Mrs. Yetunde B. Oni – Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Yetunde B. Oni is a highly accomplished financial services leader with a successful career
spanning over 30 years. She has several years of cross-border business development, risk
management, executive leadership, and board experience, having held senior positions in
international and local banks, focusing on emerging markets. In January 2024, Yetunde was
appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as the Managing Director/CEO of Union Bank of
Nigeria.
Before this, Yetunde worked at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited for 18 years. In
September 2014, she was the pioneer head of commercial clients before becoming the
Managing Director and Country Head of Commercial Banking in West Africa in 2017. During
her tenure, she developed and executed comprehensive business growth strategies,
managed key relationships, and ensured compliance with group credit policy and local
underwriting standards.
Before joining Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd, Yetunde started her career at Prime
Merchant Bank in the Treasury & Money Markets Group. This was followed by an 11-year stint
at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated as a Relationship Manager, where she demonstrated
exceptional proficiency in client solutions: relationship management, business development,
team leadership, and talent development.
Yetunde made history in January 2021 as the first female Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank in Sierra Leone, a role in which she provided
excellent leadership, strategic direction, and performance management. Her tenure was
marked by a remarkable 50% year-on-year growth in income and a substantial 116% yearon-year growth in profit before tax in 2022. This achievement was followed by an additional
49% year-on-year growth and 43% year-on-year growth in income and profit before tax,
respectively, in 2023.
Yetunde is a University of Ibadan graduate with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Economics.
She has demonstrated her commitment to continuous learning and professional development
by attaining several international and local professional and leadership certifications, including
an MBA from Bangor University. Yetunde is an alumnus of Oxford University, INSEAD
Business School, Singapore, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loans & Risk Management,
a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), a life member of Women in
Management and Business (WIMBIZ), and an invested member of esteemed industry
affiliations within and outside the Bank