Segun Agbaje Has Spent Over Three Decades at Guaranty Trust
Segun Agbaje is Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, the Lagos-based financial group known as GTCO. He took that role in 2021 when the group moved to a holding company structure. Before that he ran Guaranty Trust Bank as managing director and CEO for ten years.
| Role | Group Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| Company | Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Industry | Finance and Banking |
| In role since | 2021 |
| Company website | www.gtcoplc.com |
Ernst & Young, GTBank and the Holding Company
- 1988 to 1990: auditor at Ernst & Young
- 1991: joined Guaranty Trust Bank as pioneer staff
- 2000 to 2002: executive director
- 2002 to 2011: deputy managing director
- 2011: acting managing director, then managing director and CEO until 2021
- 2021: Group CEO of GTCO
He chairs Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited and sits on the boards of the group’s banks in Rwanda and Tanzania. He is also a director of PepsiCo and a member of the Mastercard Advisory Board for the Middle East and Africa. In 2024 the Swiss Red Cross named him an International Ambassador.
GTCO’s First Quarter of 2026
GTCO owns Guaranty Trust Bank and other financial businesses, with operations in Nigeria, elsewhere in West and East Africa, and the United Kingdom.
For the first quarter of 2026, to March 31, the group reported profit before tax of ₦302.9 billion. Total assets were ₦18.7 trillion and deposits rose to ₦13.69 trillion from ₦12.87 trillion in December 2025. Deposits grew about 6% in three months on those figures. GTCO says the quarter marked a shift in the quality and mix of its earnings.
