Chief
Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank PLC, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has been
listed amongst the recipients of the 2023 national awards. According to
the 2023 national awards list released by the Federal Government last
weekend, Onyeali-Ikpe would be conferred with the award of the Officer
of the Order of the Niger, OON.
The list also includes prominent names such as Emeka
Anyaoku, First lady, Oluremi Tinubu, Co-Founder of Tony Elumelu
Foundation, Dr Awele Elumelu; President of Transcorp Group, Dr Owen
Omogiafo among others.
Also, former Governor of Osun, Bisi Akande; Olusegun
Osoba; Mamman Daura and Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, among
others received Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic.
The OON award comes to join a list of recognitions
Onyeali-Ikpe has received recently. It would be recalled that she bagged
the awards of the Banker of the Year 2022 at the Champion Newspapers’
Awards of the Year 2022 earlier in May, the Banker of the Year 2022 at
the 14th Leadership Annual Conference and Awards in January 2023 as well
as the Best Banking CEO Nigeria 2023 in the 2023 Global Banking &
Finance Awards in April 2023. She was also recognized as one of the top
10 female finalists in the Africa.com Definitive List of Women Chief
Executive Officers (CEOs).
Onyeali-Ikpe joined Fidelity Bank as an Executive
Director in 2015 and was appointed Managing Director/CEO of the Bank in
January 2021.
Following her appointment, Onyeali-Ikpe became the first
female MD/CEO in the history of the bank and one out of six other
female CEOs in the industry.
Under Onyeali-Ikpe’s watch, Fidelity Bank grew its PBT
from N25.22bilion in 2021 to N53.68billion in 2022. Furthermore, she
guided the bank to obtain the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria to
expand its operations to the United Kingdom.
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