Standard Chartered Nigeria confirms appointment of Ayodeji Adelagun as CEO

Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited has confirmed Ayodeji Adelagun arsenic Chief Executive Officer, pursuing regulatory support from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Adelagun, wide known arsenic “Deji”, had served arsenic Acting Chief Executive Officer since January 2026.

His assignment marks an important adjacent section for Standard Chartered successful Nigeria, bringing unneurotic heavy section marketplace expertise, extended enactment acquisition and a beardown knowing of the opportunities shaping the country’s fiscal sector.

With much than 26 years of banking and fiscal markets acquisition crossed Africa, Adelagun has built his vocation astatine the intersection of clients, markets and economical development. Since joining Standard Chartered successful 2007, helium has held a fig of elder enactment roles, including Executive Director and Head of Markets, Nigeria & Africa, and Head of Rates and Credit Trading, West Africa. He is besides Chairman of the Board of Standard Chartered Capital and Advisory Nigeria (SCCAN) and Head of Markets, Africa.

Commenting connected his appointment, Ayodeji Adelagun, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited, said:

“Nigeria represents a important semipermanent accidental for Standard Chartered, and our ambition is to physique connected the spot of our franchise to present adjacent greater worth for our clients and the wider economy.

“As we participate this adjacent chapter, my absorption volition beryllium connected deepening our lawsuit relationships, ...