Mr Obaro Odeghe has over 25 years experience across various areas of banking including; Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, SME Banking, Consumer Banking, Institutional Banking, Trade Finance and Operations. He was the Executive Director, Corporate Banking at Fidelity Bank Plc with responsibility for the following sectors- Energy, Power, Manufacturing, Telecoms, FMCGs, Construction and Real Estate, since March 2019, until he joined the bank.
Obaro started his banking career with Zenith Bank Plc in January 1995 and worked with the Bank for 13 years, (till January 2008) during this time, he rose to the position of an Assistant General Manager. He joined UBA in January 2008 as a Deputy General Manager, and he left as a General Manager in December 2014. He joined Fidelity bank on the same grade in 2014, and he was later appointed as an Executive Director of FCMB Limited in March 2019. He has accomplished remarkable and noteworthy achievements in his career, notable among them was the transformation of strategic businesses which accounted for over 10% of the PBT of his previous Bank in 2017 and he was conferred with the award of the ‘Most Profitable Regional Bank’ same year. He has proven records of accomplishments in delivering exceptional business performance culminating in his winning the ‘CEO Award’ from Zenith Bank and the ‘Profitability, Risk Assets & Transaction Banking’ award from UBA.
Obaro holds a Bachelor Degree and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Benin. He is an Associate member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) and an Associate Member, National Institute of Management (ANIM). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration – FICA and an honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB). He has attended many domestic and international trainings which includes Executive Leadership: Harvard Business School, USA, Delivering Business Growth; And Actionable Framework: Kellogg’s Business School, USA, Executive Leadership Program; Effective Use of Power: Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA, Executing Strategy for Results: London Business School, UK. He is currently a Non-Executive Director, on the Board of FITC.
He is currently a Non-Executive Director in FCMB Capital Markets Limited.