Board of Directors

CHAIRMAN

Prof. Kah is the founding Chairman of Zenith Bank-The Gambia and was recently named as Vice President for Academic Affairs& Provost and Professor of Information Technology & Computing at The American University of Nigeria. He is the outgoing Vice Rector for Technology & Innovation and Founding Dean of the School of Information Technology & Engineering at ADA University in Baku, Azerbaijan (2015-2017). He accepted this assignment immediately after completing a six-year term as the third Vice Chancellor/President of University of The Gambia (UTG) (2009-2015), where he also held the position of Professor of Information Technology & Communications and Overseer of the Teachers College-Gambia College.  Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah was the first Gambian born to lead The University of The Gambia. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Khamsys Technologies Ltd, Bijilo, The Gambia.
 
In his 20-plus years in higher education, Prof.Kah has held faculty and leadership positions in the U.S. and abroad. His first full-time academic position was as director of institutional research and strategic planning at Bloomfield College, New Jersey. He would go on to cement his career in academia at Howard, George Washington and Rutgers Universities developing and teaching courses and engaged in Research in information technology, computer science and information systems. In addition, he also served in the Middle East (UAE) at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) as Department Chairman and in Baku, Azerbaijan as Vice Rector for Technology & Innovation and Founding Dean and Professor of the School of Information Technology & Engineering at ADA University. 
 
Prof. Kah completed his BS, MS. and Ph.D. at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, one of the top engineering and technology management universities in the USA. Prof. Kah also holds a Masters of Science in Finance (Financial Engineering) from George Washington University, Washington, DC. and a Postgraduate Diploma (DipSI) in Strategy and Innovation from the Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 
 
 
 

DIRECTOR

He holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration (cum Laude) in 1974 at Truett McConnell College in Cleveland, Georgia. He moved to Morehouse College and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Economics cum Laude in 1976 and proceeded to Atlanta University and obtained his Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1979. He did his post graduate at Harvard University and Georgetown University in the United States of America. He has over 34 year experience in both public and private sector management. He is the Founder and current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sahel Invest Management International.

DIRECTOR

Mr. Felix Egbon is the Chief Risk Officer of the bank. He is the Group Head, Risk Management Group of the bank.

He participated in the establishment of a robust Risk Management function in the bank.

Mr. Egbon joined the services of the bank in May 2006 with responsibility for branch coordination and subsequently Internal Control and Audit and was responsible for review and enforcement of the bank’s procedures, controls and policies in branches bankwide.

He is a fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), honorary member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and Senior member, Risk Management Association of Nigeria.

Prior to his engagement with Zenith Bank, he had worked with Pricewaterhouse Cooppers as Audit Senior, Auditing and Business Advisory Services; United Bank for Africa Plc as the Principal Manager in charge of branch coordination, internal control and Audit responsible for review and enforcement of procedures, controls and policies in the bank branches.