The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has announced the resignation of Mr. Abdoul Aziz Dia, an Executive Director, from the Board of bank with effect from May 6, 2020.

While notifying The Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE, as required by law, the bank expressed its appreciation to Dia for his contributions to UBA Group.

Dia, a Senegalese citizen, holds a Master’s Degree in Statistics and Financial Mathematics from ENSAE in Paris, France. He is fluent in 6 languages (French, English, Romanian, German, Wolof and Fulani).

With over 25 years of banking experience garnered from several countries across the globe, including the United Kingdom, France, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Kenya and Cote D’Ivoire, he has worked in senior management positions at international financial institutions such as the African Development Bank, Citigroup, Standard Chartered, Ecobank and UBA.

He will now join the UBA Group as a non-Executive Director of the Board.

In the words of said Mr. Tony Elumelu, UBA Group Chairman, ‘Abdoul-Aziz Dia is a seasoned banker with a wealth of experience. He joins the UBA Board with a global outlook and I am confident that he has a vital role to play in the future of UBA and will add enormous value to the Group’s growth strategy’.

Worth of note is the fact that Dia joins the Board (as a non-executive director) almost a year after the bank appointed four new members to strengthen and further diversify its Group Board including two female board members, Erelu Angela Adebayo and Angela Aneke. The other two Directors are Kayode Fasola and Abdul Kadir Bello.