CBN's head of shared services, Chidi Omeano, on the show responding to questions from Lagosians on he Cashless Lagos policy

BIZ IN A BOX With Chidi Omeano

Blessing Nnachi - Head, IT Architecture and Strategy AT WEMA BANK, is a consummate professional and result oriented IT manager with experience designing innovative solutions to meet business needs; passionate about business-IT alignment with experience in business process automation and optimization, IT Service delivery, project and change management.

BIZ IN A BOX WITH BLESSING OF WEMA BANK

Tunji Andrews takes  on Business growth guru, Francis Adebayo, Talking SME growth

BIZ IN A BOX With Francis Adebayo

My most Exciting, most confrontational interview yet, totaly explosive

MR OLA OYINLOYE FCA is an accountant from the University of Ilorin, is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He had two decades of banking experience covering Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking and Risk Management. He started his banking career with Credite Bank Nigeria Limited in 1992 and thereafter proceeded to Stanbic Bank Limited where he worked in Corporate Banking Division before joining Access Bank Plc in 2000 as Head, Ikeja Corporate. In 2005, he joined Intercontinental Bank Plc and later became a Divisional Business Executive in charge of Telecommunications and Infrastructure Group before proceeding to head Oil & Gas, Power & Aviation groups in the Bank. In 2008 he got the Group Chief Executive Medal award for excellent performance and in 2009 was appointed the Group Head, Risk Management where he developed a robust Risk Management architecture for the Bank in line with the best practice. He retired from the Bank in February 2012 as a Deputy General Manager and Group Head, Risk Management. He was immediately appointed the Managing Director/Chief executive Officer of Pearl & Apricot Limited, an Infrastructure finance and development company. He is a Director in Counterhouse Consultants Limited, a Management, Financial and Information Technology Consulting firm. He also sits on the Board of LB Integrated Systems Limited.

BIZ IN A BOX WITH OLA OYINLOYE

 Chuma Ezirim is head, eBusiness group in First Bank Plc that is in charge of developing and managing eChannels and Card business in the bank. He holds a B.Sc in Industrial Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and M.Sc. (in the same field), University of Ibadan. He also has a MBA from Nsukka. He is also alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School. Ezirim, pioneered the introduction and use of the Smartcard Payment System in Afribank Nigeria Plc as a young banking officer and served in the steering and marketing committees of the Nigeria Smartcard Scheme, where the broad product strategies for the scheme were set. He also has broad experiences from Prudent Bank, where within two years, he took the bank from 27th to the number one position in the Valucard Scheme. Ezirim, was also an assistant general manager at Skye Bank, from where he joined First Bank in November, 2010. He works directly with the group managing director of First Bank to reposition eBusiness as an important source of earnings diversification for the bank.

BIZ IN A BOX WITH CHUMA EZIRIM. HEAD E-BUSINESS, FIRST BANK

A few weeks ago the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held a meeting in which the CRR was increased from 8% to 12%, while the Monetary Policy Rate was left unadjusted at 12%, with the Foreign Exchange Net Open Position of banks reduced from 3% to 1%; to this analysts say that the move might raise borrowing cost, which is presently at about 23%(+_), by another 2-5%. My guest Ola Oyinloye and i, took time to break down the jargon and make it more understandable

BIZ IN A BOX SPECIAL ON THE 22-24TH JULY MPC MEETING

Independence day special with IBM Nigeria's George Enema

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