From working a 9-to-5 in the competitive financial sector to risking everything to buy a bank and subsequently, transforming it into one of the leading and most respectable financial institutions in Nigeria, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is a revered name in corporate Nigeria.
The bank executive and entrepreneur features on this month’s edition of Forbes Africa, where he shares his drive to keep building new industries that will eventually transform Africa into an advanced economy.
Written by Forbes Africa correspondent Peace Hyde, the financial mogul reveals how he orchestrated the purchase of then distressed Access Bank and transformed it into one of the top tier banks in Nigeria, and how he plans to impact the Nigerian capital market.
Aig-Imoukhuede is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Benin and BL from the Nigerian Law School.