Mr. Uzoma Dozie, Group
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank Limited has
been honoured as one of the Top 25 CEOs in Nigeria at the Business Day
CEO’s Award.
Uzoma Dozie, GMD/CEO, Diamond Bank Limited
He got the award for his significant contribution to the capital market and the economy.
Consequently, the elated Dozie
didn’t waste any further time as he took to his twitter handle to
express joy and gratitude… “Thank you. To my team!! The Sparkling
Diamond tribe, our customers, without them this is not possible and all
those that invest body mind and spirit.”
Interestingly, Mr. Uzoma Dozie
graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from
the University of Reading, Berkshire England. He obtained a Master of
Science degree in Chemical Research from University College, University
of London in 1992 and an MBA with specialization in Finance, from
Imperial College Management School, London in 1998.
He also attended the Program for
Management Development at the Harvard Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. Mr. Dozie started his banking career in the
Commercial Banking Unit at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he worked for
some years and later moved to Citizens International Bank Limited where
he worked in the Oil and Gas Division.
Thereafter, he joined Diamond Bank
Limited as Manager and Head of the Bank’s Oil and Gas Unit. He was at a
time Head, Financial Control, then Retail Banking (where he spear-headed
the introduction of lifestyle-changing retail products). He equally
headed two distinctive strategic business units in the Bank before his
appointment as an Executive Director in 2005, during which time he
supervised the Retail Banking and Corporate Banking Divisions of the
Bank. He at a time, acted as the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer.