The Company Secretary provides strategic governance, corporate secretarial, and regulatory compliance leadership for the Bank. The role supports the Board, Board Committees, and Executive Management by ensuring adherence to corporate governance standards, CBN regulations, BOFIA, CAMA, and Shari’ah governance requirements.
Key responsibilities include coordinating Board and shareholder meetings, maintaining statutory records, overseeing regulatory filings, advising on governance matters, facilitating director onboarding and development, and supporting Board effectiveness initiatives. The role also manages governance-related regulatory engagements and ensures effective administration of Company Secretariat operations.
Ideal candidates possess extensive legal, governance, and financial services experience
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd – Keeping You First
First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s premier commercial bank and most valuable banking brand.
With over 10 million active customer accounts and more than 750 business locations, we provide a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services to customers and investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities available in Nigeria and our business locations across Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
To live our promise of ‘YOU First’, we design products and services to support your personal, family and business needs.
Our array of products – cards, channels, transfer services, loans & advances, deposit products, guarantees, distributorship financing, cash management and foreign trade service – create convenience for your transactions, empower your businesses and offer flexibility of choice.
