Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Chief Executive, Personal and Private Banking, Absa Personal and Private Banking

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit is Chief Executive, Personal and Private Banking of Absa Personal and Private Banking, in the role since April 2026.

Personal and Private Banking is Absa's retail division in South Africa, formed in 2025 from Everyday Banking, product solutions and private wealth. Lopokoiyit joined from Vodacom's M-PESA Africa.

In the job

  1. Absa announced Lopokoiyit as chief executive of retail banking, starting 1 April 2026. Source

  2. Fihla's July 2026 executive rebuild at Absa placed him over personal and private banking alongside Moola at CIB and Barnard in business banking. Source

Career before

  1. Roles in oil and gas, Chevron and Total Kenya
  2. 2011Head of Strategy and Business Development for M-PESA, Safaricom
  3. Director of Financial Services, Safaricom
  4. Chief Executive, M-PESA Africa

Education

MSc in Management Information Systems, Lancaster University (2002); BCom, University of Nairobi (2000)

Sources

  1. absa.africa
  2. financialafrik.com
  3. businessday.co.za
  4. businesstech.co.za
  5. timeslive.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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