Bolaji Agbede is named acting CEO of Access Holdings following the passing of Herbert Wigwe

Agbede began working at Access Bank in 2003 as an Assistant General and has held a variety of positions there.Following the passing of Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the previous group chief executive officer, Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the acting group chief executive officer.On Friday, February 9, 2024, Wigwe, his wife Doreen, son Chizi, and former Nigeria Exchange Group chairman Abimboloa Ogunbanjo perished in a helicopter crash.In a statement announcing Agbede’s appointment on Monday, February 12, 2024, the company’s Board of Directors said her appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The statement reads in part, “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.