Topic Areas
- Customer strategies moving from “access” to “value creation”
- Industry investing in more responsive service delivery systems
- Banking culture being redefined by digital & social media culture, resulting in a focus on customer engagement & customer experience
- Impact of competition from market disruptors and new funding models, e.g. crowd sourcing
| Philip Odera |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| CfC Stanbic Bank |
Philip Odera is a 21st century leader and a frequent speaker in the area of Leadership Development, and Strategy Implementation. He is currently the Chief Executive of CfC Stanbic Bank Kenya.
He is the holder of a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance and is an alumnus of the prestigious London Business School SEP programme. Philip is a banker by profession and has had the privilege to be based in, or cover varied assignments across different cultures and geographies over the last 28 years, a number of which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore to name a few.
Given his diverse cultural exposure, Philip is frequently asked to speak about and address the concern for effective leadership in today’s organisation, particularly given the cross generational and technological conflicts that abound in rapidly changing economies.
History
Philip was born near the lakeside city of Kisumu, Kenya and spent his entire pre?university schooling in Kenya before admission to St. Lawrence University in the United States for a degree in Economics, which he obtained in 1980. This was followed in 1985 by an MBA in
Finance obtained from Suffolk University in Boston.
Following graduate school, Philip was recruited by Citibank in Kenya and rose rapidly through the ranks to become Vice President and Country Corporate Officer for Citibank Congo on the eve of his 40th birthday. He was subsequently recruited by the Standard Bank of South Africa where he has served as Country Head and Managing Director in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.
Throughout career in the banking industry Philip has been involved in designing leadership programs and implementing entrepreneurial models for diverse clientele such as the physically disabled and disadvantaged adults to conducting free enterprise lessons for global organisations such as Junior Achievement, as well as numerous international speaking engagements. Most of these speaking engagements have dwelt on the subject of people leadership, talent identification and motivation.
In sustaining his edge and remaining current, Philip has attended several leadership programs over the years including Program on Sustainable Development (Cambridge University);
Standard Bank Executive Leadership Program (Duke University); Making Markets Work (Gordon Institute of Business/Harvard University); Senior Executive Program (London Business School).
About CfC Stanbic Bank
CfC Stanbic Bank is a member of Standard Bank Group Limited (“the Group”), Africa’s leading banking and financial services group. Standard Bank Group had total assets of R1 907 billion (about USD 165 billion) at 31 December 2014, while its market capitalisation was R232,2 billion (about USD20 billion).
CfC Stanbic Bank is Kenya’s sixth largest commercial bank as measured by total assets. CfC Stanbic Bank is licenced and regulated by Central Bank of Kenya. CfC Stanbic Bank provides the full spectrum of financial services. It’s Corporate and Investment Banking division serves a wide range of requirements for banking, finance, trading, investment, risk management and advisory services. Corporate and Investment Banking division delivers this comprehensive range of products and services relating to: investment banking; global markets; and global transactional products and services.
As a member of Standard Bank Group, CfC Stanbic Bank’s corporate and investment banking expertise is focused on industry sectors that are most relevant to emerging markets. It has strong offerings in mining and metals; oil, gas and renewables; power and infrastructure; agribusiness; telecommunications and media; and financial institutions.
The Bank’s personal and business banking offers banking and other financial services to individuals and small-to-medium enterprises. Standard Bank has more than 23 branches and over 40 ATMs in Kenya. Latest independent survey of customer satisfaction by Think Business placed CfC Stanbic Bank second in the rankings.
CfC Stanbic Bank’s personal and business banking products include mortgage lending, instalment sale and finance leases, card products, transaction and lending products, and bancassurance.