Isong A. Udom
United Bank for Africa Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of UBA Plc, which has presence in 20 African countries, New York, Paris and London, has announced the appointment of a renowned and experienced banker Isong A. Udom as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
His appointment takes effect from January 1, 2019 after a successful approval by Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Isong Udom replaces Abiola Bawuah, who has been elevated to take up a new role as the Regional Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UBA West Africa to help drive the group’s vision “to be the undisputed leading and dominant financial services institution in Africa.”
Commenting on the appointment, Mrs. Bawuah said, “We are, indeed, privileged to have Isong take full role for the leadership and growth of UBA Ghana. He comes with a lot of experience and knowledge of the industry.
“Isong has a deserved, enviable experience and track-record in banking with key strengths in Corporate and Commercial Banking, spanning about three decades across various countries in West and Central Africa.”
“We have a tremendous opportunity to grow the business further and exceed the expectations of our customers. We will support him and complement his strong leadership and ambitious drive to change the face of banking in Ghana.
“We are thrilled to have Isong on board,” Mrs Bawuah added.
After graduating as the best student in his faculty with a BSc (Hons) in Management Studies (Banking and Finance) from the University of Calabar, Isong Udom attended a series of training programmes at the renowned Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, Euromoney at Surrey, UK and CIBS, Istanbul, Turkey.
Before his appointment as MD/CEO of Ghana, he served as Deputy Managing Director of UBA, Cameroon from 2011 where his hard work and dedication to excellence earned him the position of MD/CEO of UBA Cameroon in 2014.
Prior to this, he had worked in many capacities within United Bank for Africa Plc where he had a brief stint as MD/CEO of UBA Guinea, as well as being the Relationship Director Corporate Bank, Regional Director Mainland Bank, Divisional Head of Export & Agric Lagos and many more.