First HoldCo Plc has introduced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Baruwa as Group Firm Secretary.
The appointment was made public in a submitting on the Nigerian Change on twenty third September 2025, signed by Olufemi Otedola, Chairman of the Board of Administrators, confirming the choice by the HoldCo.
The transfer follows the upcoming retirement of Mr. Adewale L.O. Arogundade, the present Firm Secretary, who has devoted 35 years of service to the group.
His retirement is ready to take impact on seventh November 2025, after which Mrs. Baruwa will formally assume the function.
With greater than 20 years of in depth expertise throughout legislation and finance, Abiola is predicted to convey sturdy management, recent perception, and a strategic perspective to the group’s company governance.
Mrs. Abiola Baruwa
Abiola started her educational journey at Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, the place she efficiently earned a Bachelor of Legal guidelines diploma (LL.B Hons), laying a powerful basis for her profession in legislation and finance.
She proceeded to the Nigerian Regulation School in Abuja, obtained her Barrister at Regulation (B.L), and was known as to the Bar in 2004, later incomes a Grasp’s Diploma in Worldwide Finance Regulation (LL.M) with Advantage from King’s School London, United Kingdom.
Her authorized profession started in 2004 at Olaniwun Ajayi & Co LP, Lagos, after which she served as an Affiliate at G.M.O Authorized Practitioners from 2005 to 2006.
- In 2006, she joined Sahara Vitality Restricted as Authorized Companies Supervisor, marking the start of her transition into the monetary companies sector.
Between 2008 and 2012, she served as Authorized Companies Officer at Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank) earlier than shifting to FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the place she rose to Vice President, Debt Options, contributing to high-profile structured finance transactions in oil and fuel, energy, and telecommunications.
In 2017, she joined Ecobank as Senior Supervisor, heading each the Firm Secretariat and Company Bank Authorized Companies.
She later moved to Rand Service provider Bank (RMB) in 2020 as Firm Secretary and Head of Authorized for RMB Nigeria Asset Administration, earlier than her appointment as Group Firm Secretary at First HoldCo Plc.
A member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Directors of Nigeria (ICSAN) and the Institute of Administrators, Nigeria (IoD), Abiola can be an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIBN) and has attended quite a few management packages each regionally and internationally, enhancing her experience in company governance and authorized follow.
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