Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe CFR (15 August 1966 – 9 February 2024) was a Nigerian banker and businessman. He was the group managing director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede.
Wigwe started his career at Coopers & Lybrand and Guaranty Trust Bank before joining Access Bank in 2002 as the company’s deputy managing director. He became the chief executive officer of the company in January 2014. He died in a helicopter crash on 9 February 2024 in the United States on his way to attend the Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII championship in Las Vegas.
Herbert Wigwe, the late former group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, has been laid to rest in Isiokpo, his home town, in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state.
The late Wigwe was buried alongside his wife Chizoba, and Chizi, his son, on Saturday.
In February, Wigwe, his wife and son as well as Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), were involved in a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border.
All six passengers on board died.
