Binta Max-Gbinije

Binta is an experienced Financial Services Executive and a Management Consultant with a demonstrated practical knowledge of the financial services value chain. She has over 33 years of experience in strategic leadership, wholesale and retail banking, wealth and fiduciary management, treasury marketing, and asset management and is the Chief Executive of BMG Seven Limited, a boutique Consulting Firm.

A professional with a notable knack for starting and establishing thriving new businesses, She was the pioneer Chief Executive for Stanbic IBTC Trustees Limited where she led the team for about 8 years to establish a business that remains a market leader today. She was at various times a pioneer Head of Expert Banking, Head – Commercial Banking & Public Sector Group Nigeria in Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Pioneer Head of Wealth Management in FBN Capital Limited, and Head of Treasury Marketing in then MBC International Bank

An astute board member, she also sits on boards of social impact organizations which enables her to deliver on her interest in female development. She was an Executive Council Member of Women in Business, Management & Public Service (WIMBIZ) where she chaired the Membership & Programs Committee for two consecutive terms, was the Chairperson of Stanbic IBTC Blue Women Network, Vice President of The Association of Corporate Trustees Nigeria, was voted in 2018 as one of Nigeria’s 100 Most Inspiring Women and in 2023 as one of Nigeria’s 50 Most Inspiring Women – 2023 by Business Day –Women’s Hub. She has also received various awards and recognitions from different organizations and bodies. She was until 2022 an Independent Director on the Board of Access Pension Fund Custodian (a member of the Access Bank Group) where she was the Chairman of the Board Risk Management & Compliance Committee and a member of the Board Audit Committee; and until 31st December 2023 was on the Board of ChamsMobile (Chams PLC). She currently sits on the Boards of E-Tranzact Nigeria Plc, Nestle CPFA, The Goldcrest Family Centre – an NGO, is a member of the International Board of The Institute of Business Transformation Africa (IBT Africa), and is the newly appointed Independent Chairperson of the Investment Committees – Mutual Funds of the Coronation Asset Management Ltd.

A member of The Risk Management Association of Nigeria (RIMAN), she is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD) a WIMBOARD Fellow, an HCIB of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Nigeria (CIBN), and a Fellow of the Association of Investment Advisers & Portfolio Managers (IAPM)

Binta has attended various Ivy League Business schools for Executive & Leadership education which include Harvard, INSEAD, Wharton, Kellogg Business School and the Yale School of Management. She is an advanced MANDEV Certified Management Trainer who has had the privilege to train for amongst others, the EU, UN Women and the Spotlight Initiative, WIMBIZ, NNPC and is a frequent conference speaker on the topics of Financial literacy & inclusion, Faith and Women empowerment.