Keystone Bank Gets New Ag. Chief Executive, Awaits Regulatory Approval

Keystone Bank has elevated its deputy managing director to the position of the chief executive officer after the voluntary resignation of Obeahon Ohiwerie from the position.
According to a statement by the lender, Abubakar Danlami Sule has been appointed in an acting capacity pending the approval by the regulatory authority.
Keystone said its former chief executive Ohiwerei is leaving to pursue other personal interests. The statement further added that the Board recognized and appreciated Ohiwerei’s immense contributions to the growth of Keystone Bank and the visibility the Bank had attained as a brand in the past eighteen months.
The newly appointed acting chief executive graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a degree in Accounting.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); an Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN); a Governing Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria; and an Alumni of both the INSEAD (France) and Wharton Business School in Pennsylvania, USA. He was until his appointment as Acting MD/CEO, the Deputy Managing Director of Keystone Bank Limited.
He has over 29 years of cutting-edge banking experience with competences in Corporate Banking, Operations, Treasury Management, Credit Structuring, Corporate Planning, as well as possession of very strong relationship management skills.
Sule was former Managing Director of Sterling Capital Limited, the Investment Banking Subsidiary of Sterling Bank Plc in 2009. While at Sterling Capital Limited, he was appointed by the CBN as part of the Executive Management team to turnaround the fortunes of erstwhile Intercontinental Bank Plc. He eventually returned to Sterling Bank Plc as Executive Director in charge of the North and Corporate Banking. He also worked briefly in Standard Chartered Bank Limited before he joined Keystone Bank.