Cecilia Ibru
Oceanic Bank
Estimated Net Worth: $1.2 billion
Cecilia Ibru
Cecilia Ibru holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Sociology from North East London University and a Masters of Philosophy from the London school of Oriental and African Studies.
She commenced her career at the IBRU Organisation in 1978 where she held various positions. In 1990, she joined Oceanic Bank as General Manager (Administration and Personnel), later becoming Executive Director (Finance and Administration). Cecilia Ibru became Oceanic Bank’s Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
Cecilia Ibru is Chairperson, Sub-committee of the Bankers’ Committee on Small and Medium Investment Equity Scheme (SMIEIS); Member, Presidential Consultative Committee on SMIEIS; and Member, World Economic Forum.
Cecilia Ibru is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Management.
In recognition of her numerous contributions to the development of Banking in Nigeria, the Federal Government of Nigeria honoured her with the award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).
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#1 by edward on June 29th, 2009
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Hmmmm … true she appears to be the public face for Ibru & Co … but shouldn’t this wealth be assigned to her husband instead?
#2 by nnenna on August 24th, 2009
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Why should the wealth be assigned to her husband … he is not the one that resumes to work every Monday morning or is it because she is a woman she can not be held in high esteem as the men???
Also i do not see the EFCC going after her husband now that push has come to shove!!!!!She is the one in custody and not her husband.
#3 by baby on August 28th, 2009
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Nnenna well said.
It’s so dissapointing that so many of the “BIG men and women” that Nigeria has chosen to award Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) have all been found wanting either for financial or political crime. That clearly explains why people will kill to be rich in Nigeria. only the rich are rewarded even when the wealth comes from questionable sources
#4 by tolulope olaleye on December 27th, 2009
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yeap i see her as an hard working woman and a mother