Tomi Somefun: Putting the Right Foot Forward

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What men can do, women can do just as well. This aphorism has been thrown from one corner of the room to another in support of the equally productive faculties of women. It used to be that some people could still stubbornly argue against this fact. However, with women like Unity Bank’s MD/CEO, Oluwatomi Somefun at the thick of corporate things, these people can only hide their faces.

Unity Bank is gradually climbing up the ranks of leading Nigerian banks. One of the reports to this effect has the bank’s Profit Before Tax growing by 23 per cent from N1.7 billion to N2.1 billion within nine months. This is despite the wave after wave of inflation, fluctuating markets, the weakening influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

As analysts have explained, one of the most rational reasons for Unity Bank’s hovering above its peers is Somefun. She is responsible for stamping the bank’s schema and giving directions towards the foreseeable and unforeseeable future.
Therefore, every time the bank climbs up a few degrees, Somefun deserves to be celebrated. And she often is.
Since taking over the MD/CEO position in 2015, Somefun has continuously tipped the scale in the favour of Unity Bank. It has not always brought about happy prospects. Nevertheless, it is now obvious that with her at the helm of affairs, things will work out just fine in the end.

With Somefun’s dexterity, Unity Bank has begun to stretch its range of influence beyond the marble walls of banking and finance. A few weeks ago, the bank organised a three-day capacity building initiative for three thousand girls drawn from Senior Secondary Schools across Nigeria. The initiative was geared towards encouraging and promoting girl-child
participation in specific industries, especially Information Communication Technology (ICT), maritime transportation and logistics ecosystem. This is only one of the many projects that Unity Bank has become synonymous with. It is only a matter of time before Somefun completely places the bank among the first five players in Nigeria’s banking industry.