Okey Nwuke

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Okey Nwuke serves on Access Bank’s board as a non-executive director, returning in November 2019 after an earlier executive role. He was an executive director between 2004 and 2013 and chaired the bank’s subsidiaries in Rwanda and Burundi. He now leads its board committee responsible for retail expansion. His other directorships include Access ARM Pensions and Simply Kleen.

Nwuke’s work covers banking, finance and corporate governance. He studied accountancy at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, then completed an MBA focused on international banking and finance at Birmingham Business School. His doctorate at Walden University examined leadership transition in family businesses. He holds professional fellowships in accounting and taxation and has attended executive programmes at Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD and IMD.