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His Excellency, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has commended the efforts of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc and others towards the financing of the Eko Atlantic 5,000,000 square metres project. The President made this commendation today at the dedication ceremony of the project at the Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, Lagos. FCMB is the leading financier having committed $100m in loan and guarantees. Three other banks are involved namely Access, GTB, and First Bank. Other dignitaries at the occasion include the former President of America, Mr. Bill Clinton; the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola and the Deputy Managing Director, FCMB, Mr. Segun Odusanya. Ladi Balogun holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom and an MBA from Harvard Business School, United States of America. He has 20 years’ experience in commercial and investment banking in Europe, the United States of America and Africa. He began his banking career in 1993 at Morgan Grenfell and Co Limited, where he worked in the areas of risk management and corporate finance (debt origination). He was responsible for managing the bank’s trading and investment positions in debt instruments in Latin America and Eastern Europe, and also part of a team that structured numerous complex debt deals in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Asian sub-continent. Subsequently he worked at Citibank in New York before returning to Nigeria as an Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive in 1996. He has worked in various areas of the bank, including Treasury, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking. He was appointed an Executive Director in charge of the Institutional Banking Group (IBG) in 1997. In 2000, he was made Executive Director in charge of Strategy and Business Development and in 2001 Deputy Managing Director. He was appointed the Managing Director in 2005, where he has led the successful acquisition and integration of 4 banks, and the transformation of FCMB from a modest wholesale bank to a prominent banking group with almost 300 branches, 2 million customers and a presence in UK, Nigeria and South Africa. Contact Media Information Business name:Intelligent interactive limited Contact Person Name: Ikpehare sobowale Street Address: No 21 wale adenekan,Magodo Gra lagos Company Email: temi@intelligentinteractiveltd.com Company URL: www.intelligentinteractiveltd.com
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