Tony O. Elumelu, Group Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc

Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, MFR, is a research economist with honors degree at both graduate and post graduate levels in Economics. Tony obtained additional academic exposures from the Harvard Business School, USA and the Institute of Management Development (IMD) Lausanne, Switzerland. His banking / financial career spans close to two decades and has seen him work in virtually all areas of banking. He was appointed MD/CEO of Standard Trust Bank Plc in 1997, a position he held till the successful completion of its merger with United Bank for Africa Plc in August 2005. He is a turnaround management expert.

In the private sector, he is a founding Director of Transnational Corporation Plc, Director of the Central Securities Clearing System Limited and a member of the governing council of the Financial Institutions Training Center. He is also the President of the West African Bankers’ Association (Nigerian chapter), Vice Chairman of Standard Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited and Chairman of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

He was recently appointed Group Managing Director/Chief Executive. Tony has served in various capacities in the Public Sector including Membership of Presidential committee of the Heart of Africa [Nigeria Image] project, Presidential Committee on Consumer Finance Scheme, Presidential Committee on Outsourcing, Presidential committee on NEPAD, the Advisory Board of the FCT, Presidential Task Force on Aviation Sector, Presidential Committee on Financing Agriculture, Advisory Board of Abuja Technology Village and various other national committees. He was awarded the national honor of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic [MFR] in 2003.

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