{"id":14244,"date":"2017-03-07T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14244"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:00:13","slug":"orji-dr-onyekwere-herbert","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/orji-dr-onyekwere-herbert\/","title":{"rendered":"ORJI, Dr. Onyekwere Herbert"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

B.A, MBA, Ph.D, FCIB, investment banker, chartered stockbroker; b: November 2, 1950; ht: Amoakwe – Item, Iga: Bende so: Abia; m: Dr. Nnenna Adaeze Obioha, 1977; nc: three s, four d; ed: St. Paul’s Catholic School. Oweni, Imo State, 1954-57; Government School, Owerri, Imo State, 1957-61; Ngwa High School, Aba, Abia States, 1962-66: Government College, Owerri, Imo State, 1967; Howard University, Wasington DC, USA, 1970-73; University of Michigan, USA, 1974-75; Union Institute Graduate School, Ohio, USA, 1975-79; Harvard University Business School, 1988-89. cr: Financial Analyst, Tax Accountant, People’s Drug Stores, Corporation Headquarters, Virginia, USA, 1973; Computer Systems Programmer, Riggs National Bank, Washington DC; USA, 1973-74; Executive Trainee, American Express International Banking Corporation, New York, USA, 1975-76: Executive Trainee, American Express Merchant Bank, London, United Kingdom, 1975-76; Manager, Commercial Accounts, American Express International Banking Corporation, New York, USA, 1976-77; asst. Treasurer, Corporate Banking and Trade Finance, American Express International Banking Corporation, New York, USA, 1977-79; Second v-presd. Corporate Banking and Project Finance, American Express International Banking Corporation, New York, USA, 1979-80; Principal Division Manager, Financial Services Division, United Bank forAfrica Pic, Lagos, Nigeria, 1980-82; gm.pioneer representative, for the United Bank for Africa Pic, London, UK, 1982-84; md\/ceo. Progress Bank of Nigeria Pic, Central Office, Lagos, 1985-91; ch\/ceo. SummaGuaranty and Trust Company Pic, since 1991; v-ch\/mm. Board Industrial Training Fund (ITF), first v-ch: associate publisher Business in Africa International Magazine; part time lecturer. Resource Person, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Department of Finance, Lagos Business School, since 1994; f: Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Bankers, UK; mm. American Management Association, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Nigeria; f: Royal Commonwealth Society, London; charter member and board mm: African Business Round Table; presd\/ch. council, African Banking and Finance Association; mm: board of Advisors, Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria, board of directors and membership secretary, Harvard Business School Association of Nigeria, Old Imo State Consultative Assembly, 1984- 87; Bankers’ Committee, Central Bank of Nigeria, 1985-91; National Executive Council, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria, 1986-91; Board of Governors, Financial Institutions Training Centre, Lagos, 1987-90; ch. Research and Development Committee, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Nigeria; dir. First Finance and Trust Limited, African Development Insurance Company Limited, International Wireless Incorporated, Houston, Texas, USA. tt: Omeziala Item, since 1992; Oziri Uzo Akunauba Item, since 1997. ah: Track and field scholarship. Howard University, Washington DC, USA, 1971-72; academic scholarship and Dean’s list, Howard University, Washington DC, USA, 1971-73; Junior Research f: Michigan, USA, 1974-75; American Express Gold Medal, 1980; Best Bank md\/ceo. of the Year 1990-91: Federal Government of Nigeria Patent Number RP5286 for the invention of absentometer, an industrial time measuring device. award: Most Distinguished Chartered Stockbroker for 2004. by Probe Comm. Ltd; publ: Intrastate Regional Banking Systems. University of Michigan. Microfilms International. 1980: Regional Banking and Economic Development in Nigeria. Fourth Dimension Publications and Millimot, United Kingdom. 1986. sc: Ikoyi Club, hob: track and field, swimming, squash, golf, off: Suite F2, LSDPC Luxury Apartments, 24. Adeola Adeku St, Victoria Island Lagos tel: 01-2625067; fax: 01- 2625068: e-m: Summa@summaguaranty.com res: 211. Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Annex, Lagos, tel: 01-2623057.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2404],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14244","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-banker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14244"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}