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Clients/High Net Worth Individuals, before leaving for Diamond Bank to lead its retail business. She retired as Executive Director, Retail Banking at Diamond Bank Plc following her appointment to the CBN. Other assignments in the past have included stints at the
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and the CBN. The divestment was also coordinated with outside legal and financial advisers and approved by the leadership and boards of
Polaris Bank and the purchaser, Strategic Capital Investment Limited. The CBN stated that no other party made a higher purchase offer as alleged by the
226:, on 26 October 1976. She attended St. Catherine's Primary School, Surulere Lagos, and Zarumai Primary School, Minna Niger State, before proceeding to Federal Government Girls’ College, Bida, for her secondary education. Aishah graduated with a BSc degree in Accounting from the
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President
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Full Profile And Biography Of ‘Aishah Ahmad' – The New CBN Deputy Governor
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Omololu Ogunmade, and Obinna Chima (6 October 2017).
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