Citigroup Appoints Ireti Samuel-Ogbu As Its First Female Country Head For Nigeria
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- August 21, 2020
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Ireti Samuel-Ogbu has been appointed by American investment bank, Citigroup as its first female country officer of Citigroup.
This comes after its 36 years of operation in Nigeria.
Samuel-Ogbu, who assumes office on September 1, replaces Akin Dawodu, who was appointed as head for sub-Saharan Africa in November.
Citigroup describes Samuel-Ogbu as having a vast wealth of experience and talent in Nigerian banking and would work with the Bank’s institutional partners in Africa’s largest economy, linking them with the bank’s global reach.
Citigroup has offices in 11 countries in Africa.
She has served in a couple of roles in the bank since 2012, including stints as Head of Cash management in Africa and Managing director of payments and receivables, treasury and trade solutions for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at the Citigroup’s London office.
She will relocate to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, to take on her new role.
