banker Chief Executive Officer
Herbert has a degree in accountancy from the University of Nigeria, an Master of Arts in Banking and Finance from the University College of North Wales (now Bangor), an Master of Science in Financial Economics from the, and is an Alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Management Program.
He is currently Chief Executive Officer and Group managing director of Access Bank, one of Nigeria"s top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhede in January 2014. Wigwe began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, Lagos as a management consultant later qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. After a stint at Capital Bank, he joined GTBank where he spent over a decade working in corporate and institutional banking, rising to become the Executive Director in charge of institutional banking.
Access Bank is now one of the top 5 banks in Nigeria and ranked among the top 500 global banks according to a 2015 report by The Banker magazine and is aiming to be Africa’s top bank.
lieutenant currently serves over 6.5m individual and corporate account holders, through 350 branches and with more than 1,500 ATMs in major centres across Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom. As one of Nigeria’s foremost corporate bankers, he has helped develop some of Africa’s biggest companies in the construction, telecommunications, energy and oil and gas sectors through a unique model, which involves understanding and providing financial support and expertise. His career in financial services spans more than 25-years including over a decade as Deputy managing director
Herbert also served as the Chairman of Access Bank (Ghana) Limited, Access Investment & Securities Limited, Central Securities and Clearing System (CSCS) and is the current Chairman of Access Bank (United Kingdom) Limited. Since January 2014, he has been Chief Executive Officer and Group managing director of Access Bank.
He is a board member of Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company and a member of the advisory Board for Friends Africa. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN – Farm Credit Administration), a Fellow of The Institute of Cr Administration, and an Honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
