Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe
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Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe | |
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| Born | July 28, 1964 Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Years active | 1990 - present |
| Employer | Fidelity Bank Nigeria |
| Title | GMD/CEO, Fidelity Bank |
| Term | 2020 - present |
| Predecessor | Nnamdi Okonkwo |
| Website | www |
Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, OON[1] (born July 28, 1964) is the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc. She joined Fidelity Bank as an Executive Director in 2015[2] and was appointed Managing Director/CEO in January 2021, becoming the first female MD/CEO in the bank's history.[3]
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She also lived in Owerri, Imo State, where she studied at the Federal Government Girls’ College.[4]
Education
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Master of Law from King's College London.[5] She has attended executive training programs at various institutions including Harvard Business School, The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, and London Business School.[6] Additionally, she recently completed a Diploma program in Organizational Leadership at Said Business School, Oxford University, UK.[5] She holds an honorary doctorate degree in Business Administration from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), awarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2023.[2][7]
Career
In 1990, she began working in banking as a legal officer for the now-defunct African Continental Bank. She subsequently worked as a treasury officer for the First African Trust Bank. She later joined Zenith Bank and Standard Chartered Bank respectively.[8][9]
Onyeali-Ikpe has held leadership positions at Citizens International Bank, Zenith Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank, among others. She has been instrumental in structuring complex transactions across various sectors including Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Aviation, Real Estate, and Export.[10]
Enterprise Bank
In 2011, she joined Enterprise Bank as an executive director of the bank's operations in Lagos and other locations in the South-Western region in Nigeria.[11]
Fidelity Bank
Onyeali-Ikpe joined the commercial bank Fidelity as an executive director in January, 2015. Fidelity Bank announced Onyeali-Ikpe as its managing director in December 2021.[12]
Under her leadership, Fidelity Bank witnessed significant growth, increasing its Profit Before Tax (PBT) from N25.22bn in FY 2021 to N122bn in FY 2023.[13] Onyeali-Ikpe has led the bank's expansion into international markets, including the recent approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria to acquire Fidelity Bank UK Limited (formerly Union Bank UK).[14][15]
Onyeali-Ikpe has spearheaded initiatives such as PayGate Plus, an online payment platform, and the Fidelity International Trade & Creative Connect (FITCC) aimed at supporting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) globally[16]