First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, Holdings Plc has received the Gold Certification award as a Great Workplace attesting to the quality of its people practices.
The holder, mother company of First Bank Nigeria, FBN, received the award alongside its subsidiaries during the recent 2023 Great Place to Work awards ceremony which took place in Lagos
Based on the company’s consistency of having received certification as a Great Place to Work for five consecutive years (2019-2023), it ultimately joined an exclusive group of few companies in Africa that have won the certification for five years in a row, this accomplishment led to FBNH winning the evening’s most coveted Legendary Award – 2023.
The Holding Company further capped its winning streak of the evening with two more awards; ‘Best in Promoting People Leadership Practices for small size corporates and ranked 2nd in great workplace.’
The foregoing awards brought to the fore, the focus and strategy by FBN Holdings’ Leadership in promoting a conducive work environment and building a highly motivated, engaged and productive workforce.
In another feat achieved by the Group at the event, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, the flag ship of the group, received a Gold certification as a Great Workplace in addition to winning the ‘Best in promoting High-Trust Culture (Large Corporates) thus affirming its goal at building a culture, trust and transparency. The Bank also ranked 4th Best Workplace in the large corporates category, an improvement from previous year’s ranking.
For the members of the FBNQuest Group, the award of Best in Delivering Impactful Organizational Values went to FBNQuest Merchant Bank (Medium size corporates) and FBNQuest Asset Management (Small size corporates) respectively. FBNQuest Merchant Bank apart from being ranked as 2nd great place to work, also carted home Best in Promoting People Leadership Practices (Medium-size corporates).
Yet another member of the FBN Holdings companies, FBN Insurance Brokers received the following awards, Gold Certification, Best in Promoting Fun and Friendly Culture and Best in Promoting Culture of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion for small size corporates to cap a commendable performance by the company for the year.
Speaking on these unprecedented achievements across members-companies of the FBN Holdings Group, Nnamdi Okonkwo, the Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc, said ‘I am delighted that our companies won awards in diverse categories. This attests to our strategic synergy in executing effective best in class HR practices backed by a high-performing workforce’ adding further “the awards won this year, show the progression from previous year’s performance by the Holding Company and subsidiary companies in the FBNHoldings Group. This, no doubt, demonstrates the commitment of the leadership towards ensuring a purpose-driven people and culture agenda’
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