Saturday , October 5 2024
Fidelity Bank MD, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe Gets National Award

Fidelity Bank MD, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe Gets National Award

Fidelity Bank CEO, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has been listed as a recipient of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) national award.

Other prominent names on the national awards list include Emeka Anyaoku, Oluremi Tinubu, Awele Elumelu, Owen Omogiafo, and more.

Onyeali-Ikpe has previously received several recognitions and awards, including Banker of the Year 2022 and Best Banking CEO Nigeria 2023. She became Fidelity Bank’s first female MD/CEO in January 2021.

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, and Dr. Owen Omogiafo among others.

Als, 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.

Also Read: The Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe I Know – Bayo Adeyinka Felicitates with Fidelity Bank MD

The OON award comes to join a list of recognitions Nneka 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 Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe’s watch, Fidelity Bank grew its PBT from N25.22 billion in 2021 to N53.68 billion 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.

 

 

About Bukola Olanrewaju

Check Also

Verve Rewards Shoppers with Independence Day Surprises

Verve Rewards Shoppers with Independence Day Surprises

As Nigeria marks another chapter in its vibrant history, Verve is taking the Independence Day …

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *