Joseph Esenwa

CFO at EKEDC

Joseph Esenwa is the Chief Finance Officer. He provides leadership and financial direction for the Company. He started his career in John Holt plc where he worked in Audit, Treasury and thereafter joined Zenith Bank Plc where he worked for 24 years and rose to the position of General Manager and Head of Audit/Internal Control. During his spell at the bank, he undertook numerous assignments spanning through most of the key areas in the process he has gained cognate experience in Treasury Management, Operations, Credit Administration, Financial Control and Strategic Planning, Audit and Internal Control, Marketing and Branch/Zonal Management. He also functioned as the chairperson in various standing committees. He left the banking industry with an indelible mark Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania, and Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Benin, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the same institution. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). He attended various training programmes at Columbia Business School, New York, Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania, and Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Timeline

  • CFO

    Current role