Chioma Mang

Chioma is a seasoned banker with almost 3 decades of combined experience at top management and executive levels in banking spanning Treasury & Corporate Finance, Operations, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Business development, risk management, and a broad spectrum of executive management functions.

Noted for her visionary leadership with a global perspective in a very outstanding career in the UBA Group, Chioma worked in various Senior Management roles in Nigeria including the last position as the Regional Director, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The marketing strategist and disruptive thinker was appointed Regional Head/East Bank of UBA Liberia in 2011 to reposition the subsidiary business for improved performance which she did remarkably in her five and a half years. Beyond managing the subsidiary and establishing the bank as a Systemically Important Bank, Mrs Mang during her tenure as MD/CEO of UBA Liberia also held the position of Vice President of the Liberian Bankers Association and was instrumental in redefining the banking sector.

Following consistent accomplishment in maximizing corporate performance in Liberia, She was redeployed as Managing Director/CEO of UBA Gabon in 2016 again to position the subsidiary for a critical turnaround. Chioma significantly grew the Balance sheet and profitability of the subsidiary to an enviable standpoint and established the bank as the best Digital Bank in Gabon thus winning back-to-back the coveted “Banker of the Year” Award of the Banker’s Magazine (Financial Times, London) three times, from 2016 to 2019.

Against these background achievements, she was appointed the ED/East Bank and has resumed in that capacity.

The rated banker is expected to deploy her wealth of experience and innovative approach in managing and growing the business of this UBA Group subsidiary while playing a critical role in the development of the industry in Uganda.

Chioma had her university education in the United Kingdom where she graduated with Honors in Law (LLB) from the University of Reading, England and holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial & Corporate Law(LL.M) from the prestigious University College London (UCL). She was successfully called to the Nigerian Bar. Chioma has attended various Executive Management Programs and Courses in her career journey.

She is a Performance-driven and insightful leader with a proven ability to achieve and exceed set goals/targets in a high-pressure environment. Her cosmopolitan dexterity facilities consulting with diverse persons and organization both in private and government sectors to delineate and analyse both financial and exogenous situations aimed at developing strategic solutions to achieve itemized goals. An innovative and creative leader adept in proffering solutions to arduous situations, Chioma is distinguished by an entrepreneurial drive to business. She successfully maintained the bank’s operations during the high business challenge occasioned by Ebola crisis in Liberia, collaborating with the Government and International NGOs to ensure uninterruptible services to the public in addition to the security of customers and staff.

She is an experienced and tested team-builder with strong People skills using uncommon panache to drive corporate excellence and growth through a culturally diverse disposition.

She is an acclaimed mentor having groomed astute professionals in the course of her brilliant career, and a passionate philanthropist. She is happiest when she has impacted positively on her environment and is driven by the desire to bring out the best in everyone she is privileged to meet.

Chioma joined the services of the United Bank for Africa in 1999 and today holds the enviable record in UBA Group as the only MD/CEO with a footprint in the three financial zones in West, Central, and East Africa.