Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group and the leading pan-African banking group, announced the official appointment of Jeremy Awori as CEO of the Ecobank Group on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Jeremy Awori, the new CEO of Ecobank, announced that “this is a great opportunity to take Ecobank to the next stage of its growth strategy. Africa offers promising prospects. Ecobank is uniquely positioned to bring about systematic change in the banking sector at the pan-African level, building on the geographical footprint it has already established.”

According to him, Alain Nkontchou, Chairman of the Ecobank Group Board of Directors, announced that “Jeremy Awori's exceptional and proven qualities — an effective, results-oriented leader with in-depth knowledge of the African banking landscape - make him the ideal choice to steer the growth of the Ecobank Group in the era. The current one marked by rapid changes at the global and continental levels.”