Access Holdings Plc. has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer.

This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe.

Wigwe died in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former Chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo on Friday, February 9th, 2024.

The company’s Board of Directors in a statement on Monday, February 12, 2024 stated that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria

The statement reads in part:

“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.”

For those who don’t know, Ms. Bolaji Agbede, joined Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General. She has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy services.

She served in different roles at the bank including, Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 before she was appointed the company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022, a role she held until her new appointment

Agbede holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002.

She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.