Stanbic Bank regional chief executive for East Africa Joshua Oigara has been elevated to head the lender’s parent firm Stanbic Holdings Plc, returning him to the helm of a listed banking group nearly four years after ending a nine-year tenure at KCB Group.
The appointment takes effect on March 1, 2026. Mr Oigara will head the holding company overseeing Stanbic’s banking, investment and insurance businesses in Kenya and South Sudan.