GEJ NOMINATES ZENITH BANK'S MD AS NEW CBN GOVERNOR

EMEFIELE

President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Godwin Emefiele, the Managing director of Zenith Bank, as the new Governor of Central Bank. 
Although, Sanusi in an interview has said he was going to court to challenge his removal. Meanwhile the House of reps has said Jonathan lacks the power to replace him. 
All this pressure! I want to believe that GEJ had already contacted the lawyers before proceeding with the sack after all there just might be a cause in the Constitution giving him legal powers to do so.
Lets watch and see !! Please find after the cut the Profile of Godwin Emefiele



PROFILE
Godwin I. Emefiele is the Group Managing Director, Zenith Bank Plc, a position he has held since August 2010. Until then he was the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, having been appointed into that position in 2001. Emefiele has been on the bank's management team since inception and has held various management positions in the bank, including serving as the Bank's Executive Director in charge of Corporate Banking, Treasury, Financial Control and Strategic Planning.

Until he took over as Group Managing Director, Emefiele was directly responsible for all the Group's local subsidiaries, Treasury and Correspondent Banking, and Multilateral, Conglomerates, & Private Banking. He also had responsibilities for direct supervision of majority of the bank's branches in Lagos and Northern Nigeria.

Emefiele has over twenty-six (26) years banking experience and holds a B.Sc and an MBA in Finance both from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. Before commencing his banking career, he lectured Finance, Bank Management, and Insurance at the University of Nigeria and University of Port Harcourt respectively.

He is an alumnus of Stanford University, Harvard and Wharton Graduate School of Business where he took courses in Negotiation, Service Excellence, Critical Thinking, Leading Change and Strategy.

Under Emefiele's leadership, Zenith Bank has strengthened its position as a leading financial institution in Africa, winning recognition and getting endorsement at home and abroad for giant strides in key performance areas like corporate governance, service delivery and deployment of cutting-edge ICT as well as impact in the bank's numerous spheres of operations.

In 2012, Emefiele's visionary leadership saw Zenith Bank receiving acclaim from reputable institutions such as world finance, CFI and FTSE Global Markets that have named Zenith the Best in Corporate Governance, Best Commercial Bank in Africa, and Emerging Global Super brand respectively."

Positions: Chief Executive Officer, Group Managing Director, Director, Member of Executive Committee, Member of Board Credit Committee, Member of Staff Matters, Finance & General Purpose Committee, Member of Board Risk Management Committee, Member of Management Global Credit Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee, Member of Assets & Liabilities Committee and Member of Information Technology (IT) Steering Committee, Zenith Bank Plc.