NCBA APPOINTS NEW GROUP DIRECTOR RETAIL BANKING

Tirus the newly appointed NCBA Group Director Retail Banking. PHOTO /DOUGLAS MURIITHI

NCBA APPOINTS NEW GROUP DIRECTOR RATAIL BANKING

By Douglas Muriithi

NCBA Bank has appointed Tirus Mwithiga as

the new Group Director Retail Banking as it

seeks to strengthen and grow its retail

business.

He brings to the Bank 29 years of experience in

Retail Banking and Wealth Management having

served in an array of leadership roles in banks

locally, regionally and internationally, including

Barclays Bank and Standard Chartered.

Prior to joining NCBA, Mr. Mwithiga worked with

Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore where he

served as the (Global) Head of Network

Planning and Branch Design across 37

markets.

He is a certified banker with professional

training from The London Institute of Banking

and Finance as well as multidisciplinary

accreditation from institutes such as INSEAD

and LUMA. He is currently pursuing a Chartered

Banker MBA from Bangor Business School,

Bangor University in Wales UK.

Commenting on the appointment, NCBA Group

Managing Director John Gachora emphasised

on the need to maintain and strengthen the

team even during the ongoing pandemic.

“NCBA Group is delighted to have Tirus join the

Bank. This appointment reflects our

commitment to constantly strengthen our

capacity even during the ongoing pandemic.

One of his immediate roles will be to support

the Bank as it navigates the ongoing economic

shockwaves caused by Covid-19 that has

negatively impacted many of our customers. He

will be at the forefront in growing our retail

business,” said Mr Gachora.

He added: “Growing our retail business is one of

the key strategic pillars as we look to grow our

customer base across East Africa. Once we

weather this storm, I believe we will be well

placed to invest in this growth opportunity.”

NCBA Group is a full-service banking group

providing a broad range of financial products

and services to corporate, institutional, SME

and consumer banking customers.

The Group was created on 1st October 2019

following approval by Central Bank of Kenya

and The National Treasury of the merger of NIC

Group PLC (NIC) and Commercial Bank of

Africa Limited (CBA).

NCBA Group operates a network of more than

100 branches in five countries including Kenya,

Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ivory Coast.

Serving over 50 million customers, the NCBA

Group is the largest banking group in Africa by

customer numbers.

NCBA Bank Kenya PLC is Kenya’s third largest

bank by assets. The Bank is set to play a key

role in supporting Kenya’s economic ambitions,

specifically facilitating implementation of the

Government’s Big Four Agenda which focuses

on food security, affordable housing,

manufacturing and universal healthcare. The

Bank is a market leader in Corporate Banking,

Asset Finance and Digital Banking.

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