Funke Osibodu

[2] She was CEO and later a director of the holding company of Ecobank Nigeria until she left in 2006.

[3] She was chosen to lead the Union Bank of Nigeria replacing Bartholomew Bassey Ebong.

[3] Ebong was sacked for giving collateral free multibillion-dollar loans to speculators that included Peter Ololo.

[6] Osibodu was praised for the transparency and discipline that she introduced at the Union Bank of Nigeria.

She was placed at position 47 on a list of the world's most powerful businesswomen by the Financial Times in 2011.