2022 BSM Index
TOP 50 BRANDS NIGERIA® 2022
| #8 | Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc |
|---|---|
| BSM Index | 70 |
| YoY | -1 |
| CEO | Segun Agbaje |
| Year Founded (in Nigeria) | 1990 |
| Website | www.gtbank.com |
| Head Office | Plot 635, Akin Adesola Street Victoria |
| Nationality | NG |
| Customer Base | – |
| Number of Branches | Over 222 GTBank branches |
| Annual Turnover | ₦455.23 billion (2020) |
| Employees | Over 10,000 |
| Marketing Budget | – |
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO Plc”) a fully-fledged Financial Services Group is a Proudly African and Truly International institution leading the evolution of financial services on the continent.
GTCO Plc’s reorganisation means it will now offer more services beyond banking; with a payment business being top of mind for the group. Its new businesses include payments, pension management, asset management, and its existing banking businesses.
Founded three decades ago by a group of young, vibrant and dynamic professionals determined to transform traditional banking, Guaranty Trust has been on a mission to make financial services accessible to all Africans in ways that truly serve people’s needs and help businesses thrive. Since commencement, the bank has maintained an unbroken streak of year-on-year growth and a consistent lead in driving the digitization of financial services in Nigeria thanks to its strong service culture, efficient management, world-class corporate governance standards and bias for innovation.
At the end of 2020, alongside leading the industry in innovation and service delivery, Guaranty Trust was the most profitable banking group in Nigeria with best in class Return on Equity and other key financial metrics.
Headquartered in Lagos, Guaranty Trust has banking subsidiaries in Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom. The Bank currently employs over 12,000 professionals and has Total assets and Shareholders’ Funds of ₦4.993trillion and ₦837.2billion respectively.
Guaranty Trust is a friendly brand that truly cares and this permeates through every sphere of its business. It has a value system that is hinged on professionalism, ethics, integrity, and superior customer service. It also maintains a culture of excellence and goes to great lengths to actualize the popular phrase; The Customer Is King.
It has received several national and international awards for product and service innovation and sound corporate governance practices, such as: The Best Banking Group by World Finance Magazine, The Most Innovative African Bank by The African Banker Magazine, and The Best Bank in Nigeria and Best Digital Bank in Africa by Euromoney Magazine and many others
