Diamond Bank
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : DIAMONDBNK |
| Industry | Finance |
| Founded | December 20, 1990 |
| Founder | Pascal G. Dozie |
| Headquarters | Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
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Area served
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Nigeria Benin Senegal Cote d'Ivoire Togo United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Dr. Chris Ogbechie (Chairman) Uzoma Dozie (Group Managing Director & CEO - Chief Executive Officer - Diamond Bank) |
| Services | Banking, Financial Services |
| Revenue |
 :Pretax: ₦28 billion (US$175 million) (FY:2012) |
| Total assets | ₦1.7 trillion (US$7.3 billion) (December 2012) |
| Subsidiaries | see article |
| Website | diamondbank |
Diamond Bank Plc., is a Nigerian multinational financial service provider.
The bank is a financial services provider from Nigeria. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, the bank maintains a banking subsidiary in Benin, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and The United Kingdom. As of December 2012[update], the bank's total assets were valued in excess of US$7.3bn (NGN:1.7 trillion).
As at June 2013, the bank operates 240 branches in Nigeria, 20 branches in Benin Republic, 2 branches in Senegal, 1 branch in Togo and 3 branches in Côte d’Ivoire.
Diamond Bank Plc began as a private limited liability company on March 21, 1991 (the company was incorporated on December 20, 1990). Ten years later, in February 2001, it became a universal bank.
In January 2005, following a highly successful Private Placement share offer which substantially raised the Bank's equity base, Diamond Bank became a public limited company. In May 2005, the Bank was listed on The . Moreover, in January 2008, Diamond Bank's Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) was listed on the Professional Securities Market of the . The first bank in Africa to record that feat.
Diamond Bank operates several subsidiary companies, based in Lagos, Nigeria, except where indicated:
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