Yetunde Oni
Yetunde Oni | |
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| Occupation(s) | Banking professional, CEO |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Managing Director and CEO of Union Bank; first female Managing Director and CEO at Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone |
Yetunde Oni is a Nigerian banking professional currently serving as the Managing Director and CEO of Union Bank, a position she assumed on January 10, 2024. She previously made history as the first woman to hold the role of Managing Director and CEO at Standard Chartered Bank in Sierra Leone. Her appointment at Union Bank came in the wake of the restructuring that led to the removal of Boards and Management teams at Union Bank, Keystone Bank, and Polaris Bank.
Education
Oni earned her bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan in 1991. She further advanced her academic credentials with an MBA in Business Administration from Bangor University. Additionally, she completed an Executive Training program at Oxford University in 2016.
Career
Her banking journey began in 1991 at Prime Merchant Bank within the Treasury & Money Markets division. From 1994 until 2005, she worked as a Relationship Manager at Ecobank Nigeria. In January 2005, Oni joined Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria as a Senior Account Relationship Manager, later progressing to lead the local corporates division by 2010. By 2014, she had been elevated to Managing Director & Country Head of Commercial Banking for the West African region. In January 2021, she broke new ground as the first female Managing Director and CEO at Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone. Subsequently, in January 2024, she was appointed Managing Director of Union Bank.
Oni holds associate membership with WIMBIZ (Women in Management, Business, and Public Sector) and has been granted honorary memberships by both the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC).