Kennedy Uzoka resumed as the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. He took the mantle of leadership from Phillips Oduoza, who retired as Group Managing Director and CEO on July 31, 2016 after completing two terms of three years each. Until his resumption as the new GMD/CEO of UBA, Uzoka was the Deputy Managing Deputy of UBA, a position he held in the last six years, working closely with the former GMD/CEO.

His appointment as the new GMD is seen as a testimony to the strength of the bank's succession planning process. Uzoka has over two and half decades of experience in commercial banking, strategy and business transformation. Prior to his sabbatical at Harvard, Uzoka served as Deputy Managing Director, UBA Group and was also the CEO of UBA Africa, responsible for the group's operations in 18 countries across Africa.