Access Holdings names Bolaji Agbede Acting CEO

Access Holdings Plc has appointed Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.

This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, in a helicopter crash in the United States on Friday.

A statement by the company’s Board of Directors and dated February 12, 2024, stated that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.

“The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria,” the statement said.

Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General with nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.