The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the appointment of Mr. Ahmed Hassan as Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer of Jaiz Bank Plc.
Hassan was appointed by the bank’s Board of Directors to bring his wealth of experience to strengthen the management.
The new ED/CFO is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, an Associate of the Pension Institute of Nigeria, as well as an Alumnus of Bayero University, Kano and the University of Lagos.
Hassan is a fellow of the Compliance Institute, Nigeria (FCIN) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
He has over 26 years cognate experience which started from his career as a Lecturer of Accounting & Finance at Bayero University, Kano before joining the Banking/ Finance Industry.
The new Executive Director earlier worked with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), former New Africa Merchant Bank Ltd., NAL Merchant Bank (now Sterling Bank), NUB/FINBANK (now FCMB) and had a brief stint with Dangote Group as the Financial Controller of Kano Flour Mills. His banking experience covers Corporate Finance, Banking Operations, Risk Management, Financial Controls and Branch/Regional Banking.
Hassan, who has, in the course of his career, attended various local and foreign courses and workshops, joined Jaiz Bank in October 2013 as Head Financial Control and acting Chief Financial Officer before he was later appointed as the bank’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)