Jeremy Awori is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ecobank Group. He has a distinguished career of over 25 years in the financial industry. Prior to joining Ecobank, Jeremy served in leadership roles including Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Absa Bank Kenya, and senior roles at Standard Chartered in various countries and regions across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

Jeremy is passionate about driving Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and especially, the gender agenda in business and organisations. He initiated a D&I council at Ecobank to devise and implement the D&I strategic agenda.

He has received various prestigious awards in recognition of his outstanding achievements. These include being named amongst the Top Leaders who transformed Africa in 2023 by Financial Afrik, recognised as one of the one of the top two business leaders on the continent at the All-Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA), as well as Number One Most Influential CEO shaping the business agenda in East Africa by Business Monthly magazine for three consecutive years (2020 to 2022).

He is a Fellow of both the Aspen Global Leadership Institute and African Leadership Initiative, and a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

Jeremy has an MBA in Finance, Strategy and International Business from McGill University and a BSc in Pharmacy from Manchester University.

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