SBG Head,
Corporate Bank
April - June 2015 •
The Lion King
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Anya
Duroha
Anya, a seasoned banker, whose sojourn in the bank-
ing sector has seen him garner robust experience in
Administration, Teller Services, Funds Transfer, IT,
Customer Service, Business Development (Retail,
Commercial & Corporate Banking), Structured Trade
Finance and Credit analysis, is the man on the
frontline of some of the biggest deals in the UBA
Group.
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nya is the Strategic Business Group (SBG) Head,
Corporate Bank, overseeing all the divisions in
Corporate Bank, including Infrastructure, Aviation,
Maritime, Telecommunications and Local Corporate.
His career in UBA commenced in October 2013 as
the Divisional Head, Corporate Bank - Manufacturing,
Agriculture and Construction before assuming his current
role. He speaks to LKM about his role and challenges of
leading the Group’s corporate banking team in a highly
competitive African financial industry.
In a nutshell, what does corporate bank do?
Corporate Bank manages relationships with large corpo-
rates and conglomerates. This involves providing bespoke
solutions to their various and often peculiar needs. In doing
this, we seek to grow the bank’s market share in line with
our strategic intent of becoming a dominant player in the
industry; grow profitability; and provide retail and com-
mercial banking in the most cost effective clusters to exploit
as well as act as the centre of excellence in the segments
we play in.
Do you agree that corporate banking is the glamorous side
of banking?
Hmmmmmm... I have never thought of what we do as
“glamorous”. Interesting? – yes; fulfilling? – yes; glamorous –
I am trying hard to see how that fits!
However, we deal with companies that have millions of
Naira and dollars on the line with every business decision.
You have to be knowledgeable and instil confidence for
these companies to trust you with their business. Does that
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