “the appointment of the two executive directors confirms that we are truly a Gambian bank and it will provide an opportunity to further engender a rejuvenation and enhance the capacity of the executive management and Board, by deepening specialisation and strengthening the corporate governance culture.”
Ms. Isatou Jawara joined GTBank in 2003 and has worked in the areas of Retail Bank, Commercial Bank and Corporate Bank Groups. She holds a B.Sc (honors) in Management from the University of Hull, UK (2000) and an MBA from the University of Leicester, UK (2002). She has an extensive experience in credit analysis and packaging. She coordinated the first and second loan syndications in The Gambian banking industry. Ms. Jawara is currently the Divisional Head of Corporate Bank Group.
Bolaji Ayodele joined Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in 1994, after a brief stint with Chartered Bank Ltd Nigeria where he served in the Foreign Operations Department in 1993. Prior to his deployment to The Gambia in 2005 as General Manager, Mr. Ayodele was the Zonal Co-ordinator for Operations, Northern Nigeria, where all the GTBank’s branches in the Northern part of Nigeria were under his purview.
He holds a B.Sc in Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria (1991), a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Business Administration from Enugu State University of Science & Technology (1999) and an MBA in Business Administration from Enugu State University of Science & Technology (2002). He has also attended several management courses at some of the world’s leading business schools. Bolaji is currently the Divisional Head for Operations, Technology and Treasury Units.
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