Risikatu Ladi Ahmed
Non-Executive
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Risikatu Ladi Ahmed is an
experienced result-oriented Bank Executive with consistent track record of
exceeding goals and expectation in banking business for almost 3 decades. She
is a chartered director from the Insead Business School, Fontainebleau and has
a Certificate in Corporate Governance from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">same Insead Business School.<br>
She was appointed MD/CEO of ASO Savings and Loans Plc on the 1st of May 2021
with a mandate to reposition the bank as a front liner in the Mortgage Banking
Business. Being the first Female to be appointed as the Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of ASO Savings and Loans Plc and one of those Nigerian
Bank Female MD’s breaking the ceiling as recognized by Women in Management,
Business and Public service (WIMBIZ). Risi has continued to provide strategic
direction and market position for the Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">She holds a law degree
(LLB) from University of Maiduguri and was called to the Nigerian Bar
Association in 1990. She also holds a Masters’ degree in Law (LLM) from
University of Jos and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. She is a graduate of Advanced Management
Program (AMP) from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and
undertook Executive level education in Harvard Business School of Boston, USA
an Alumna of Lagos Business School and Insead Business School, Fontainebleau<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Prior to her appointment
as MD/CEO of ASO Savings and Loans Plc, she was an Executive Director in the
bank between 2015 and 2021. She led the Corporate Services Directorate. Human
capital, Employee relations and Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Group,
Real Estate Inventory Management Group, and Institutional Banking Group. In the
course of her career, she has provided executive leadership, strategic and
operational leadership towards the attainment of strategic goals and
aspirations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Before her appointment
with ASO Savings & Loans Plc, as an Executive Director in 2015, She worked
in Diamond Bank Plc for 16 years between July 1999 to 2015 where she held
various managerial and leadership positions. Her track record of excellent
performance earned her several commendations and awards. Her banking experience
started from Continental Merchant Bank Plc, Lagos where she did her National
Youth Service Corps program and later proceeded to work with Savannah Bank Plc,
from 1993 to 1999 before moving to Diamond Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Risi is a change enabler
of excellence and has demonstrated transformational leadership via her multiple
high-level roles on different reputable platforms. She sits as a member of
Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) from
2020 to date and also serving on many Committees of the Institute. Risi is a
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), Fellow
Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria (FICA), Member Institute of
Directors Nigeria (IoD), Member Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Member
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and Member Association of
Professional Women Bankers and Women in Management, Business and Public service
(WIMBIZ).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Risi has been a keynote
speaker in many banking related programs, she was one of the speakers in the
CIBN-USA branch conference 2018, and 2nd Cate-Series program organized by the
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) USA in November 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">With her diligently
acquired achievements, Risikatu Ahmed has continued to pave the way for young
Female and Male bankers alike and will continue to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
