Oyinkansade Adewale

Oyinkansade Adewalewas appointed to the board of Union Bank in September 2012 as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director.

Oyinkansade Adewale is a seasoned chartered accountant and financial controller with 36 years of experience in the financial and banking sectors. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has held several board and executive positions throughout her career.

From 1989 to 2003, she worked at Nigeria International Bank/Citigroup, where she was an Executive Director/Financial Controller, covering 7 West African countries. In 2009, the Central Bank of Nigeria appointed her as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Oceanic Bank, with oversight of all the bank’s 13 subsidiaries, the Risk Management Group, Finance Group and Strategic Planning. She also served as Integration Manager in the merger between Oceanic Bank and Ecobank Nigeria.

Mrs. Adewale holds a BA degree in French from the University of Ibadan. She became a Chartered Accountant in 1984 and attained fellowship status in 1994.
Her other achievements include:
Co-founder SIAO, a leading indigenous accounting firm in Nigeria
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Renaissance Group, Africa
Executive Secretary, Renaissance Group Africa’s Advisory Board