Ms. Hadiza Ambursa

Ms. Ambursa was appointed Executive Director, Commercial Banking Division in November 2017.
 
She has over two decades of banking experience from Guaranty Trust Bank and Access Bank. Her experience spans across Transaction Services, Public Sector, Commercial Banking and Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Access Bank in 2003, she was a Relationship Manager, Public Sector in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.
 
Ms. Ambursa graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from University of Jos in 1991 and obtained a master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy in 1996 from the same university. She subsequently attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (‘MIT’) where she obtained a Master’s in Business Administration in 2009. She has attended several Executive Management Development Programmes in leading institutions, including Harvard Business School and MIT.
 
She sits on the Boards of Access Bank Ghana Plc and Bank Directors Association of Nigeria.
 

Professional Experience

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Appointment Date

Board Committee Membership

2017-Date

Executive Director
Commercial Banking North
Access Bank Plc

2015

General Management Program
Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston MA.

2017

Member-Board Credit and Finance Committee

2016-2017

Group Head, Commercial Banking North
Access Bank Plc
(General Manager)

2015

Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA

2013-2015
Group Head, Private Banking
Access Bank Plc
(General Manager)

2009

Masters in Business Administration,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA.

2011-2013

Group Head, Corporate Finance
Access Bank Plc

(Deputy General Manager)

1996

M.A. International Law and Diplomacy

University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

2007-2010

Group Head, Public Sector, Abuja
Access Bank Plc
(Assistant General Manager)

1991
B.Sc Political Science

University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

2005-2007

Group Head, Public Sector
Access Bank Plc
(Senior Manager)

2004-2005
Group Head, Commercial Bank North West
Access Bank Plc
(Senior Manager)

2003-2004

Group Head Public  Lagos
Access Bank Plc
(Manager)

2000-2003

Relationship Manager, Public Sector

Guaranty Trust Bank
(Senior Banking Officer-Deputy Manager)

1999-2000

Account Officer, Public Sector
Guaranty Trust Bank
(Banking Officer)

1989-1999

Transaction Services
Guaranty Trust Bank
(Banking Officer)

1997-1998

Transaction Services
Guaranty Trust Bank
(Assistant Banking Officer)