Ade Ayeyemi

Group Chief Executive Officer | Ecobank

Ade Ayeyemi is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the parent company of the Ecobank Group.  He is an experienced banker, who before joining Ecobank, had a long and successful career with Citigroup, where he was CEO of Citigroup Sub-Saharan Africa based in Johannesburg.  Ade has significant diverse experience in Operations & Technology, Corporate & Investment Bank, Transaction Services, Senior Credit Analysis, Public Sector Advisory amongst others.   He is an accounting graduate of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours. He also studied at the University of London and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme. A Chartered Accountant whose many interests include business strategy, economics, process engineering and technology. Ade has led the Ecobank Group as GCEO since September 2015 when the pan- African banking group with the largest footprint in Africa commenced its roadmap to leadership and digital transformation journey. He is repositioning the banking group for leadership position across Africa, leveraging state of the art innovation, strategic understanding of the market place and technology.