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United Capital Group Emerges Biggest Winner At 2024 BAFI Awards, Bags 5 Major Awards

In a remarkable display of leadership and excellence, United Capital Group dominated the 2024 BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards, securing five major awards and solidifying its position as a top-tier financial services powerhouse.

The Pan-African investment and financial services group excelled across multiple categories, winning:

  • Financial Services Group of the Year (Non-Banking)
  • Investment Management Firm of the Year
  • Innovative Fund Manager of the Year
  • Stockbroking Company of the Year
  • Trustees Company of the Year

 

BAFI Awards

This achievement is particularly significant as three of the Group’s core subsidiaries – United Capital Asset Management, United Capital Trustees, and United Capital Securities clinched the top awards in their respective categories. This highlights the Group’s diverse strengths and its ability to excel across multiple areas within the financial services sector, demonstrating all-around excellence and operational expertise.


Peter Ashade, Group CEO of United Capital Group expressed his gratitude, saying: “We are deeply honoured to be recognized by our industry peers with these prestigious awards. The recognition of both the Group and our subsidiaries reaffirms our commitment to delivering world-class financial solutions and creating exceptional value for our clients, investors, and shareholders.”

Ashade, who was also recently named one of Nigeria’s top CEOs at the BusinessDay Top CEOs Awards, further emphasized, “This milestone inspires us to continue innovating, pushing boundaries, and setting new benchmarks as we lead the charge in shaping the future of finance in Nigeria and across Africa.”

This achievement is particularly significant as three of the Group’s core subsidiaries – United Capital Asset Management, United Capital Trustees, and United Capital Securities clinched the top awards in their respective categories. This highlights the Group’s diverse strengths and its ability to excel across multiple areas within the financial services sector, demonstrating all-around excellence and operational expertise.

Peter Ashade, Group CEO of United Capital Group expressed his gratitude, saying: “We are deeply honoured to be recognized by our industry peers with these prestigious awards. The recognition of both the Group and our subsidiaries reaffirms our commitment to delivering world-class financial solutions and creating exceptional value for our clients, investors, and shareholders.”


Ashade, who was also recently named one of Nigeria’s top CEOs at the BusinessDay Top CEOs Awards, further emphasized, “This milestone inspires us to continue innovating, pushing boundaries, and setting new benchmarks as we lead the charge in shaping the future of finance in Nigeria and across Africa.”

JOSEPH ONYEMA

Head, Group Enterprise Performance Management
Joseph Onyema
Joseph is the Head, Group Enterprise Performance Management at United Capital Plc.
Over the last 16 years, Joseph has worked with and led teams whose responsibilities cut across a major spectrum of technology transformational and retail growth projects and consultancy. Joining the group in 2017, Joseph started out leading the technology team for 5+ years in the position of the Group, Chief Information Officer, a role in which his focus on execution to reposition the business was exemplary, hence leading to increased digital presence, retail growth and improved revenues, with keen focus on our growth during the COVID-19 pandemic where the business was run totally virtual and saw outstanding growth in customers, revenue and profitability.​
Leveraging on his education, performance, experience and spirit of execution, Joseph transitioned to the Group Head, Enterprise Performance Management, where he brings his analytical and technological prowess coupled with his background in managing teams and businesses to bare in monitoring and tracking business units and employees performances, while helping them to improve in their performance and ensuring the group continues to win in all its endeavours.
Before joining United Capital, Joseph headed the Group Technology Operations at Cordros Capital Limited where he transitioned the business from a High Net-worth Individual (HNI) focused business to retail-focused business with total leverage on technology to drive B2C sales across verticals while exploring new markets and partnerships. Prior to Cordros Capital, he had led the Enterprise & Cloud Services team at Soft Solutions Limited, an IT Consultancy firm with a footprint across 15 Nigerian banks on enterprise security, cloud projects, and consultancy where he developed, deployed, and led support teams to manage several financial and FMCG application suites.
A Tony Elumelu entrepreneur from 2016 before joining the group, and a member of the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society, continues to reinvent himself and deliver exceptionally to the United Capital family.