Osaretin Afusat Demuren is a Nigerian banker, and the first female Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank, (GTB).
Osaretin attended high school at St. Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School, Benin. She holds a degree in Economics and Statistics from the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics. She also holds a Diploma in Russian Language and Preliminary Studies from the Kiev State, Ukraine.
She joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1976, where she served in several capacities including Trade and Exchange Department and was later deployed to the Human Resource Department where she served as Director.
She retired from banking on December 29, 2009 after 33 years in the industry.
She’s a member of several professional associations including the Society for Human Resource Management of America, Nigerian Statistical Association, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
She sits on the board of Trust Fund Pensions Plc and LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited.
Osaretin joined the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in April 2013 and was appointed chairman in 2015.
She’s married to former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren.
She lists her hobbies as reading and counselling in her local church.