| Bolaji Agbede | |
| Birth Name: | Bolaji Olaitan Agbede |
| Birth Place: | Nigeria |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Lagos Cranfield University |
| Occupation: | Banker, Businesswoman |
| Employer: | Access Holdings Plc |
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Bolaji Olaitan Agbede is a Nigerian banker and corporate executive who is the acting managing director and group CEO of Access Holdings since 12 February 2024, following the death of Herbert Wigwe.[1] [2] At the time she was appointed acting CEO, She was the company's most senior founding executive director, responsible for business support.[3]
She is a Nigerian national. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and statistics in 1990 from the University of Lagos. She went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield University in 2002.[4] She is an honorary member of Chartered Institute of Management of the United Kingdom and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.[5]
As of March 2024, her career stretched back more than 27 years, with experience in banking operations, customer relationship management, and human resources management.[6] Agbede began her professional career with Guaranty Trust Bank in 1992 and rose to the position of Manager in 2001. In 2003, she served as CEO of JKG Limited, a business consulting firm.[6] She joined Access Bank Plc in 2003 as an Assistant General Manager and became the Group Human Resources Director in 2010, serving in that capacity until 2022.[7]
In 2022, she was appointed the company's founding executive director, in charge of business support[8]
Following the death of Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash in the United States on 9 February 2024, the board of directors of Access Bank Group (Access Holdings Plc), appointed her as the acting group CEO.[2]