The Managing Director/CEO of Unity Bank Plc, Oluwatomi Somefun, is the latest entrant to the Diamond Club of 2022. The quiet, unassuming woman celebrated her 60th birthday on October 2, 2022, low-key without any fanfare.
An accomplished banker and boardroom amazon, prior to her appointment in 2015, Somefun was the Executive Director overseeing the Lagos and South-West Business Directorates, the Financial Institution Division and Treasury Department of the bank.
With a career spanning 35 years with over 26 years in the banking sector, overseeing key segments, including Treasury and Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, Retail, and Commercial Banking Operations, it is no wonder she was considered the right fit to head Unity Bank.
She had a distinguished career with UBA group, where she led two major subsidiaries of UBA as MD/CEO, including a start-up company, UBA Pensions Custodian, where she was the pioneer Managing Director. Prior to UBA, Somefun worked with two leading consulting firms, KPMG and Arthur Andersen (now KPMG). A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).
Somefun holds a Bachelor of Education in English Language. She graduated with a Second Class Upper Division from the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife) in 1981. She was recently conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration (D.BA) by the Redeemer’s University, Nigeria. Somefun has extensive Executive Education in change and organisation renewal, strategy formulation and execution, business analytics and development, and also financial management from various esteemed business schools. She is an alumnus of the Columbia Business School, and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, and holds a Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School (HBS). She is a member of various professional bodies and has served on the board of several quoted and unquoted companies, and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Her marriage to Babajide Anthony Somefun is blessed with children and grandchildren.
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