Abubakar Sadiq Bello

Abubakar Sadiq Bello is an independent non-executive director at Stanbic IBTC Bank. He holds a B.Sc and MBA, with a career spanning over two decades in banking. Bello previously served as an executive director at Mainstreet Bank Limited until 2014. Before that, he was a general manager and chief compliance officer at Guaranty Trust Bank PLC (GTB). His career at GTB began in 1990, where he held various leadership roles across departments such as financial institutions and compliance. He also chaired GTB Registrars Limited and oversaw the bank’s core banking application migration from SBS to BASIS software.

Bello has held several advisory roles, including pioneer chairman of the Committee of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria and member of the Unique Taxpayer Identification Number (UTIN) Steering Committee. He has participated in executive programs at institutions like IMD, Cranfield, and Stanford. Currently, he serves on the board of Bells Investments Limited and chairs the Board Risk Management Committee at Stanbic IBTC Bank.