Philip Ikeazor

Philip Ikeazor has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He has held various board positions notably as the CEO of Keystone Bank Limited, CEO of Ecobank Kenya Limited, Executive Director, Union Bank Nigeria, Director of Union Bank UK PLC, and Director of the Orient Bank Uganda. Philip also served as a member of the governing board of ICRISAT –International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India (a member of the World Bank-led Consultative Group on International Agric. Research).

A Chartered Accountant in with stints in the manufacturing industry, commenced banking career in 1990 working for Nigerian American Merchant Bank then affiliated to Bank of Boston MA, USA and trained as a loan officer, and then worked at Merchant Banking Corporation, Nigeria previously affiliated to Bank Paribas, and also in United Bank for Africa Plc, as General Manager Corporate & Investment Banking and Group General Manager Wholesale Bank at various times.

In October 2023, he was appointed the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of Financial System Stability.

Philip has a BSc. Economics from the University of Buckingham UK. He is an Alumnus of Wharton-CEIBS-IESE Business School Global CEO Programme and attended executive programmes at Harvard Business School and Wharton School of Business. Philip is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Fellow Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.