Meet John Kennedy Scholar, Secured Credit Law Expert, Razack Adeyemi Adeola

Razack Adeyemi Adeola (born January 30, 1959) is a Nigerian
banker notable for winning the 2014 Business Day (Nigeria)
Outstanding CEO Award and the 2015 The Sun (Nigeria) Banker of the
Year. Adeola’s tertiary education was at Obafemi Awolowo University
where he graduated with a law degree in 1982.

In 1983, he was called to the Nigerian Bar. He later went to the
University of Lagos where he enrolled as a postgraduate student for
a Law degree and specialized in the Law of Secured Credit,
Comparative Company Law and International Economic Law.
Mr. Adeyemi Razack (Yemi) Adeola has served as Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of STERLING
BANK PLC since December 2007. a role he has held since December
2007. He has over 25 years of experience spanning banking and
finance, law, corporate consulting and academia.

Mr Adeola commenced his banking career with Citibank in 1988
serving as Chief Legal Counsel & Company Secretary; later as
Executive Director, Public Sector & Infrastructure Banking; and
subsequently the Commercial Banking Segment. He left Citibank in
2003 to pursue the turnaround project of Trust Bank of Africa
Limited (TBA), serving as the Deputy Managing Director between 2003
and 2005. Upon the consolidation of TBA into Sterling Bank in
December 2005, Mr Adeola assumed the role of Executive Director,
Corporate and Commercial Banking and remained in that capacity
until December 2007 when he was appointed as Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank till 2018.

Mr Adeola is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of
Nigeria and has undertaken senior management/ executive education
programs covering various business areas, He is an alumnus of
Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, Said Business
School of the University of Oxford, and The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania. He is a John F. Kennedy Scholar. He is
Member of the Board Credit Committee, Member of the Board Finance
and General Purpose Committee, Member of the Board Governance and
Nominations Committee, and Member of the Board Risk Management
Committee of the Company.