Ademola Adebise is th
previous Managing Director (October 1 2018 - March 31 2023)
of Wema Bank Plc. handing the baton over t
Moruf Oseni

Early childhood

Adebise was born on October 31, 1966, in Lagos to the family of Mr & Mrs Adegoke Adebise. He attended the Surulere Baptist Primary School between 1972 and 1978, the

Lagos Baptist Academy Lagos Baptist Academy is a secondary school located in Obanikoro, Lagos, Nigeria. The school was established in 1855 by the American Baptist Missionaries. The school is regarded as a sister school to Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls' Secondary School ...

in 1978 after which he gained admission into the

University of Lagos The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...

where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science between 1983 and 1987. Adebise has a master's degree in

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(MBA) from the

Lagos Business School Lagos Business School (LBS) is the graduate business school of Pan-Atlantic University, owned by the Pan-Atlantic University Foundation (PAUF), a non-profit foundation registered in Nigeria. LBS was founded on inspirations from the teachings of ...

and attended the

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(AMP) of the

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Career

Adebise worked as a

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at an indigenous Information technology company in Nigeria in 1988 before he started his banking career at the Information technology department of Chartered Bank (Now Stanbic IBTC bank). He has worked in the following capacities: • Head of Information technology and the Chief financial officer (CFO) of the Chartered Bank (1989 and 2000) • Assistant General Manager at National Bank, supervised Risk Management, Treasury and Corporate Banking (2001 to 2005) • General manager at National Bank (2005). • Head of the Finance & Performance management Practice for Nigeria at Accenture (2005 - 2009) • Executive director in charge of South Bank, Deputy Managing Director (supervising Corporate Banking,

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, and Support Functions at Wema Bank (2009 to 2017) • Managing Director at Wema Bank (2018 - 2023). Adebise currently serves as a Non-Executive on the boards of AIICO Insurance Plc, AIICO Capital Limited and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) following his retirement as the MD/ CEO of

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on March 31, 2023.

Personal life

Adebise is married to Adejumoke Adebise and they have three children together. He is a practising

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, involved in

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and an avid supporter of

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References

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