Across Nigeria’s top publicly listed companies, one might expect to find boardrooms filled with diverse voices and perspectives. In reality, only a small number of women currently hold executive positions shaping corporate governance.
The NGX-30 refers to the 30 largest and most liquid (frequently traded) companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).
According to the 2025 PWR Advisory NGX-30 Board Gender Diversity Scorecard, women now hold 31.1% of board seats among the top 30 listed companies, up from 29.7% in 2024.
While their numbers remain few, their influence is unmistakable, guiding strategic decisions that affect millions of shareholders, employees, and industry stakeholders across the country.
In a sector defined by rapid change and competitive pressures, their contributions are critical to sustaining growth, managing risk, and setting benchmarks for corporate governance across Nigeria’s top-listed companies.
Though much of their work happens behind the scenes, the outcomes are clear. In 2025, the NGX All‑Share Index, which tracks the performance of the companies listed on the exchange, hit a record high of 155,613 points by year-end, finishing up more than 51% and solidifying its position among the best-performing emerging and frontier market exchanges globally.
These leaders are not just present in the boardroom, they are driving results, shaping policy, and setting benchmarks for operational excellence.
Here are the 13 female executive directors of Nigeria’s top 30 publicly listed companies
Mrs. Olufunke Amobi is the Executive Director, Operations at Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited. She oversees the bank’s operational framework, ensuring efficiency across core banking processes, shared services, data management, procurement, real estate services, and customer experience delivery.
- She has over three decades of experience across Oil and Gas, Banking and Financial Services, and Telecommunications. Prior to her current position, she served as Deputy Head, Operations at Stanbic IBTC Bank, where she supervised core banking operations, enterprise data functions, business transformation initiatives, and strategic customer experience management.
- Mrs. Amobi previously served as Regional Head, People & Culture for Nigeria and West Africa, and Head of People & Culture at Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, where she led the people strategy across six countries. Before that, she held senior roles at MTN Nigeria, NNB International Bank (now Unity Bank PLC), and ARCO Petrochemical, overseeing human capital, organisational development, and administration.
- Mrs. Amobi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Lagos and an MBA from Lancaster University, UK, where she graduated with distinction and was awarded the Dean’s Prize. She earned postgraduate certificates in organisational development and talent management from University of Bedfordshire, and University of Surrey.
She is also a Chartered Companion and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria.
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