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NIGERIA www.ceotodaymagazine.com 36 CEO Today Africa Awards 2017 ADETOKUNBO MUKHAIL ABIRU Director at Skye Bank www.skyebankng.com Skye Bank Plc. is one of Nigeria’s leading retail and commercial banks with over 373 branches and cash centres across Nigeria offering premium financial services, with subsidiaries in Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Guinea. The bank commenced operations in 2006 and has become one of the foremost financial institutions in the Nigerian banking industry, playing a pivotal role in the success of many businesses, creating wealth and promoting entrepreneurship. Skye Bank has earned a reputation for exceptional customer service. The bank has invested significantly in the acquisition and deployment of Information Technology for enhanced customer experience across its multiple service delivery channels including mobile banking, ATMs, POS and online platforms. In 2011, Skye Bank won the bid to acquire 100 per cent ownership stake of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in Mainstreet Bank Limited; a deal which placed the bank as one of the top four banks in Nigeria in terms of customer reach, balance sheet size and profitability. Mainstreet Bank’s operations has sincebeen fully integrated into Skye Bank’s operations in what has been considered as one of the smoothest and hitch-free integration processes recorded in the Nigerian Banking industry. FIRM PROFILE Mr. Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru (Tokunbo), is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Pro- gram) and Lagos Business School (Senior Management Program). He holds a B.Sc (Economics) from Lagos State University and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Ac- countants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Honorary Senior Mem- ber of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). Tokunbo has had a distinguished career in banking span- ning about 26 years, out of which ten (10) years was spent in the formative years of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. He there- after, spent about Fourteen (14) years with First Bank of Ni- geria Limited, where he functioned as Executive Director, Corporate Banking between 2013 and 2016. During his banking career, he was at various times be- tween 2013-2016 a Non–Executive Director in the following companies: Airtel Mobile Networks Limited; FBN Capital Limited (now FBN Merchant Bank Limited); and FBN Bank Limited Sierra Leone. Tokunbo was the Honorable Commissioner of Finance for Lagos State Government (2011-2013), the economic capi- tal of Nigeria, during the dynamic and transformational leadership of Governor Babatunde R. Fashola (SAN). He is happily married to and blessed with children. ABOUT ADETOKUNBO MUKHAIL ABIRU