Standard Bank Group promotes Sanni

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe’s parent Company, Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has appointed Yinka Sanni as its new chief executive for Africa regions and a member of the Group Leadership Council.

Sanni, the group’s regional chief executive for West Africa, takes over from Sola David-Borha, who is retiring after 31 years of distinguished service to the group.

Sanni holds a B Agric (Hons) degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nigeria and an MBA from Obafemi Awolowo University.

He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2009 and the Global CEO Programme at the Wharton School in 2017.

He has over 30 years of experience in the financial sector across wholesale, retail and asset management, and joined Standard Bank Group’s Nigerian subsidiary, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, in December 1990.

In a note to employees, Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala congratulated Sanni on his appointment and thanked David-Borha for her extraordinary contributions to the group.

“Sola was appointed as the chief executive of Africa regions in January 2017 and is one of the group’s most deeply expert and experienced bankers. Under her leadership, the Africa Regions portfolio has grown remarkably in capacity, market share and contribution to the group’s headline earnings” Tshabalala said.

David-Borha has been a passionate advocate of culture change and executive leadership development, having sponsored the ‘Last Mile’ programme, which has resulted in the successful promotion of talented people into both regional chief executive and Country chief executive positions, including the appointment of two female chief executives in the Africa regions business.-herald.cl.zw