Nigeria’s premier payments and technology company, UP (Unified Payments) has appointed three new directors to lead key Directorates in the company. The new directors are Isa Omagu – director, marketing and sales, Titilayo Olubiyi – director, financial institutions, and Ochanya Dan-Ugo – director/group chief risk officer.
The appointments, according to Agada Apochi, MD/CEO of UP, are in line with UP’s growth strategy.
ISA OMAGU – director, marketing and sales Isa was a General Manager in Guaranty Trust Bank and later Chief Operating Officer of Glo Mobile Ghana. Isa who started his work career at Coopers & Lybrand, has also handled Senior Management roles at Equatorial Trust Bank, FSB Plc, NAL Bank plc, and as a Non-Executive Director at Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) Ltd.
Isa holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain, Master of Development Finance from University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and he is also an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and University of Lagos where he bagged a BSC degree in Chemistry and MSC in Economics respectively. He has, in the course of his career, attended many courses in Ivy League institutions within and outside Nigeria.
OCHANYA DAN-UGO – director/group chief risk officer Until her latest appointment, Ochanya was the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for UP, and prior to joining the company in 2005, she was a Chief Superintendent of Narcotics and a Principal Staff Officer, Records Management (Intelligence), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. A Certified Risk and Compliance Management Professional (CRCMP), she has been serving as a member of Visa Risk Executive Council for the Sub-Saharan Africa since 2012.
Ochanya holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Jos; Post Graduate Diploma, Education & a Post Graduate Degree in Humanitarian and Refugee Law from the University of Lagos. She has attended several notable trainings within and outside the country including American Bankers Association, School of Bank Card Management, Emory University, Atlanta USA, the Metropolitan School of Business and Management, United Kingdom, IESE Business School, Barcelona, and Lagos Business School, Nigeria.
TITILAYO OLUBIYI – director, financial institutions Titilayo has over two decade hands on experience in Marketing, Sales, Channel management and General management. Until her appointment she was Group Head, Business Development in Market & Sales Directorate in UP, and the pioneering Group Head for PayAttitude, she also has an excellent track record working with UACN, MTN, Nokia West Africa with several performance awards and Samsung Electronics West Africa.
She has an MBA in Marketing and BA Hons English from Obafemi Awolowo University. She is an Affiliate member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and a Member of Nigeria Institute of Marketing. She has attended several notable trainings within and outside the country including Cornell University, USA, IESE Business School, Barcelona, and Lagos Business School, Nigeria.
UP is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology Company founded in 1997 by a consortium of leading Nigerian banks. UP operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.
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