Bola Adesola

Bola Adesola was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd in March 2011. Bola Adesola has over 25 years banking experience. Prior to joining SCBN, she was an Executive Director in First Bank of Nigeria Plc. Previously, she was Managing Director of Kakawa Discount House, Nigeria. She also worked in Citibank for 9 years in senior leadership roles in Nigeria and Tanzania.

An alumnus of Harvard Business School and Lagos Business School, she also holds a Law degree from the University of Buckingham, UK and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985.

Bola is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria and sits on the Board of the Financial Markets Dealers Association having served in various capacities in developing the Nigerian Money Market, the Interbank Settlement Systems and the Discount House subsector. Bola also chairs the Central Bank of Nigeria Bankers’ Sub-Committee on Women’s Economic Empowerment. She is a member of the Nigeria National Competitiveness Council, which was inaugurated by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2013 and was recently appointed the first female Vice President of Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA).