Joy Enakhimion

Joy Enakhimion is a graduate of Law in Nigeria, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2015, She possesses over 9 (nine) years of experience in diverse areas of law ranging from Governance, Board Advisory, Compliance & Risk, Dispute resolution, Corporate/Commercial, Secretarial and Investors Relation Management.
Joy obtained her bachelor’s degree in law in 2014, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2015. She worked with reputable Law Firms before joining the legal department of Guaranty Trust Bank Limited (GTBank) in 2021.
Having worked on the litigation desk of GTBank for a period of fourteen (14) months, based on her dedication and exceptional service delivery, she was deployed to the Governance, Board Management, Secretariat and the Investors Relation Management units of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) and GTBank (the flagship subsidiary of GTCO), where she worked directly with the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of both Companies on Board Management, Governance, Secretarial transactions/responsibilities, regulatory/legal compliance, Investors Relation, Registrar liaison, Shareholders’ support & engagement and ancillary legal activities.
She also offered support services to the Secretariat arms of Guaranty Trust Fund Managers Limited and HabariPay Limited (the Asset Management and payment service subsidiaries of GTCO) as well as some of GTBank subsidiaries’ secretariats across East and west Africa regions.
Joy was involved in several projects and adhoc committees, notable amongst them was the 2024 GTCO public offer of nine billion (9,000,000,00) new ordinary shares, where she served as a member of the legal team, she particularly acted as the liaison officer for documentation, she was also a member of the organising Committee of the GTCO Group Legal Annual General Conference (comprising of about 80 Legal Officers from ten Countries including Nigeria) from inception in 2021 till date.
In her quest for capacity building, knowledge expansion and excellence, she transitioned into the Compliance world, to understudy Anti-Money Laundering policies, know your customer, onboarding & Due Diligence procedure, customers’ transaction pattern and act as liaison officer between the organization and the regulatory and law enforcement agents.
Joy is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), she is currently undergoing Compliance and Anti Money Laundering training and certification with the Compliance Institute of Nigeria. She has attended plethora professional development trainings and conferences organized locally and internationally. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), NBA-Section on Business Law, NBA-Lagos branch, NBA-Lagos branch Welfare Committee from 2021 till 2025.
Joy currently also serve as the president of the youth arm of a faith based organization in Lagos, Nigeria.