Our Board of Directors

A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Institute of Directors (IOD); Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (CMA) and a member of the British Institute of Management, Chief Ezeh, who also holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Honoris Causa, from Enugu State University of Technology; started his working life with Chrysler (UK) Limited in 1968. He joined Shell BP, Zambia, before leaving for John Holt (Nig) Ltd in 1976, becoming Group Managing Director (in 1986) and later, Chairman, a position he has held from 2001 to date.

Reginald Ihejiahi holds a B.Sc in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and M.Sc. Finance, from the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London. He is a Fellow (FCCA) of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, UK. He has varied working experience in different aspects of banking, from Commercial to Credit Risk, Operations and Information Technology. Reginald has also served on the boards of many financial services companies and he is the Chairman of the board of FSL Group - a subsidiary of Fidelity Bank Plc.

Chief. Obiano holds a B.Sc degree in Accounting and an MBA both from the University of Lagos.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria(ICAN).  He started his banking career as a supervisor with First Bank of Nigeria in 1981 from where he moved to Texaco Nigeria Plc, an oil marketing company as an accountant.  He rose to the position of Chief Internal Auditor in Texaco before joining Fidelity. In Fidelity, he has worked in various departments ranging from operations to marketing and internal audit. He has attended many courses within and outside Nigeria including the UK, US and Malta.

Abdul-Rahman Esene is an Accounting graduate of Wake Forest University, USA. He has an MBA from Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA and a Diploma from the British Institute of Bankers. He started his career at Georgia Pacific Corporation and has worked in a number of institutions including the Nigerian Air force, Northern Nigeria Investment Company, International Merchant Bank (IMB) as Manager, Corporate Finance Department before joining FSB International Bank Plc in 1996 as a Senior Manager rising to be Managing Director of FSB before the consolidation.

Ik Mbagwu holds a Combined Honours degree in Geography & Economics as well as a Master's degree in Development Economics from Reading University, Berkshire (UK). He has attended management courses in notable institutions in Nigeria and overseas.  Starting his career as a tax senior in Arthur Andersen & Co, Ik moved on to Nigerian American Bank Limited (Bank of Boston) before joining the then Fidelity Union Merchant Bank Ltd in 1993, rising to the rank of General Manager. In 2001, he moved on to Citizens International Bank as an Executive Director. He rejoined the new Fidelity Bank as Executive Director in 2006.