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Erhi Obebeduo is a seasoned lawyer with over twenty-five years of working experience. He worked in the legal groups of several commercial banks before joining Guaranty Trust Bank in 2003. Erhi obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Benin and a master’s degree in international commercial law from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators and a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). He has attended several leadership and management programmes organised by leading institutions, including the Cranfield Business School, United Kingdom, Euromoney Learning Solutions, United Kingdom and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, United States of America.

Erhi is currently the group general counsel and company secretary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) and company secretary of Guaranty Trust Bank (the flagship subsidiary of GTCO). He oversees the legal and secretarial functions of GTCO and its banking and non-banking subsidiaries in Nigeria, cutting across the Pension Fund Administration space, Funds Management and Payments and banking subsidiaries across nine countries in West and East Africa.

Erhi has led and been involved in several landmark transactions, including several GTBank Eurobond offerings, GTBank’s issuance of Global Depositary Receipts, which is registered on the London Stock Exchange and the acquisition of a banking franchise in Kenya with branches in Uganda and Rwanda. He recently led the legal and regulatory work plan for converting GTBank into a financial holding company with subsidiaries in Banking, Pensions, Fund Administration and Payments.