Directorate Change

Guaranty Trust Bank plc

Appointment of Mr Haruna Musa as an Executive Director of Guaranty Trust Bank plc.

Lagos Nigeria - August 25, 2015: Please be informed that Mr Haruna Musa has been appointed as an Executive Director of Guaranty Trust Bank plc.

Mr Haruna Musa has over eighteen years' experience which spans through Retail & Commercial Banking and Public Sector. He joined the Bank in 2001 and rose through the ranks to become an Assistant General Manager and Group Head Public Sector, North East Division in 2006. He left the Bank briefly in 2008 to pursue a Masters Degree in Finance and Management at the Cranfield University, United Kingdom, after which he returned in 2009.

He holds a Bachelors' Degree in Agriculture from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1991), a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Bayero University Kano (1998) and a Masters Degree in Finance and Management from Cranfield University, United Kingdom (2009).

Mr. Musa was a General Manager until his appointment. He is the Head of the North-East Division of the Bank.

Mr. Haruna's appointment has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria in compliance with the highest level of corporate governance standards.