Standard Chartered appoints Yetunde Oni, CEO Standard Chartered Sierra Leone
Yetunde Bolanle Oni has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone. Her appointment became effective November 2020. Yetunde joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2005 and brings a wealth of experience from her current role as Managing Director & Head Commercial Banking Nigeria & West Africa and previous role as Head of Local Corporates and Senior Relationship Manager/ Area Manager Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria & West Africa.
Yetunde Oni was appointed as the CEO of Standard Chartered Sierra Leonne in November 2020, the first female CEO of the Bank in Sierra Leonne. Prior to her recent appointment she was the Pioneer Head, Commercial Clients, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd in September 2014 and reappointed Head Commercial Banking in 2017.
Her career began with a stint with the Prime Merchant Bank Treasury & Money markets Group from where she joined Ecobank Nigeria for 10 years and contributed extensively to the development of the Bank’s franchise across a wide spectrum of sectors within the Commercial Banking and Institutional Banking Groups.
With a career in the Banking and Financial Services Industry spanning 27 years, Yetunde joined Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria as a Senior Account Relationship Manager in the Local Corporates Segment in January 2005. She moved to the Apapa Branch where she double-hatted as the Wholesale Banking Branch Head whilst also successfully originating and developing the Bank’s Local Corporates Portfolio within the Apapa and Ogun State Region. She was subsequently appointed as the Head, Local Corporates in May 2010.
As Head, Local Corporates, Yetunde led the team in building a strong Local Corporates franchise through a strong focus on profitability, balance sheet optimisation and strategic client engagement. Through the Bank’s support, a number of clients within the portfolio were able to actualise their crossborder expansion goals and have now successfully grown their footprint beyond Nigeria to other countries in Africa, Asia & the Middle East.