Abimbola Agbejule is the pioneer Head, Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, Wema bank. She has been instrumental in driving the sustainability agenda for the bank with a focus on developing and implementing solutions that will effectively impact society, environment, and business. Abimbola led the design of policies, processes, operational activities, objective setting, integration and entrenchment of sustainability and ESG considerations into the Wema bank corporate philosophy. She also developed and championed the implementation of the framework for effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of key metrics on the impact of the bank’s sustainability initiatives.
She has been at the forefront in driving inclusive socio-economic initiatives with focus on making an impact on youth and women. She has also led several women empowerment initiatives which include capacity building, skill acquisition, mentorship, and financial inclusion/literacy.
In 2023, Abimbola directly led the bank’s sustainable finance drive and commitment to the systemic reduction of financed emissions through reduced lending to high climate risk sectors and promoting investment in more sustainable segments of the economy such as renewable energy, waste management, gender finance, smart agriculture amongst others.
She leads the bank’s capacity building and knowledge sharing sessions on promoting sustainability awareness across internal processes and operations as well as services rendered. This is exemplified by the annual ‘Vendors’ Environmental & Social Forum’ and other initiatives targeted at promoting sustainable impact across the bank’s operations and customer segments.
