Global Trust Bank - Bank Chief Executive

Bank Chief Executive

In December 2008, Richard Byarugaba, a Ugandan with over 25 years of banking experience became the first Managing Director of Global Trust Bank. Prior to that, Byarugaba worked in various capacities at Barclays Bank, Nile Bank Limited and Standard Chartered Bank. He was Chief Operations Officer at Barclays Bank immediately before joining Global Trust Bank. He had held several board positions at Standard Chartered Bank, Nile Bank, Hospice Africa, Palliative Care Association of Uganda and the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services. He is also a past president of the Uganda Institute of Bankers.

In August 2010, following the appointment of Richard Byarugaba as the Executive Director of the National Social Security Fund, Charles Ajaegbu, a native of Nigeria, with over 20 years of banking experience, was appointed Managing Director of the bank. He holds degrees in Law and Business. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Business Development at Global Trust Bank.

As of May 2012, the Managing Director of GTBU is Morenikeji Oludotun Adepoju, a native Nigerian with over 22 years of banking experience in Anglophone and Francophone West Africa.