Our People

Dr. Isa Omagu joined Bank of Industry Ltd (BOI) in October 2022 and is currently the Divisional Head in-charge of Large Enterprises 1. He is responsible for leading and directing the origination and coverage of relationships in Food and Beverages, Oil &Gas, Creative and Digital, and Chemicals and Industrial Minerals strategic business groups.

Prior to joining BOI, Isa was the Director, Marketing & Sales in Unified Payment (UP) Services Limited, a FinTech company owned by key Banks in Nigeria, where he was responsible for Agency Networks across Nigeria, Payment Solutions and UP’s Payment Gateway, Payarena.

He had a brief stint in a turnaround role as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Glo Mobile Ghana in 2019.

Isa is a GTBank veteran with over thirteen (13) years in different roles including Non-Executive Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) Limited while doubling as the General Manager & Divisional Head responsible for Guaranty Trust Bank’s Commercial Banking business on Lagos Mainland until January 31, 2019.

Isa has over 34 years’ professional work experience spanning teaching, auditing, foreign trade supervision, telecommunications sector, payments industry and over 20 years of extensive banking experience in Institutional and Commercial Banking across top Banks in Nigeria starting with FSB International Bank through NAL Bank Plc to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

Isa was the Global Chairperson of University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Alumni Association and an Advisory Board Member of USB in Cape Town between 2014 and 2019. He is also a Member of the Executive Council of Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA)

Isa is an Honorary Senior Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HICB), a Member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD), an Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria (ACIP), a Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM) and a Chartered Development Finance Analyst (CDFA).

Dr. Omagu graduated as the Best Student in Chemistry with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1988. He obtained a Post Graduate Diploma and a Master of Science Degree in Economics from University of Lagos, Nigeria, Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School, Spain, Master of Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa and is a Graduate of the Advanced Management Programme of Lagos Business School/Pan African University, Lagos. He also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration with specialization in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from Babcock University.

Dr. Omagu has attended Executive Education Programmes at Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom; Kellogg School of Management, IIIinois; and Ross Business School, Michigan, United States of America.