{"id":17510,"date":"2017-03-24T12:40:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T11:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17510"},"modified":"2017-05-31T03:43:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T02:43:08","slug":"wabara-marc-inyanagbo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/wabara-marc-inyanagbo\/","title":{"rendered":"WABARA, Marc Inyanagbo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: 1955 State of Origin: Abia Local Government Area: Ukwa East MarcInyanagbo Wabara, is the Chairman \/Chief ExecutiveOfficerof HallmarkBank Pic .He has had several years ofsuccessful banking career and standsout as an Icon in restorationofany falling economic structure, nurturinga growingone and consolidating a weak and strugglingeconomy. . He is a manof great integrity and foresightwhose planningabilityand visionary leadership built on transparent honesty, accountability, hard work and resilience, havebeen upheldby many who have come to him in privateor publicaffairs. Hehas been rated a High Flyer in all the academic institutions he studied and other establishments where he worked. Education Federal Government College Sokoto, WASC Grade 1 Distinction 1972 University of Lagos B.Sc (Hons) 2nd Class Upper Division, Finance, 1977 Job Experience \u2022 Nigeria Ports Authority NPA \u2022 Moved to Mobil Producing \u2022 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York, United States. \u2022 International Merchant Bank of Nigeria Ltd 1984 1988 Mr Wabara said that Hallmark Bank Pic has been able to make some impact in the money market because of its team of highly qualifiedand experienced professionals, who are motivated to deliver their various quality products to their numerous high net worth individuals. Hallmark Bank Pic is a new generation bank that has been renderingquality services to its numerous customers using the state ofthe art technology. Today, Wabara, a highly rated banker, is a performer and an achiever,who has taken Hallmark Bank Pic to greater heights within the short time of its existence. Awards and Honours \u2022 Prize for the Best Graduating Student at Federal Government College Sokoto 1972 \u2022 Prize for the Best Graduating Student from Dept of Finance. University of Lagos 1977 \u2022 Financial Post Award for the bank ofthe Year in 1994 \u2022 Rotaract Club ofthe Federal University of Technology Owerri Award 1995 \u2022 Credit News Magazine Distinguished Chief Executive Award in 1997 Membership of Professional Associations \u2022 Member. University of Lagos Alumni Association \u2022 Member. Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria \u2022 Member. Institute of Management Consultants \u2022 Member, Nigeria- China Friendship Association \u2022 Chairman. Abia Palm Nigeria Ltd. Mr Wabara does not believe that the woes ofthe national economy should be blamed on the banking sector alone. He is ofthe view that the Federal Government should do every thing possible lo provide and maintain the infrastructure needed for the economic growth ofthe country. An advocate of a productive national economy, he believes that the National Electric Power Authority NEPA. (now Power EloldingCompany Nigeria Pic. PHCN) and Nigerian Telecommunications Limited NITELshould be privatised to enhance their efficiency. He strongly believes in the 10%Pre- tax policy which the Federal Government directed banks to set aside to finance Small and Medium Scale Enterprises will be engineroom of growth ofthe economv. He is confident that Hallmark Bank Pic would fully participate in the scheme when it eventually takes off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2404,209],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17510","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-banker","category-business-person"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17510","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\/17510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17510"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}