Board of Directors
CHIKA MORDI
Chairman
Chika is an accomplished banker who spent over twenty years leading and co-leading successful turnarounds of
three banks. Chika has also sat on the boards of more than 30 nancial institutions in Africa and the United Kingdom
and served as the alternate President of West African Bankers' Association, amongst several other government
committees. In 2013, he was appointed the inaugural CEO of the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria. He is
currently the CEO of Accender Africa in Washington, DC.
Chika holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ilorin and an MBA from IESE Business School Barcelona; MPA
from Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge; and M.Sc. from Johns Hopkins University, USA.
PETER ASHADE
Group Chief Executive Ofcer
Peter Ashade is the Group CEO of United Capital Plc, a leading African investment banking group providing capital
and nancing solutions to African governments, companies, and individuals. The Group comprises of the following
business divisions: Investment Banking, Asset Management, Trustee Services and Securities Trading.
Peter is an astute investment banker and business leader with 29 years' cognate experience in Nigeria's capital
market; 14 years as Chief Executive. He is a well-rounded capital market player having participated in various
landmark capital market transactions across all segments of the market and a member of various policy-formulating
capital market committees. He is reputed for transformational leadership and outstanding executional capabilities.
EMMANUEL N. NNOROM
Non Executive Director
Emmanuel N. Nnorom has over 30 years work experience in Accounting and Finance (including at executive levels) in
both the real estate and banking sectors in Nigeria. He recently retired from the Board of the United Bank for Africa Plc
as an Executive Director.
He is an alumnus of Oxford University Templeton College and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Nigeria (ICAN). He is also an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria (CIBN).
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