Simon Aranu

**Simon Aranonu** wani Akanta ne kuma shugaban bankin Najeriya. Shi ne babban darakta na manyan kamfanoni a bankin masana'antu.      

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Aranonu a ranar 22 ga Mayu 1961, ga Marigayi Augustine Ejidike Aranonu wanda dan kasuwa ne mai karamin karfi da Mrs Theresa Nwoye Aranonu, mai sana'ar dinki a Onitsha, jihar Anambra, daga bisani ya samu shiga makarantar Sakandare ta Oraifite, makarantar mishan da diocese na Anglican ke gudanarwa.,  a yankin kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. 

Ya yi karatun firamare inda ya zama makarantar firamare da ke karkarar Onitsha a jihar Anambra. Shi Kirista ne kuma yana jin harsuna biyu Turanci da Igbo.  A lokacin yana karami, Aranonu ya so zama likitan likita, ya kasance yana aiki a matsayin dalibin kimiyya sannan kuma ya cika magani a jamb dinsa tare da abokinsa. Wata rana da rana, an sami canjin tsari lokacin da su biyu suka gana da Jagorar makaranta kuma mai ba da shawara ya amince da neman likitan abokinsa kuma ya ƙi yarda da nasa. A wannan lokacin, mashawarcin ya canza *magani da Pharmacy* akan fom zuwa *Accounting and Finance* kuma ta haka ne ya fara tafiyar harkar kudi sama da shekaru 30. 

## Ilimi

Bayan ya kammala karatunsa na firamare, ya samu gurbin shiga makarantar sakandare ta garin Oraifite, makarantar mishan da Diocese Anglican ta Onitsha, a Onitsha jihar Anambra,  ta kafa domin neman takardar shaidar kammala sakandare. Bayan kammala karatunsa da sha’awar neman karatun jami’a, sai ya koma makarantar firamare ya koyar da shi tsawon shekara guda domin ya tara kudin karatunsa na jami’a. Ya samu gurbin shiga Jami’ar Najeriya ta Jihar Enugu inda ya karanci harkar kudi a shekarar 1980 kuma ya kammala karatunsa na sama a shekarar ta 1984. a matsayin dalibin da ya fi samun digiri a bangaren kudi.  Daga baya ya wuce zuwa makarantar kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Stanford da ke California Amurka kuma ya kammala a 1998. Ya kuma halarci Makarantar Kasuwancin Harvard Massachusetts, Makarantar Kasuwancin Chicago, Chicago da Jami'ar Cranfield, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.  Ya kasance daya daga cikin wanda ya ci gajiyar shirin horaswar mafi kyawun Bankuna na Afirka da USAID ke daukar nauyinsa a Amurka (Spring 2000). 

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunsa na farko, Aranonu ya zarce zuwa garin Benin na jihar Edo domin gudanar da shirin sa na yi wa matasa hidima na kasa NYSC. Bayan shekara daya ya koma Legas inda ya zauna tare da dan uwansa tsakanin shekarar 1985 zuwa 1987. Kafin ya fara aikin banki, ya yi aiki da wani kamfani mai aika sako a Ojuelegba da wani kamfanin kasuwanci a Ilupeju Legas.  Shi ne babban darektan "Large Enterprise" a Bank of Industry BOI.  Ya fara aikinsa na banki a bankin Chase, wani bankin Amurka.  Simon's forte bashi ne kuma yana ba da haɗin kai kuma yana ba da izini daga IFC reshen Bankin Duniya don horar da daraktoci kan gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci. 

Aikin banki na farko wanda ya kai shi aikin banki shine aikinsa a bankin continental Merchant a 1987. 

Ya kasance babban darakta a bankin Intercontinental a shekarar 2008.  kuma ya zama babban darakta a bankin duniya kafin nada shi a bankin Intercontinental  A shekarar 1998, ya shiga Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ICAN a matsayin ma’aikacin akawu. 

Aranonu ya kwashe sama da shekaru 30 yana aiki a fannin banki da hada-hadar kudi a cibiyoyin hada-hadar kudi.  Kafin ya shiga Bankin Masana'antu, ya kasance mai kula da shirye-shirye a KRC Limited  da Babban Jami'in Kuɗi / Ag. Cif a Sapele Power PLC  kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin MD na Kudancin Afirka ikon amfani da ikon bankin Intercontinental PLC yanzu Access Bank PLC. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri

Simon Aranunu yana auren matarsa Ijeoma Aranonu kuma suna da ‘ya’ya hudu.  Ya yi imani da dabarar sa don samun nasara a matsayin 3Hs - Aiki mai wahala, Tawali'u da Tsarkaka. Ya yi imanin cewa wadannan dabi'u sun kawo masa nisa a rayuwa kuma duk wanda ba ya son daukar aiki tukuru da gaske to ya manta da nasara. Shi fasto ne na Cocin Redeemed Christian Church of God . Yana zaune a Legas, Najeriya inda yake zaune kuma yana aiki daga can. 

## Nassoshi