Yetunde B. Oni is a highly accomplished financial services leader with a successful career spanning over 30 years. She has several years of cross-border business development, risk management, executive leadership, and board experience, having held senior positions in international and local banks, focusing on emerging markets. In January 2024, Yetunde was appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as the Managing Director/CEO of Union Bank of Nigeria. Before this, Yetunde worked at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited for 18 years. In September 2014, she was the pioneer head of commercial clients before becoming the Managing Director and Country Head of Commercial Banking in West Africa in 2017. During her tenure, she developed and executed comprehensive business growth strategies, managed key relationships, and ensured compliance with group credit policy and local underwriting standards. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd, Yetunde started her career at Prime Merchant Bank in the Treasury & Money Markets Group. This was followed by an 11-year stint at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated as a Relationship Manager, where she demonstrated exceptional proficiency in client solutions: relationship management, business development, team leadership, and talent development. Yetunde made history in January 2021 as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank in Sierra Leone, a role in which she provided excellent leadership, strategic direction, and performance management. Her tenure was marked by a remarkable 50% year-on-year growth in income and a substantial 116% yearon-year growth in profit before tax in 2022. This achievement was followed by an additional 49% year-on-year growth and 43% year-on-year growth in income and profit before tax, respectively, in 2023. Yetunde is a University of Ibadan graduate with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Economics. She has demonstrated her commitment to continuous learning and professional development by attaining several international and local professional and leadership certifications, including an MBA from Bangor University. Yetunde is an alumnus of Oxford University, INSEAD Business School, Singapore, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loans & Risk Management, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), a life member of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ), and an invested member of esteemed industry affiliations within and outside the Bank.