Nigeria’s GTBank appoints Miriam Olusanya executive director

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. has announced the appointment of Miriam Olusanya as an executive director. Prior to her appointment to the board of directors, Olusanya was general manager/head, wholesale banking division.

In a notification to The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the investing public, GTBank said her appointment has since received the approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the regulator of the financial services industry.

Olusanya is stated as having over 20 years banking experience cutting across transaction services, treasury, assets and liability management.

She joined Guaranty Trust Bank in 1998 and has been in charge of managing the bank’s foreign currency balance sheet, asset and liability position, as well as money market, foreign currency and bonds trading. From October 2004-May 2012 she was a treasurer at the bank. In May 2012, she was appointed head, wholesale banking division.

She graduated from the University of Ibadan (UI) with a Bachelors degree in Pharmacy and obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) (majoring in Finance and Accounting) from the University of Liverpool.

Guaranty Trust Bank is currently trading at N39 as Friday’s trading session on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, down 0.51 percent.