Patrick Iyamabo is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FCMB Group Plc and has over 20 years’ experience in audit, strategy consulting, Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) and finance.

He began his career at Arthur Andersen as auditor to banks, before co-pioneering the Risk Consulting practice. Patrick, thereafter, worked with Booz Allen Hamilton (New York) and L.E.K. Consulting (Boston) as an experienced strategy and M&A consultant, advising private and listed corporations in the U.S. He returned to Nigeria in 2007, to join FCMB Plc as Vice President and Head, Strategy and M&A. Patrick has led several key M&A transactions, including FCMB’s acquisition of FinBank Plc.

Prior to becoming CFO of FCMB Group Plc, Patrick was the CFO and Integration Director at FinBank Plc (secondment), where he led the restructuring and merger of FinBank Plc into FCMB in 2012.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) from Ahmadu Bello University. He also holds an MBA (dual majors in Finance and Strategic Management) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and attended the INSEAD MBA exchange programme in Singapore. Patrick is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI), Honorary Senior Member Chartered Institute of Bankers (HSM) and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA).