as nse diamondbnk industry finance founded december 20 1990 1 founder pascal g. dozie headquarters victoria island lagos nigeria 2 area served nigeria key people 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 3 total assets 1.7 trillion us 7.3 billion december 2012 subsidiaries see article website diamondbank.com diamond bank plc. is a full service nigerian bank . it is one of the twenty five 25 licensed commercial banks in the country . 4 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 subsidiaries 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit the bank is a large financial services provider in west africa . headquartered in lagos nigeria s commercial capital the bank maintains a banking subsidiary in benin senegal cote d ivoire togo and the united kingdom . 5 as of december 2012 update the bank s total assets were valued in excess of us 7.3 bn 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 c te d ivoire . history edit 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 nigerian stock exchange . moreover in january 2008 diamond bank s global depositary receipts gdr was listed on the professional securities market of the london stock exchange . the first bank in africa to record that feat . subsidiaries edit diamond bank operates several subsidiary companies based in lagos nigeria except where indicated 6 7 diamond pension funds custodian limited victoria island lagos nigeria diamond bank uk plc london united kingdom diamond bank du benin sa cotonou benin diamond bank togo togo diamond bank senegal dakar senegal diamond bank c te d ivoire abidjan ivory coast see also edit list of banks in nigeria list of banks in africa central bank of nigeria economy of nigeria references edit diamond bank about us company profile google finance diamond bank q3 2010 financial report list of licensed commercial banks in nigeria diamond bank has expansion plans into francophone west africa diamond bank about us affiliates diamond bank investor relations key milestones external links edit list of banks in nigeria and how they are rated website of diamond bank plc. company profile at google finance french website of diamond bank benin website of the central bank of nigeria v t e economy of nigeria currency nigerian naira communications banking communications history of trade transportation industries agriculture yam production tourism retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diamond bank & oldid 687441443 categories companies listed on the nigerian stock exchangecompanies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies of nigeriacompanies established in 1990banks of nigeriabanks established in 1991lagoscompanies based in lagos1991 establishments in nigeriahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing potentially dated statements from december 2012all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles with french language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 25 october 2015 at 16 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view