UBA Chief Wins Continent’s Top Banking Award
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group Managing Director, Mr Tony Elumelu, has been voted African Banker of the Year, 2008. Mr Elumelu received the award at a ceremony alongside the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in USA on Friday.According to the organisers, Mr Elumelu was voted African Banker of the Year because he has shown “exceptional dexterity, leadership and vision, consistently delivering strong financial results and broadening the reach of banking services in Africa , whilst also bringing world class practices to the industry”.
Receiving the award on behalf of Mr Elumelu, the CEO of UBA Capital, Mr Nandan Mer dedicated the award “to the over 20,000 employees of UBA around the world from China to Nigeria, to the United States of America, for serving our customers better everyday with innovative products and services and for powering the vision to build a model global African financial institution”.
Mr Elumelu has been gaining increasing recognition as one of Africa’s leading and widely influential corporate leaders since he conceived and managed the merger of Standard Trust Bank Plc and UBA Plc in 2005.
Source: allAfrica.com
