A FORMER Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the American Stock Exchange (Amex), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, has been confirmed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
His appointment and that of Mr. Ade Bajomo as Executive Director, IT and Market Operations, were ratified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A statement by SEC’s media head, Lanre Oloyi, said the: “NSE had in separate letters to the Commission on December 21, 2010 and January 13, 2011 conveyed the unanimous decision of the Council on the appointments.
The Commission’s board expressed satisfaction with “the rigorous and transparent executive selection process implemented by the Council and Interim Administrator of the NSE, Mr. Emmanuel Ikhazoboh, which led to the emergence of the CEO and ED, IT.”
It added: “The SEC urges the NSE Council to conclude the executive selection process with the appointment of the additional Executive Directors for Strategy & Business Development and Listings.”
Onyema has a B.Sc Computer Engineering degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and an MBA, Finance and Investments, Ziklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York, United States.
He retained his position at Amex after it was acquired by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to form the world’s largest Stock Exchange, NYSEamex in 2008.
He is a Council member, Gerson Lehrman Group, Austin, Texas, and also a member of the Security Traders Association of New York and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
Bajomo, head, IT programmes and Business Transformation, Africa and Indian Ocean, Barclays Bank, United Kingdom has a B.Sc degree in Engineering from University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, an M.Sc with distinction in Information Systems and an MBA from South Bank University, and City University (CASS) Business School, London respectively.
Bajomo has over 23 years experience in Information Technology and Business Aligned Transformations having worked at various times in South Bank University, Deutsche Bank, Generale Bank, Fortis Bank and Pearl Insurance Group, UK.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
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