10 Things You Should Know About The Veterinary Doctor Who Heads One Of The Biggest Banks In Nigeria

At the very top of one of the biggest banks in Nigeria, is a Veterinary Surgeon who flipped the script of his career to resonate with the saying that no matter the starting point, dreams are achievable – with focus.

Here are ten things that tell his inspiring story.

1 – He is 52yrs Old

11 – He was born in Oyo State

111 – He had his primary, secondary education in Ibadan, Oyo state.

IV -He was admitted to the University of Ibadan in 1986 to study Veterinary Medicine and qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon in 1992.

V – He qualified as a chartered accountant in 2000 and is now a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

Vi – He started his career in 1994 at Afribank and left after 18months of intensive learning for career-boosting spells at Arthur Andersen Nigeria and KPMG.

Vii, He got his Master’s in Business Administration at the Cranfield School of Management in 2005.

Vii – He was a Senior Vice-President (General Manager) and Chief Financial Officer for Citibank Nigeria Limited where he played a key role during the reconsolidation period (He was there between 2007 and 2007).

Viii – He was the leader of the team that earned Africa Finance Corporation – which he joined in 2007 and left in 2014 – the rating of the second-highest-rated lending financial institution in Africa.

IX – He was appointed an Executive Director/Group Chief Financial Officer of FirstBank in July 2014.

X – On Monday, January 4, 2016, Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan became the Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, and its commercial banking subsidiaries (FBN UK, FBN Ghana, FBN DRC, FBN Guinea, FBN Gambia, FBN Mortgages, and First Pension Custodian Limited).

Bonus – Adeduntan, who “rewrote” his story to inspire countless others is married to Adenike Adeduntan and blessed with three children.

Added Bonus – About FirstBank

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa and the leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for over 126 years.

With over 750 business locations and over 86,300 Banking Agents spread across 99% of the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, FirstBank provides a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services to serve its over 30 million customers. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Senegal, as well as a Representative Office in Beijing.

The Bank has been handy at promoting digital payment in the country and has issued over 10million cards, the first bank to achieve such a milestone in the country. FirstBank’s cashless transaction drive extends to having more than 10million people on its USSD Quick Banking service through the nationally renowned *894# Banking code and over 4.5 million people on FirstMobile platform.

Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, optimised risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government’s privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner.

FirstBank has been named “Most Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria” six times in a row (2011 – 2016) by the globally renowned “The Banker Magazine” of the Financial Times Group; “Best Retail Bank in Nigeria” for seven consecutive years (2011 – 2017) by the Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards and “Best Bank in Nigeria” by Global Finance for 15 years. Our brand purpose is always to put customers, partners and stakeholders at the heart of our business, even as we standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across sub-Saharan Africa, in consonance with our brand vision “To be the partner of the first choice in building your future”.