Ebenezer Onyeagwu Is 2023 Best Banking CEO In Africa—International Banker Magazine

<h4>Ebenezer Onyeagwu Is 2023 Best Banking CEO In Africa<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc&comma; Dr&period; Ebenezer Onyeagwu&comma; has been named &OpenCurlyQuote;Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa’ in the International Banker 2023 Banking Awards&period; The award&comma; published in the Spring 2023 Issue of the International Banker Magazine&comma; sees Dr Onyeagwu honoured alongside other individuals and banks from the Middle East and Africa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Expressing gratitude for the recognition&comma; Dr&period; Onyeagwu commended the Publishers of the International Banker for considering him a fitting recipient of the &OpenCurlyQuote;Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa’ award&period; He stated&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This award reflects the bank’s position as a leading financial institution in Nigeria and the African continent&period; It also attests to our commitment to principles of sustainability and high ethical standards&comma; which have become integral to our overall strategy as an institution”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He dedicated the award to the Founder and Chairman&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; CFR&comma; for his guidance and mentorship&semi; the bank’s management team and staff&comma; for being the shoulder upon which his achievements and success as CEO rests&semi; and the bank&&num;8217&semi;s customers for making Zenith Bank their bank of choice&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Dr Onyeagwu’s outstanding career has led to him receiving multiple awards&comma; including Bank CEO of the Year &lpar;2019&rpar; by Champion Newspaper&comma;<&sol;a> Bank CEO of the Year &lpar;2020&comma; 2021 &amp&semi; 2022&rpar; by BusinessDay Newspaper&comma; CEO of the Year &lpar;2020 and 2021&rpar; – SERAS Awards&comma; and CEO of the Year &lpar;2022&rpar; – Leadership Newspaper&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As Group Managing Director&sol;CEO&comma; Dr Onyeagwu has led Zenith Bank to achieve tremendous feats and milestones in financial performance &lpar;including 47 per cent growth in the bank’s market capitalisation in four years&rpar;&comma; financial inclusion&comma; corporate governance and sustainability&period; These efforts have culminated in several local and international awards and recognitions including being recognised as Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital&comma; for the 13th consecutive year&comma; in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine&semi; Bank of the Year &lpar;Nigeria&rpar; in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020 and 2022&semi; Best Bank in Nigeria&comma; for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; in the Global Finance World’s Best Banks Awards&semi; Best Commercial Bank&comma; Nigeria 2021 and 2022 in the World Finance Banking Awards&semi; Best Corporate Governance Bank&comma; Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022&semi; &OpenCurlyQuote;Best in Corporate Governance’ Financial Services’ Africa&comma; for four consecutive years from 2020 to 2023&comma; by the Ethical Boardroom&semi; and the Most Responsible Organisation in Africa 2021 by SERAS Awards&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On March 25&comma; 2023&comma; he was conferred with a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration by the University of Nigeria&comma; Nsukka&comma; Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s first indigenous University&comma; in recognition of his immense achievements as Group Managing Director&sol;CEO of Zenith Bank as well as his contributions to the growth of the financial services sector in Nigeria and across the African continent&period; The award was given during the 50th convocation ceremony of the University&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Published by Finance Publishing Limited&comma; the International Banker is a leading global source of authoritative analysis and opinion on banking&comma; finance and world affairs&period; Its influence&comma; integrity&comma; accuracy and objective opinion have earned it global recognition&period; The International Banker Awards strive to recognise the most worthy financial institutions around the world &&num;8211&semi; those not just doing their jobs well but exceptionally well &&num;8211&semi; those operating at the industry’s cutting edge and setting new performance levels to which others will aspire&period; The 2023 Banking Awards focused on various criteria&comma; including the provision of much-needed capital for economic growth&comma; cutting-edge innovation to enhance security and efficiency&comma; commitment to sustainability and ESG principles&comma; as well as intelligent investing to maximise profits and shareholder value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;