Zenith Bank Plc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Mukhtar Adam as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The company, in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the investing public said the appointment has since been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and explained that Adam had been in the bank since 2007 and prior his new appointment, he was the deputy chief financial officer of the bank.
Dr. Mukhtar Adam holds a PhD in Finance from the Leeds Beckett University (UK); M.Sc. (Finance – Financial Sector Management) from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, (UK); MBA (Finance) from the University of Leicester (UK) and B.Ed. Social Sciences (Economics and Management) from the University of Cape Coast (Ghana).
He holds a Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana (ICAG).
Before his venture into Zenith Bank, he was a senior consultant at Financial Service Group of Nigeria and practised at PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana, now PWC.
He is also a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigerian (CITN), Institute of Chartered Accountant of Ghana (ICAG) and hold a Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS). He is a researcher and has a good number of publications, both academic and professional to his credit.
