Heritage Bank MD/CEO Attends Enterprise Bank Year-End Thanksgiving Night

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Heritage Bank MD/CEO

From Benjamin a ameh, Lagos

In appreciation of the many favours of God, especially, during the 2014 financial year, Enterprise Bank Limited, recently, held its Annual Thanksgiving and Christmas Carol night. The event, which held at the corporate Head Office of the bank in Victoria Island, Lagos, was jointly attended by Ifie Sekibo, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Heritage Banking Company Limited and Mrs. Mary Akpobome, Acting Chief Executive Officer (Ag.CEO) of Enterprise Bank Limited.

According to press statement by IGWE U. IGWE, Head, Corporate Communications Group said that the event was organised by members of staff of the bank, the theme for this year’s edition, which also featured Pastor (Mrs.) Olufunke Adeboye, a Professor in the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos (UNILAG), as guest speaker, was ‘Time to Give Thanks.’ It was indeed time to give thanks as staff and management, including Niyi Adeseun, the Executive Director, Manila Banking of Heritage Banking Company Limited joyfully sang praises, danced and worshipped God.

Addressing the large gathering made up of staff, their friends, invited guests and other stakeholders at the event, the MD/CEO of Heritage Bank said there was every reason to thank the Almighty God for preserving our lives and making the coming together of Heritage Banking Company Limited and Enterprise Bank Limited a reality. According to Sekibo, the on-going business combination between the two banks has been planned in such a way that the two entities would from 2015 become a bigger and better bank that all stakeholders would be proud of.

Noting that nothing good comes easy in life, he told the gathering that the process of combining the businesses of the two financial institutions successfully remained a challenge, which all members of the entities must overcome as a team through tenacious dedication to duty.

His words: “Heritage Bank did not set out to acquire Enterprise Bank believing that it was going to be easy, but we set out knowing that it is possible through the help of the Almighty God. Therefore, our collective priority right now is to create a culture of service excellence in the bank in line with our commitment to delivering distinctive financial services, building on our legacy of innovation and partnership to create, preserve and transfer wealth across generations.”

In her remarks, Mrs. Akpobome, called on all staff to work towards a successful business combination, which at the end of the day would be the best bank in the country. She said that the bigger and better Heritage Bank that would emerge early in 2015 after the ongoing integration process would be beneficial to all.

Earlier in her homily, Professor Adeboye, who served as a member of the just concluded Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, urged everyone to give thanks at all times to the Almighty God, who preserved our lives in the receding year. She prayed God to help the on-going business combination of the two banks become a success story that generations after generations would use as an excellent reference point in the history of mergers and acquisition in the country.


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