Mr. Kenneth O. Aigbinode has 30 years banking experience at top management and board positions. He started his banking career with Barclays Bank. He has traversed the merchant, investment, and commercial banking space. His exposure also includes collaboration with offshore banks, multilateral, and continental institutions on structured finance and correspondent banking.

He was the pioneer executive director of Fidelity Bank PLC and exited as acting MD/CEO in 2004 after six years. He joined NNB International Bank PLC (now Unity Bank PLC) in 2005 as executive director and led business development as deputy Chief Executive. His NYSC primary assignment was with First Bank of Nigeria. His post-NYSC engagement started with the Bank of Boston's affiliate, Nigerian American Merchant Bank, from 1983 to 1993 in corporate lending and risk management, including a 6-month loan officers' development internship in Boston, USA. He was later involved in the turnaround of Owena Bank PLC to Omegabank PLC (now Unity Bank) between 1993 and 1998. He served as the Central Bank of Nigeria's nominee director in the orderly winding-up of Assurance Bank in 2005.

He was a member of a seven-member committee of African eminent persons group that worked with Clifford Chance, UK, to resolve succession issues at the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) and contributed to improved corporate governance in the institution. Mr. Aigbinode later led the restructuring of Reliance Telecommunications Ltd (Zoommobile), and Monarch Communications Ltd (sold to Swift Networks) between 2005 and 2014. He served on the board of Swift Networks Limited, a broadband service provider.

He was the pioneer Executive Director in charge of strategy and risk management with Industrial and General Insurance PLC between 2014 and 2016. He also served as non-executive director on the boards of NIC General Insurance, Uganda, and Sonarwa General Insurance, Rwanda. He is the founder of a strategy and risk consulting firm, Vintage Vantage Advisory of Canada, and the Chairman of Virtue Educational and Allied services Inc. Canada, where his turnaround, financial consulting, strategy design, and risk management skills have blossomed into key mandates to reposition companies and foster learning since 2016. He holds a master's degree in Risk Management from the Stern Business School (New York University, USA), a Higher National Diploma in Banking, and a Bachelor certification of the Global Revenue Assurance Professional Association.

He is an alumnus of the Manchester Business School (Senior Executive Course). He is a member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (recently nominated as a Fellow of CIBN). He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Credit Administration, and an ex-officio director of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria. Kenneth’s firsthand experience and extensive exposure in banking have been deployed to groom several top banking executives in Nigeria. He is a frequent speaker on Afreximbank' seminars circuit. He is happily married, with adult children and a grandchild.