1. Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe CFR was a Nigerian banker and businessman.
17 Facts About Herbert Wigwe
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Herbert Wigwe was the group managing director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, one of Nigeria's top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede.
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Herbert Wigwe became the chief executive officer of the company in January 2014.
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Herbert Wigwe died in a helicopter crash on 9 February 2024 in the United States on his way to attend the Sunday's Super Bowl LVIII championship in Las Vegas.
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Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe was born on 15 August 1966, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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Herbert Wigwe's father was the Director General akin to the head of the Nigerian Television Authority and his mother was a nurse.
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Herbert Wigwe had his early education in Ibadan, then moved to the Federal Government College Sokoto, and later to FGC, Warri, Delta state, where he finished his secondary education in 1982.
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In 1990, Herbert Wigwe received the British council scholarship to study at the University College of North Wales, earning a Master of Arts in banking and finance in 1991.
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Herbert Wigwe obtained a MSc in financial economics from the University of London in 1996.
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Herbert Wigwe attended the Harvard Business School executive management program, and in 2018 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Herbert Wigwe then joined the Guaranty Trust Bank, where he worked for over a decade and eventually became executive director around 1998.
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Herbert Wigwe had planned to expand the bank into Asia in early 2024, but died before any expansion officially launched.
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Herbert Wigwe was involved in the creation of a leadership series known as the Access Conference.
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In 2016, Herbert Wigwe founded The HOW Foundation, a non-profit organization.
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Herbert Wigwe was married from 1994 to Doreen Chizoba Herbert Wigwe, born 12 July 1967, and had five children.
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Herbert Wigwe was among six people who died on 9 February 2024 after the Eurocopter EC130 in which they were travelling crashed near Nipton, California.
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Herbert Wigwe was named 2016 Banker of The Year by The Sun and Vanguard, two of Nigeria's largest newspapers.