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Miriam Chidiebele Olusanya, MD, GTBank

Miriam Olusanya takes charge at GTBank to face emerging competition

Miriam Olusanya has over 23 years’ banking experience that cuts across Transaction Services, Asset and Liability Management, Financial Markets, Investment Banking and Investor Relations.

She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Master of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She has also attended several executive management and banking specific developmental programs in leading educational institutions around the world.

Miriam serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Limited. She is also a member of the Financial Markets Sub-Committee of the Bankers’ Committee, the primary interactive policy platform made up of the Central Bank of Nigeria and banks.

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She joined the Bank as an Executive Trainee in 1998 and rose through the ranks until her appointment as Executive Director in 2018.

She is currently the Group Treasurer and Head, Wholesale Banking Division, responsible for balance sheet and financial markets activities of the Bank and its African subsidiaries, Corporate Finance as well as Investor Relations.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. is a multinational financial institution that provides individuals, businesses, private and public institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom with a broad range of market-leading financial products and services. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and with subsidiaries in Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom, the Bank currently employs over 12,000 professionals and has Total assets and Shareholders’ Funds of ₦4.057trillion and ₦661.1Billion respectively.

At GTBank, they constantly strive to create the best outcomes for their customers and communities. Their strong service culture, efficient management, world class corporate governance standards and bias for innovation has enabled them maintain consistent yearly growth in customer base and profitability since inception.

They are also passionate champions and enduring patrons of a wide range of Social Responsibility causes channelled towards improving access to education, driving community development, promoting the arts and protecting the environment.

The GTBank vision is to become a platform for enriching lives by building strong, value adding relationships with customers, stakeholders and the communities in which it operates. In line with this vision, they are constantly pioneering ground-breaking ideas that offer customers more value beyond banking, such as Habari, an integrated digital platform that connects customers to anything they need, from e-commerce to music, in one place.