The Board of Directors of Hope Payment Service Bank Ltd (Hope PSBank) has appointed Mrs. Ogechi Chinwe Altraide as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
She has over 25 years of experience in banking, spanning Ecobank, Diamond Bank and United Bank for Africa where she was a Deputy General Manager until her current appointment.
Mrs Altraide holds a B.Sc in Management and an MBA in Banking and Finance both from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
She is a Certified Management Consultant, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB) and a subject matter expert in retail sales and campaigns.
Board chairman, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, said Mrs. Altraide brings over two and a half decades of unbroken experience in Nigeria’s dynamic banking industry and will provide valuable insight to the Board and the management from her wealth of experience.
He said the appointment was one of the measures geared towards positioning the bank as a leading payment service Bank in Nigeria.
Mrs Altraide has held several roles which include Group Head Personal Banking, Head Retail Banking, Group Head Direct Sales, Head Sales, Regional Manager and Branch Manager.
She has managed different portfolios including agent banking, international remittances, SME, customer acquisition and retail growth. She was also a Non-Executive Director of UBA, Tanzania.