Faith Tuedor-Matthews
Faith Tuedor-Matthews is an accomplished banker with extensive executive experience in driving complex, high-level business transformation and change management initiatives. Her last national assignment as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) of Mainstreet Bank Limited (defunct Afribank Plc) was one of the most ambitious corporate turnarounds in the history of Nigeria’s financial services industry; leading the management team of the bank to successfully transform a failed bank into one of Nigeria’s most profitable financial institutions within eighteen months.
Prior to this assignment in 2011, Faith was Deputy Managing Director at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. She commenced her rich career path in UBA in 1984 during her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) before moving to Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) in 1991. Whilst in Ecobank, she rose to the position of General Manager and thereafter joined the consolidated UBA in 2005 as Executive Director (ED). As ED, Faith played vital roles in executing the bank’s growth aspirations across Nigeria; and leading strategic initiatives towards the extension of the bank’s footprints across Africa, London and New York.
As a leader, she has mentored several leaders within and outside the financial services industry who currently play leading roles in private and public sector organisations in Nigeria.
She holds a Bachelors of Laws Degree and an MBA from Aston University. She is also an Alumnus of Harvard Business School.
In recognition of an exceptional career and remarkable achievements in national assignments – particularly the turnaround of Mainstreet Bank Limited, she was honoured with the national merit award of the Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OFR).