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herbert onyewumbu wigwe con
Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe CON
A Nigerian banker and entrepreneur. He is currently CEO of Access Holdings Plc, traded as Access Corporation. He is Nigeria's foremost corporate bankers, he has helped develop some of Africa's biggest companies in the construction, telecommunications, energy and oil and gas sectors through a unique model, which involves understanding and providing financial support and expertise.
Won Three prestigious awards at the annual Africa Banking Awards for the "Outstanding Business Sustainability" in the 2016 Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards in Germany, the first ever for an African financial institution.
In recognition of "his exemplary role in the society and contributions to youth development", the Boys' Brigade (BB), inaugurated Herbert Wigwe, as State Patron for Lagos State Council.
Wigwe, Access Bank and UNICEF have a collaboration in place to offer support to vulnerable children, orphans and internationally displaced persons in the northern part of Nigeria.
He was named co-chair of Nigerian Business Coalition against AIDS (NiBUCCA),[21] a private sector initiative to help eradicate HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and support people living with the condition.