Citigroup Appoints Ireti Samuel-Ogbu as its Nigerian First Female Country Head
After 36 years of operating in Africa’s largest economy, Citigroup Inc, an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation appoints its first female country head, Ireti Samuel–Ogbu.
Prior to this appointment, Ireti Samuel-Ogbu was the Managing Director, EMEA Payments and Receivables Head with Citibank’s Treasury and Trade Solutions division. She was responsible for the P&L, Product development, and Solutions utilized by Financial institutions, Corporates, and Public sector customers.
Ireti has had a 31-year career at Citigroup working in 3 countries; Nigeria, UK, and South Africa performing various roles which span Relationship Management with Global Subsidiaries Group and the Public Sector Banking Team, Corporate Finance and as Transaction Services Head for two of the largest markets in Africa. She has been the leading voice for the institution on open banking, following Citi’s announcement that it was the first corporate bank to enroll as a payment initiation service provider.
Ireti is a champion for Diversity initiatives having co-founded the Sapphire Leadership Program for women in Africa and the Momentum Program in the UK. She serves as a Non-Executive Director of Citi Nigeria, CHAPS, and a UK based charity Opportunity International. She was listed in the 2017 Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Power List and awarded the Black British Financial service leader of the year 2019.
Citigroup Appoints Ireti Samuel-Ogbu as its Nigerian First Female Country Head. Ireti Samuel-Ogbu, who will assume her new position on the 1 st of September, replaces Akin Dawodu, who was appointed as a cluster head for sub-Saharan Africa in November, Citigroup’s Nigerian unit said in an email. Although based in London, she will relocate to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub to take on her new role.
Congratulations to our very own Ireti Samuel-Ogbu on her new appointment.