Pascal Dozie, founder of the defunct Diamond Bank and a key figure in Nigeria’s economic and technological transformation, is dead.
Mr Dozie died early on Tuesday, a day before his 86th birthday.
Dozie founded Diamond Bank in 1990 and was CEO until 2006 when he handed it over to his son Uzoma Dozie.
Diamond Bank later merged with Access Bank.
Dozie was also chairman of MTN Nigeria and president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Born on April 9, 1939, in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Dozie is survived by his wife Chinyere and their children.
