Christiana Ekaete Olaoye - Managing Director / CEO
Christiana Ekaete Olaoye is the Managing
Director/CEO of Energy Commercial Bank Limited. She joined
Energy Commercial Bank in April 2016 with over 30 years of
post - qualification banking experience spanning various
banking organizations in Nigeria and overseas. She holds a
Bachelor of Art in Language, an MBA in Banking & Finance,
and has attended courses and programs at top business
schools around the world.
Mrs Olaoye started her banking career in November 1983,
gaining experience in various areas that cut across
corporate and commercial banking, corporate finance, credit
origination and management, loan syndications, import and
export trade finance, domestic and foreign operations,
liability and asset management, private banking and wealth
management as well as relationship management.
She started her career as an Executive Trainee at IMB
(Nigeria) Limited, and rose through the ranks to become the
Executive Director, Business Development at FBN Bank (UK)
Limited. In her last role at First Bank of Nigeria limited,
she headed the International Banking Department, and was one
of the key persons responsible for the establishment of the
African subsidiaries in Ghana, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
and the democratic Republic of Congo. Christiana has had
over 15 years of senior management experience working across
countries and teams in sub-Saharan Africa, the United
Kingdom, France, China, South Africa and the UAE, and
building partnerships for strategic growth.
Christiana is multi-lingual, speaking English and French,
and more than one of the many Nigerian Languages. She is
married with children, and passionate about the development
of women, and the ministry of the Gospel through music.