Gabriel Olusegun Aremu
Finance Director
Segun Aremu was born in Iloffa, Kwara State, Nigeria, on November 9, 1967. A 1988 Economics graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, he also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Mr. Aremu is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He graduated with a second-class upper degree and won the Best Student award at ICAN’s examination in 1993.
Mr. Aremu currently sits on the board of many fast-growing Nigerian companies, including Sealtower Limited, Eternal Union Limited, Damits Nigeria Limited, Earl Consults Limited and Credit Registry Services Limited. A veteran public speaker, Mr. Aremu’s post-graduation career experience spans more than 27 years in Audit, Accounting, Consulting, Banking and Finance. He is the Managing Partner of Segun Aremu & Co., an Audit and Enterprise management firm.
Prior to venturing into private practice, Mr. Aremu was an Assistant General Manager and the Regional Director of First City Monument Bank Plc. He was responsible for overseeing the bank’s overall operation in the Northwest Region, consisting of 20 branches and covering 10 states of the federation. He participated fully in the astronomical growth of the bank from a five-branch organization in 2005 to a publicly quoted company with more than 180 functional branches in 2009.
Mr. Aremu was also a pioneer staff of the now-defunct Standard Trust Bank. He participated fully in the emergence of the defunct Standard Trust Bank from the ashes of Crystal Bank for Africa and through to the merger with United Bank for Africa – a world-class financial services brand. He was the Area Manager for Standard Trust Bank and United Bank for Africa before he left in 2005.
In the years before he began his banking career, Mr. Aremu trained and worked for 10 years with the world-renowned professional firm KPMG. He qualified as a chartered Accountant in this firm, and rose to become the Manager at its Abuja operations.
Mr. Aremu is married with kids. He is an external examiner to many tertiary institutions in Nigeria, including the Kaduna Polytechnic and the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda.