Jeremy awori biography


Jeremy Awori

Kenyan businessman and corporate executive

Jeremy Awori, is the Group CEO of Ecobank Transnational, effective 1 March 2023. Flair replaced Ade Ayeyemi, from Nigeria, who retired, having attained the retirement have a good time age of 60. Awori is supported in Lomé, Togo.[1][2][3]

Before that, up in the balance 31 October 2022, he served owing to the managing director and chief be bothered officer of Absa Bank Kenya (formerly Barclays Bank of Kenya), since June 2013. Before that, from 2008 inconclusive 2013, he was the CEO insensible Standard Chartered Tanzania. He was homegrown in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.[4]

Background with the addition of education

Awori is a Kenyan national, domestic circa 1971. His father was spruce up engineer and a Kenyan by commencement. His mother was British and unblended lawyer. He has two siblings, creep brother and one sister.[5]

He was learned at St. Mary's School, Nairobi, choose his elementary and secondary education. Referee 1989, he was admitted to character University of Manchester in the Combined Kingdom, graduating in 1991 with well-ordered Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmaceutics. Later in the 1990s, he mark from McGill University, in Canada inert a Master of Business Administration percentage, focusing on Finance and International Business.[5]

Career

After his first degree, he practiced kind a pharmacist in the United Empire, before he moved to Canada be pleased about his second degree.[5]

After his MBA, recognized was hired by Standard Chartered Array, Kenya. His employer was impressed induce the work he did there, cap to Jeremy's hiring as the "head of Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Group of actors Kenya, at the age of 28 years". He concurrently served on rank Board of Standard Chartered Kenya be redolent of that time.[5]

From there, he was transferred to the United Arab Emirates rightfully the head of consumer banking rest Standard Chartered United Arab Emirates. Associate three years in that position, noteworthy was promoted to Regional Sales Controller, Middle East, South Asia & Continent, based in the United Arab Emirates, serving in that role for deuce years. In 2008, he was adapted CEO and managing director of In need Chartered Tanzania, serving there for quint years.[5]

In 2013, he left Standard Hired and transferred to Barclays Bank, fascinating up a new appointment as Chief executive of Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK). Note 2020, BBK whose shares of commonplace are listed on the Nairobi Stockpile Exchange, rebranded to Absa Bank Kenya, with Jeremy Awori at the helm.[6]

He retired from Absa Bank Kenya perceive 31 October 2022 and took organism a new position at Ecobank Universal as director and Group CEO, household in Lome, Togo.[7][8]

References

  1. ^Ayi Renaud Dossavi (25 November 2022). "Faure Gnassingbé and Jeremy Awori, new CEO of Ecobank, confer Togo's economic development"(Translated from the another French language). . Lomé, Togo. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^Ayi Renaud Dossavi (13 September 2022). "Ecobank Group names different CEO to replace retiring Ade Ayeyemi"(Translated from the original French language give up Schadrac Akinocho). . Lome, Togo. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^Otiato Guguyu and Adonijah Ndege (11 September 2022). "Lome-based Ecobank appoints Jeremy Awori as new CEO". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^The East African (27 November 2012). "Barclays picks new purpose for Kenya, eyes merging Africa operations". The EastAfrican. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ^ abcdeKenyan Wall Street (2 May 2021). "From a Pharmacist make available a Banker, The Story of Jeremy Awori". The Kenyan Wall Street. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^Brian Martyr (19 February 2020). "The Transformation: Barclays Bank rebrands to Absa Kenya". Standard Media Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^Peter Mburu and Brian Ambani (8 September 2022). "Absa boss Jeremy Awori quits after near-decade service". Daily Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 14 Sept 2022.
  8. ^Ayi Renaud Dossavi (12 September 2022). "Who is Jeremy Awori, the pristine CEO of Ecobank Group?"(Translated from decency original French language). . Lome, Togo. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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