In this post, platinumtimes.ng chronicles the profile of newly appointed CBN Deputy Governor, Philip Ikeazor.
Philip Ikeazor is an financial expert from the Nigerian Igbo tribe. He previously served as the CEO of Keystone Bank PLC and currently serving as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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Name: Philip Chukwuemeka Ikeazor
Nationality: Nigerian
Date of birth: September,1957
Tribe: Igbo
Education: University of Buckingham
Biography
Philip Ikeazor is an Igbo born financial expert from Anambra state, Nigeria. He is married to his wife and they are blessed with children.
He attended government college, Umuahia, Abia state before obtaining a degree in Economics from the University of Buckingham UK.
He is an Alumnus of Wharton-CEIBS-IESE Business School Global CEO Programme and attended executive programmes at Harvard Business School.
Career
Philip Ikeazor has over three decades of working experiences in the financial sector.
He served as the CEO of Keystone Bank Limited, CEO of Ecobank Kenya Limited, Executive Director, Union Bank Nigeria, Director of Union Bank UK PLC, and Director of the Orient Bank Uganda.
Philip also served as a member of the governing board of International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT), India and a member of the World Bank-led Consultative Group on International Agric Research.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Fellow Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
Philip Ikeazor was appointed as one of the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2023.