By Fola James
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the managing director/ chief executive officer of Fidelity Bank Plc has challenged women to aspire higher as the world is for them to conquer. Noting that her appointment as CEO has challenged her to leave behind good legacies for up coming women, the bank’s chief executive said she will not disappointment women looking up to her as a role model.
She said this in her congratulatory message to the newly appointed managing directors of FCMB and GT Bank Yemisi Edun and Miriam Olusanya respectively.
Both were appointed by the management of the two banks, during the week, to lead their respective banks.
Onyeali-Ikpe who came to office on January 1 following the retirement of Nnamdi Okonkwo from the bank, said the banking sector will experience tremendous turn around at this time that women are leading top banks in the country.
“I congratulate my fellow CEOs, Olusanya Miriam of GTB and Yemi of First City Monument Bank Limited on their appointments, she said adding “that we will redefine the financial landscape and through the force of example, encourage other young ladies to see that the impossible is untried.”
Since she assumed duty on January 4, the Fidelity Bank boss has been up and doing in her quest to take the lender beyond the enviable point left by her predecessor. The initial fear that she will be unable to fit into the big shoe left by the former managing director, has suddenly disappeared in the face her professionalism and astuteness as CEO, financial experts say.
