Jeremy Awori
{{short description|Kenyan businessman and corporate executive}}
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| name = Jeremy Awori
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = Kenya
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| alma_mater =University of Manchester
McGill University
| occupation = Businessman and corporate executive
| years_active = 1999–present
| nationality =
| known_for = Leadership & business expertise
| title = Chief executive officer and managing director of Ecobank Group
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Jeremy Awori is a Kenyan businessman who serves as the Group CEO of Ecobank Transnational.{{cite web| work=TogoFirst.com |url=https://www.togofirst.com/fr/gouvernance-economique/2511-11009-faure-gnassingbe-et-jeremy-awori-nouveau-dg-decobank-discutent-developpement-economique-du-togo |title=Faure Gnassingbé and Jeremy Awori, new CEO of Ecobank, discuss Togo's economic development |date=25 November 2022 |author=Ayi Renaud Dossavi | access-date=3 December 2022 |location=Lomé, Togo | format=Translated from the original French language}}{{cite web| work=Togofirst.com | url=https://www.togofirst.com/en/banking/1309-10599-ecobank-group-names-new-ceo-to-replace-retiring-ade-ayeyemi | title=Ecobank Group names new CEO to replace retiring Ade Ayeyemi |date=13 September 2022 |author=Ayi Renaud Dossavi |
access-date=14 September 2022 |location=Lome, Togo | format=Translated from the original French language by Schadrac Akinocho}}{{cite web|date=11 September 2022 |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/jeremy-awori-heads-to-west-africa-after-exiting-absa-3945092 | title=Lome-based Ecobank appoints Jeremy Awori as new CEO |
work=Business Daily Africa |author=Otiato Guguyu and Adonijah Ndege |access-date=14 September 2022 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
Previously, Awori served as the managing director and chief executive officer of Absa Bank Kenya (formerly Barclays Bank of Kenya), since June 2013. Before that, from 2008 until 2013, he was the CEO of Standard Chartered Tanzania.{{cite web| work=The EastAfrican | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/barclays-picks-new-head-for-kenya-eyes-merging-africa-operations-1313458 |title=Barclays picks new head for Kenya, eyes merging Africa operations |date=27 November 2012 |author=The East African |access-date=28 October 2021 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
Background and education
Awori is a Kenyan national, born circa 1971. His father was an engineer and a Kenyan by birth. His mother was British and a lawyer. He has two siblings, one brother and one sister.{{cite web|url=https://kenyanwallstreet.com/video-pharmacist-banker-story-jeremy-awori/ |title=From a Pharmacist to a Banker, The Story of Jeremy Awori |work=The Kenyan Wall Street |date=2 May 2021 |author=Kenyan Wall Street |access-date=28 October 2021 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
He was educated at St. Mary's School, Nairobi, for his elementary and secondary education. In 1989, he was admitted to the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy. Later in the 1990s, he graduated from McGill University, in Canada with a Master of Business Administration degree, focusing on finance and international business.
Career
After his first degree, he practiced as a pharmacist in the United Kingdom, before he moved to Canada for his second degree.
After earning his MBA, he was hired by Standard Chartered Bank, Kenya. His employer was impressed by the work he did there, leading to Jeremy's hiring as the "head of Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, at the age of 28 years". He concurrently served on the Board of Standard Chartered Kenya at that time.
From there, he was transferred to the United Arab Emirates as the head of consumer banking at Standard Chartered United Arab Emirates. After three years in that position, he was promoted to Regional Sales Director, Middle East, South Asia and Africa, based in the United Arab Emirates, serving in that role for two years. In 2008, he was appointed CEO and managing director of Standard Chartered Tanzania, serving there for five years.
In 2013, he left Standard Chartered and transferred to Barclays Bank, taking up a new appointment as CEO of Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK). In 2020, BBK whose shares of stock are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, rebranded to Absa Bank Kenya, with Jeremy Awori at the helm.{{cite web| url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business-news/article/2001361044/barclays-bank-rebrands-to-absa-kenya | title=The Transformation: Barclays Bank rebrands to Absa Kenya | work=Standard Media Kenya |date=19 February 2020 |author=Brian George |access-date=28 October 2021 | location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
He retired from Absa Bank Kenya on 31 October 2022 and took up a new position at Ecobank Transnational as director and Group CEO, based in Lome, Togo.{{cite web |work=Daily Nation | url=https://nation.africa/kenya/business/absa-boss-jeremy-awori-quits-after-near-decade-service-3941626 |title=Absa boss Jeremy Awori quits after near-decade service|date=8 September 2022 |author=Peter Mburu and Brian Ambani |access-date=14 September 2022 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}{{cite web| url=https://www.togofirst.com/fr/banque/1209-10588-qui-est-jeremy-awori-le-nouveau-dg-du-groupe-ecobank |title=Who is Jeremy Awori, the new CEO of Ecobank Group? |work=Togofirst.com |
date=12 September 2022 |author=Ayi Renaud Dossavi |access-date=3 December 2022 |location=Lome, Togo |format=Translated from the original French language}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-awori-a469045/?originalSubdomain=ke Personal profile at LinkedIn.com]
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Category:Kenyan businesspeople
Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:McGill University alumni
Category:Kenyan business executives
Category:Kenyan chief executives