Okey Nwuke joins Coscharis Group

In its bid to further consolidate its leadership as a big player in various sectors of the economy, Coscharis Group recently expanded its top management structure by bringing on board a seasoned banker in person of Okey Nwuke as the deputy group managing director. This is to enhance the Group’s focus in creating more value in terms of market leadership vis-a-vis its expansion plans.

Nwuke began his banking career with Guaranty Trust Bank in 1991, where he worked in several units and later rose to the position of assistant general manager, commercial banking group East, before joining Access Bank plc in 2002, as general manager. He was subsequently appointed as an executive director in Access Bank in 2004, and served in that position till December 2013, when he retired in line with his contract of employment.

He holds a B.Sc. degree in accountancy from University of Nigeria, where he graduated as the best student in both the Department of Accountancy and Faculty of Business Administration. He also holds a MBA (distinction) in international banking and finance from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, as a Chevening Scholar.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

He is an alumnus of several renowned global institutions of excellence including Harvard Business School, Boston and Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania (both in USA); INSEAD (Paris and Singapore); Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne Switzerland and Cranfield University in United Kingdom.

He served on the board of StanbicIBTC Pensions Managers Limited as a non-executive director and as the chairman of the board of directors of Access Bank’s subsidiaries in Rwanda and Burundi.

Coscharis Group is a wholly-owned Nigerian conglomerate that has the largest premium automobile franchises of different globally renowned automobile brands in Nigeria like Rolls-Royce, BMW, Jaguar, Range Rover, Ford, MG, MINI, together with interest in other sectors like IT, agro-allied, oil and gas, auto care and medical equipment, among others.