The Board of Jaiz Bank Plc. has approved the appointment of Ahmed Hassan as the acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the pioneer non-interest bank in Nigeria.
He replaces Dr. Salisu Sirajo who has proceeded on terminal leave following his resignation barely a year in office as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
Until his appointment, Mr Hassan was the Executive Director, Operations, and Chief Financial Officer of the bank.
With nearly 30 years of cognate experience as a lecturer, banker and corporate finance, Mr. Hassan started his career as a Lecturer of Accounting and Finance at Bayero University, Kano.
He thereafter worked in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and had a stint with Dangote Group as the Financial Controller of Kano Flour Mills.
His impeccable banking career has traversed many financial institutions including the former New Africa Merchant Bank Ltd, NAL Merchant Bank (now Sterling Bank), and NUB/FirstInland/FinBank (now part of FCMB).
Mr. Ahmed Hassan has made remarkable strides in the areas of Corporate Finance, Banking Operations, Risk Management, Financial Controls and Branch/Regional Banking.
He was at various times a Branch Manager in Apapa, Victoria Island and Kaduna locations, and later became a Regional Manager in North Central and Kano II Regions of FinBank.
An alumnus of Bayero University, Kano and the University of Lagos, Mr. Hassan has also attended local and international courses and workshops on financial management and strategic leadership.
Mr. Hassan joined Jaiz Bank Plc in October 2013 as Head of Financial Control and acting Chief Financial Officer. He was later appointed as the Bank’s Chief Compliance Officer, CCO.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), a Fellow of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria (FCIN), and an Associate of the Pension Institute of Nigeria (PIN). He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, CAMS.
