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Biography
Segun Agbaje (born 1964) is the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank. He is also a Director on MasterCard Advisory Board Middle East and Africa.
Education
Segun Agbaje attended St Gregory’s College, Obalende Lagos State for his secondary education and then proceeded to University of San Francisco in America where he bagged both a BSc in Accountancy and a master's degree in Business Administration. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Career
Segun Agbaje started his career working for Ernst & Young, San Francisco, USA but left in 1991 to join GTBank as a pioneer staff. He rose through the ranks to become an Executive Director in January 2000, and Deputy Managing Director in August 2002.
Awards he has won as the Managing Director includes Best Bank in Nigeria by Euromoney; African Bank of the Year by African Banker Award; Best Bank in Nigeria by World Finance UK; Most innovative Bank by EMEA Finance; Best Banking Group by World Business Leader Magazine and Best Bank in Nigeria award by the Banker Awards.
Personal life
Segun was born to Chief Julius Kosebinu Agbaje, a Banker and Mrs. Margaret Olabisi Agbaje, a teacher. His older brother is People's Democratic Party Lagos politician, Jimi Agbaje.