Oluwande Muoyo was appointed to the Board of First Bank of Nigeria Limited in 2020. She brings to the Board well over three decades of post-professional qualification experience in the private and public sectors, with key strengths in policy formulation, relationship management and business development. She is a Chartered Accountant and banker, and also a former Honourable Commissioner for Budget and Planning in Ogun State.
Speaking on the appointment, Chief Executive Officer of First Bank, Adesola Adeduntan said, “We are excited to welcome Oluwande Muoyo to the First Bank Board. She brings to the board her depth of experience which spans over three decades in various leadership and strategic positions across the private and public sectors.
I am assured that these rich experiences will have an immediate impact in the board which will transcend the activities of the Bank as a whole.
On behalf of the board, management and staff of First Bank, I congratulate Muoyo and look forward to working with her”. He said
Prior to being appointed Honourable Commissioner, Oluwande worked with Stanbic IBTC Bank for over 22 years in various parts of the bank, including Financial Control, Treasury and Financial Services, Trade Finance and Corporate Banking. She holds a BSC degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos. She started her professional career with the international firm Pricewaterhouse (now Pricewaterhousecoopers).
Muoyo is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. Oluwande has, over the years, acquired competencies and skills in public financial management, banking, budgeting, planning, auditing and taxation.
Her past directorships include the Governing Board of the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and FBN Holdings Plc.
On the 45th anniversary of ICRISAT, and to celebrate the occasion, ICRISAT asked staff their “Dryland wish” that would catapult small holder farmers and people living in the dry lands of Asia and sub-saharan Africa into another orbit altogether, and she responded “My wish for the dry landers is to see movements that encourages digitisation of payments at every level, from the small holder farmer up to the large corporates so that at the end of it all, we will have businesses that are open and profitable, and can compete anywhere in the world” she stated.
Oluwande has attended many training programmes including Strategic Marketing Management at Harvard Business School, Advanced Strategy at INSEAD and Advanced Management Programme at the Lagos Business School. Oluwande is married with children and enjoys reading and swimming.
