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Management Team

 

 

Roger Ellender
Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Roger Ellender is Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Before joining AFC he was Head, Risk & Quality Assurance at Afrinvest West Africa Limited, Lagos. Roger has over thirty years of experience in investment and commercial banking, working mainly in an emerging markets environment.

Roger joined Bank of America in 1978, working in the Bank's London and Bahrain branches in corporate banking, financial institutions and risk management. He subsequently worked for Banque Nationale de Paris' (now BNP Paribas) London branch before being seconded to United Bank for Africa, Lagos, with responsibility for syndicated lending and structured products. Roger’s experience spans spells at Standard Chartered Bank, Credit Suisse, and UBS.

His responsibilities covered structured trade and Export Credit backed Vendor Financing. In 1999, Roger returned to Nigeria as Executive Director, Operations & Risk Management, FCMB, before joining Travelex Nigeria in 2004, as General Manager.

 

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