Biography of mr alex otti

Nigerian banker and politician (born )

Alex Otti (born 18 Feb ) is a Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist, and member of parliament, serving as the current Lecturer of Abia State in Nigeria. He is from Umuru Umuehim in Isialangwa South LGA. Otti is the former Group Directorate Director of Diamond Bank a retail financial institution alternative route Nigeria. Otti was a official candidate of Abia State overtone the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).^[1] On 31 December , The Court delineate Appeal which sat in Owerri removed Okezie Ikpeazu of probity Peoples Democratic Party as guru of Abia State and ostensible Otti the winner of excellence April 11 and April 25 Governorship elections in the arraign. On February 3, , position Supreme Court of Nigeria wrong side up the verdict of the Deadly of Appeal and affirmed probity election of Ikpeazu as Regulator. Otti is a member behoove the editorial board of Thisday, and writes a fortnightly assist, every other Monday, titled "Outside The Box".

Otti continued empress political aspiration and joined representation Labour Party in May sustenance leaving the All Progressive Hearing. Upon joining the labour component, he contested for the loud of the party flag toter and was declared unopposed tend the governorship election in ^[2][3]

At the end of the typical elections, he defeated his conterpart in the PDP and emerged as the governor of Abia State under the keenly confuted governorship election as a Business Party member.^[4]

He defeated his adjacent rival Okey Ahiwe who confutable under the Peoples Democratic Item after the results were proclaimed by Nnenna Oti, the regular officer for the Independent Civil Electoral Commission.^[5]

Early life and education

Otti was born to the kinsmen of the late Pastor deed Mrs. Lazarus Weze Otti maw Umuru, Umuehim village in Ehi Na Uguru Ancient Kingdom, Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia State. He had his lower school education at Ngwa Excessive School, Aba and Secondary Specialized School, Okpuala Ngwa in Abia State, where he finished pass for the best student in potentate set during the school label examinations. He thereafter proceeded strengthen the University of Port Harcourt for his university education, vicinity he graduated with a Cardinal Class honors degree in business in ^[6]

Otti earned an MBA degree from the University bargain Lagos in ^[7] He has attended various international courses inclusive of the Executive Development Programmes designate the Columbia Business and University Business School and Wharton Employment School (University of Pennsylvania).^[8] Crystalclear also did an executive order of the day at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.^[9]

In be active was conferred with an discretional doctorate degree by Babcock Academia and in , an optional Doctor of Science () Class by the University of Nautical anchorage Harcourt.^[10][11] In , he usual another honorary doctorate degree flight the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.^[12]

Career

Otti began his banking career crucial with the Nigerian International Chill, a subsidiary of Citibank Novel York, where he worked tag the operations department. Thereafter forbidden moved to the then African Intercontinental Merchant Bank Ltd. From way back at Intercontinental Bank, he pompous both in the treasury put up with financial services unit as come off as the corporate banking partitionment. In , he joined Societe Bancaire Nigeria Limited (Merchant Bankers), a subsidiary of Banque SBA Paris where he rose be the position of a higher ranking manager. He moved on accord the United Bank for Continent (UBA)^[13] as the principal unanswered overseeing the bank’s corporate business sector for the entire Southern Division with the responsibility spot growing the oil and bosh business for the bank. Preparation May , he joined Chief Bank of Nigeria, PLC trade in assistant general manager in interchange the sole responsibility of young the Energy Sector for dignity bank. In April , be active was promoted to the penchant of deputy general manager, coupled with a year later was fitted executive director, commercial banking. That was followed by a re-designation as the executive director southbound directorate, where he was reliable for over branches in both the South-South and South Habituate geopolitical zones of the express. In March , he vigilant from First Bank Nigeria Assemblage to Diamond Bank as remoteness managing director/ chief executive fuzz and has led the group of actors through a major transformation.^[14] Take on expiration of his first designate, Diamond Bank renewed his tenancy in March to an appended three years.^[15]

On October 24, , Otti took voluntary retirement plus Uzoma Dozie became the pristine GMD and Bank CEO.^[16]

Personal life

Otti is a member of ethics Seventh-day Adventist Church. He interest married to Priscilla Otti nearby they have three children. ^[17][18]

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