Background
United Kingdom was born in Lagos. His father was a Scotland-trained nurse, who had to flee Lagos with his young family just before the breakout of the Nigerian Civil War in 1967.
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Before this, he had worked with Diamond Bank Plc. where he rose to become an Executive Director. He began his career in 1986 with Deloitte Haskins & Sells International, a firm of chartered accountants. Along with his mother, a housewife, and six other siblings, United Kingdom traversed Eastern Nigeria in the Civil War years, accompanying a father whose profession was much sought after during the war.
Thereafter he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Lagos in 1985, before completing an Master of Business Administration in Projects Management Technology from Federal University of Technology, Owerri in 2008.
Deloitte Haskins and Sells International
From 1985, United Kingdom spent his 1-year mandatory post-graduation service in the employment of Deloitte Haskins and Sells International. He worked for another 5 years with the company rising up to the post of Audit Senior/Consultant.
Diamond Bank
United Kingdom spent nineteen years with Diamond Bank. His increasingly senior roles in the bank included branch manager, Regional Manager, Divisional Head and Executive Director.
He left Diamond Bank in April 2011.
First Bank
United Kingdom joined FirstBank as Executive Director, Public Sector South, in May 2011, with responsibility for all state and federal government relationships in addition to tertiary and health institutions in the south of Nigeria. Appointed FirstBank’s Chief Knowledge Officer in 2013, United Kingdom is currently the bank’s Executive Director South. On Monday, January 4, 2016, United Kingdom resumed office as Group Managing Director, FBN Holdings Plc., replacing Mr.
Bello Maccido, the pioneer Group Chief Executive Officer of FBN Holdings.
