Omagbitse Bawo (Chairman, NAMA/ GM, Strategy and Planning, PAN Nigeria Limited)

Omagbitse Bawo (Chairman, NAMA/ GM, Strategy and Planning, PAN Nigeria Limited).

Omagbitse Bawo holds a BSc. Economics degree from the University of Ibadan (1979) and an MBA Finance degree from the University of Port Harcourt (1982). He is an active member of the Nigerian Institute of Management Consultants and affiliated with the Institute of Forensic Accountants.

Bawo has served as Senior Vice President, Retail Banking, at Bank PHB Plc. and as General Manager, Corporate Planning and Investments, at Habib Nigeria Bank Plc. In these roles, his responsibilities included strategic planning, corporate transformation and coordination, and performance measurement.

Throughout his extensive banking career, he held various positions such as Group Head, Branch Manager, Regional Manager, and Head of Credit and Marketing. This experience allowed him to accumulate considerable expertise in marketing and business development, organizational coordination, planning, risk management, performance monitoring and measurement, and wealth creation.

Bawo’s long-term interests lie in economic development and poverty reduction in the world’s poorer countries. His hobbies include football, international cricket, tennis, chess, athletics, and adventure.