Simon Aranonu
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| Born | Simon Aranonu 22 May 1961 |
| Occupations | Accountant and banking executive |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Simon Aranonu is a Nigerian accountant and banking executive. He is the executive director of Large Enterprises at the Bank of Industry.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Aranonu was born on 22 May 1961, to the late Augustine Ejidike Aranonu who was a petty trader and Mrs Theresa Nwoye Aranonu, a seamstress in Onitsha, Anambra State, and afterwards gained admission into Oraifite Secondary School, a missionary school run by the Anglican diocese,[7] in the southeastern part of Nigeria.[8]
He obtained his primary education form the community primary school in rural Onitsha, Anambra State. He is a Christian and speaks two languages English and Igbo.[9] As a young child, Aranonu wanted to be a medical doctor, he has been working towards as a science student and also filled medicine in his Jamb form along with his friend. One afternoon, there was a change of plan when they both met with the school Guidance and Counselor approved of his friend's medical pursuit and disapproved of his. At that point, the counsellor changed Medicine and Pharmacy on the form to Accounting and Finance and that was how he started his finance journey of over 30 years.[10]
Education
Upon completing his primary education, he gained admission into the Oraifite community secondary school, a missionary school set up by the Anglican Diocese of Onitsha, in Onitsha Anambra state,[11] in pursuit of his secondary school certificate. Upon graduation and his desire to acquire tertiary education, he returned to his primary school to teach for a whole year so as to save up for his tertiary education. He was admitted to the University of Nigeria Enugu State to study finance in 1980 and he graduated top of his class in the year 1984.[12] as the best graduating student in the Finance department.[13] He later proceeded to the graduate school of business of the Stanford University in California USA and he graduated in 1998. He also attended Harvard Business School Massachusetts, Chicago Business School, Chicago as well as Cranfield University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.[14] He was one of the beneficiary of the USAID- sponsored Best and Brightest African Bankers training program in United States (Spring 2000).[14]