How Miriam Olusanya Succeeds Segun Agbaje At GTBank

LAGOS – Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has appointed Miriam Olusanya as the new Managing Director/CEO of the Bank.

Olusanya, who until her appointment was an Executive Director at the Bank has over 20 years of banking experience across various units, including Transaction, Services, Asset and Liability Management, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations.

The company’s Secretary, Erhi Obebeduo disclosed this in a recent notice he signed and sent to the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited (NGX).
Olusanya, the first female Managing Director in the Bank history, succeeds Segun Agbaje.

It will be recalled that during the Bank’s investor earnings in September, 2020, Agbaje had disclosed that GTBank was looking for its next Managing Director.

According to him, five of the bank’s Executive Directors were in line for the top job and were at the concluding stages of the recruitment process.
Olusanya joined GTBank as an Executive Trainee and rose to the position of a General Manager until she was appointed the Executive Director.

GTBank also announced the successful completion of its re-organization into a Holding Company Structure, in a bid to strengthen its long-term competitiveness and growth prospects.

As part of the conditions for the re-organization, the banking giant announced that a new operating company bearing the name ‘Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc’ (GTCo) has been established.

In addition, a new Board of Directors as well as changes to the Board of its banking subsidiary (GTBank) was also announced.