Wigwe died in the helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo.
In a notification to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Monday, the company said the appointment of Ms. Agbede was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to Access Holdings, Ms. Agbede, until her appointment, was the company’s most senior founding Executive Director in charge of Business Support.
She has nearly three decades of professional experience cutting across banking and business consultancy.
The newly appointed Acting GCEO commenced her professional career in 1992 at Guaranty Trust Bank and served in various capacities within the Commercial Banking and Operations functions rising to the position of Manager in 2001. She was the Chief Executive Officer of JKG Limited, a business consulting outfit in 2003.
Agbede joined Access Bank Plc in 2003 as an Assistant General Manager responsible for managing the Bank’s portfolio of chemical trading companies.
She served as the Bank’s Head, Group Human Resources between 2010 and 2022 and was appointed the Company’s founding Executive Director, Business Support in 2022.
Agbede holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Lagos (1990) and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Cranfield University UK in 2002. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management UK and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.