Titan Trust Bank has been a financial institution whose efforts to offer customers an endearing experience knows no bounds.
It is definitely one of the fastest growing financial service providers in Nigeria, and this gladdens the hearts of so many of its customers. Since its inception, the lender has continued to take industry watchers by surprise with its sterling achievements both on the physical and digital banking within a short period. According to reports, in addition to its lists of international laurels, the lender recently bagged two awards as the ‘Best New Commercial Banking Brand’ and ‘Fastest Growing Digital Banking Brand in Nigeria for the Year 2021’ at the 2021 annual United Kingdom-based Global Brands Magazine awards. The bank clinched the coveted influential awards in less than two years of its commercial operations.
Titan Trust Bank was established to take advantage of the identified gaps in the banking sector and address the unmet needs of the retail mass market, SMEs and corporates.Recently, the financial institution with a top tier ‘i-banking’ experience announced the opening of its state-of-the-art branch located at 53, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos for commercial operations.The bank, led by an undisputable Banking guru, Mudassir Amray, opened the new branch on May 20, 2021. A move, many stakeholders in the industry describe as incredibly necessary to the growth of the bank. Mudassir, the MD/CEO is a banker with over 25 years of global exposure across six geographies (US, Nigeria, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Pakistan). He has held senior positions in global banks such as: Citi New York – Managing Director & Head of Global Capital Management (LATAM), Citi Nigeria – Managing Director & Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Nigeria and Ghana, Al Rajhi Malaysia – Country Business Head, Citi HK – Head of Capital Management, Asia Pacific, Citi Singapore – Head of Islamic Banking, Asia Pacific, Citi Pakistan, Country Business Head. Titan bank was established in the year 2019, with a major quest to provide financial service to micro, small and medium scale enterprises within Lagos state. So, the new branch would go a long way in ensuring that customers within and around the Ikeja axis can experience the bank’s wide array of services.Titan Trust Bank, has so far lived up to its goal by delivering top-notch banking services that has made financial services easy and accessible to its teeming customers. The bank was registered as Titan Trust Bank Limited, established on the 12th of December, 2018 and obtained its National Banking license on the 26th of April 2019, to operate as a commercial bank with national authorization.
The bank’s National banking license is the first National Banking license that the Central Bank of Nigeria has granted in the last ten years. “The Bank was formed to take advantage of the identified gaps in the banking sector and address the unmet needs of the retail mass market, SMEs and corporates,” the bank said.Licensed in 2019, Titan Trust Bank has big names in the banking and financial services industry behind its operations and shareholder positions. The bank has veteran bankers and former financial regulators as its directors.The bank boasts of an array of super-heroes in the banking industry: Adaeze Udensi, is the Executive Director of Titan Trust Bank, who has over 23 years banking experience, and was until recently, an Executive Director in Heritage Bank.In her 4 years as Executive Director, she supervised the South businesses; oversaw Retail, Private Wealth, Collections, E-Business, Customer Experience and IT functions; and served as Executive Compliance Officer. Adaeze also acted as Managing Director of Heritage Bank in 2017. Prior to this, she spent 16 years in Zenith Bank growing its Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Commercial and Retail businesses into the 2nd largest portfolio in the Bank, leaving as a General Manager.Adaeze has a first degree in Banking, and MBA’s from Rivers State University of Science & Technology, and the University of Bangor, Wales.She has also attended several Executive Management Programs in Wharton Business School, Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School, and INSEAD.Mr. Tunde Lemo, B.Sc, ACA, FCA was a Deputy Governor of Operations and Director at The Central Bank of Nigeria and also served as its Deputy Governor of Financial Surveillance Sector. Mr. Lemo served as Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc. (2000-03). He also served as chairman for both the Abuja SEC and the NEXIM Bank. He is currently a director at the Africa Finance Corporation, AFC.Alhaji Bashari Aminu (Iyan Zazzau), is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vital Products Limited. He equally serves on the board of several companies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants (UK) and a Fellow of the Certified National Accountant of Nigeria (CNA). He is a senior title holder in the Emirate of Zazzau and was a Senior District Head of Sabon-Gari, Zaria in Kaduna State from 1979 to 2018.Stella Nwihim, Head of HR, holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Biology) and an MBA (Management) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). She is a seasoned professional with over 21 years’ experience spanning Human Resources, Sales and Banking Operations. She held key HR positions in Zenith Bank Plc and UBA Plc including Head Workforce Planning, Head Shared Services and Head Business Partnering, where she made significant contributions in organizational development, performance & change management and business strategy.Mark Oguh, Chief Financial Officer, who boasts of 22 years’ experience in the Banking industry covering Operations, Audit and Financial Control, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy and Business Administration and an MBA in Banking and Finance. He was the Financial Controller at Diamond Bank from 2015 to March 31, 2019. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
Ademola Ajayi is the Chief Compliance Officer of Titan Trust Bank Limited. A First Class Degree Holder in Accounting from Babcock University, Ilishan Ogun State, he also holds a Higher National Diploma in accounting with Upper credits class from the Polytechnic, Ibadan. He has been in the Nigerian Banking Sector since 1996, with experience cutting across financial control, credit review and monitoring, business development, banking operations, internal controls, internal audit, inspection and compliance functions. His career in banking started in NAL Merchant Bank, where he did the mandatory one year national youth service. He is a fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN). For any bank to function well in the IT world, it needs a guru in that field.
The IT unit is headed by George Aiyudu, a certified COBIT implementer with over 21 years banking experience covering Banking Operations, International Operations and Information Technology.He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and also holds a Masters Degree in Business Information Systems. He was the Group Head, IT Change and Transformation at Diamond Bank.Another big wig in the financial industry, who is on the board of Titan Trust Bank is Mr. Andy Ojei, a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria as well as a Fellow and Council Member of The Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria.He was the pioneer Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Ghana. He left Zenith Bank PLC in June 2013 as an Executive Director after twenty-one years of meritorious service. He is a seasoned businessman with interests in Real Estate and Information Technology.Alhaji Mohammed is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 30 years experience managing and leading businesses across the country. He is the managing director of Syndicated Investment limited, a construction firm. He has held this post for over 33 years. He is the chairman/CEO of Impex limited, a security, contracting and trading company since 1993.These and other good heads are brains behind the many successes of Titan Trust Bank.
Olamide Adeniji is a member of the editorial team of TheScript Newspapers
