Joyce Ojemudia
Joyce Ojemudia is an accomplished insurance professional and astute
manager of resources with over twenty years of experience in insurance
sales, business development, risk management, claims administration and
reinsurance. She started her career as a Marketing Executive at
Healthcare International (a Health Maintenance Organisation) before
joining Linkage Assurance PLC as Deputy Head, Marketing in 2002. There,
she oversaw all the branch activities of the company as it relates to
Marketing and contributed to the increase in market share and
profitability of the underwriter. Her sterling qualities brought her to
the notice of STACO Insurance PLC in 2007 where she made her mark as
Assistant General Manager, Marketing, with responsibilities to
coordinate and monitor the marketing activities in the public sector and
direct corporate clients. Joyce’s excellence and drive at STACO
Insurance was rewarded with a promotion to Assistant Director in 2011, a
role that required her to formulate and execute strategic business plans
for the public sector in addition to her marketing duties. In late 2016,
she was back at Linkage Assurance as General Manager tasked with the
management and coordination of the entire marketing department which had
four sub-units viz Bancassurance, Financial Institution, Brokers Market
and Direct Corporate. Joyce was also involved in strategic top
management decisions for the entire company up until her exit in 2020. A
thoroughbred professional, Joyce is currently rounding up her PhD in
Entrepreneurship at Joseph Ayo Babalola University. She is an alumnus of
the prestigious Lagos Business School (SMP 40) and the University of
Lagos where she had her first and second degrees in Insurance and Risk
Management respectively. She is also a Fellow of the National Institute
of Marketing of Nigeria, an Associate of both the Chartered Insurance
Institute of Nigeria and the Institute of Chartered Economists of
Nigeria. She is the current President of the Professional Insurance
Ladies Association (PILA). Under her watch, the professional association
successfully hosted the first ever Africa-wide side event at the
continental African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Conference during its
47th edition held in Lagos. In 2021, she was recognised by Business Day
Media as one of 30 Notable Alumni of the prestigious Lagos Business
School.
Mrs. Olabisi A. Adekola
Olabisi Adekola is a seasoned Chartered Accountant, Investment Manager
and Business Continuity leader with over 25 years’ experience in
Financial Management, Internal Audit and Accounting. After a stint as a
Data Entry Officer at Nigerian Hoechst PLC, she joined the African
Alliance in 1997 as an Assistant Superintendent in the Finance
department. She learnt the ropes and rose through the ranks in Finance
until she was moved to Internal Audit as Manager in 2002. She became a
key member of the Internal Audit team tasked with designing and
implementing various programmes for the prevention and detection of
frauds, errors and irregularities in the company. As she excelled in the
various roles she held in the department, her stock rose and she is
credited with putting in place a couple of processes that have become an
integral part of the business till date. In 2008, Olabisi was promoted
as Acting Head (Finance and Investment) and then Assistant General
Manager (Finance and Investment) in 2010. As AGM, she managed and
administered the entire investment portfolio of the company and was
responsible for financial reporting and control, design and review of
strategic corporate policies as well as budget performance and analysis.
In 2012, Olabisi was promoted as the Executive Director (Finance),
capping a brilliant lateral growth within the organisation. Olabisi
holds an MBA in Financial Management from the Lagos State University, as
well as HND and National Diploma in Business Administration from the
Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, where she finished top of her department at
both instances. She is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and Association of Investment Advisors and
Portfolio Managers (FIAPM); an Associate Member of the Chartered
Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI), Nigeria Institute of Management
and Business Continuity Professional, Disaster Recovery International. A
brilliant mind, Olabisi is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School and
China Europe International Business School.
Mrs. Amaka Okafor
Ukamaka Okafor is a corporate marketer, sales strategist and Business
Continuity professional with almost two decades’ experience in the
insurance industry. She started out as an Assistant Manager at the
defunct United Trust Insurance in 2001 and after four years of
supporting her team to achieving various marketing targets, she joined
Unity Kapital (now Veritas Kapital) as Manager (Group Life), her first
exposure to the intricacies of Group Life marketing. At Unity Kapital,
her ability to help team members close complicated accounts brought her
to the attention of Metropolitan Life Insurance (recently renamed
Tangerine Insurance) who consequently hired her. As Senior Manager/Team
Lead (Group Life) at Metropolitan Life, she led and won various pitches
for the firm and used market intelligence to develop formidable sales
strategies that helped grow the business’ top and bottom lines. Amaka
joined African Alliance in 2009 as Deputy Controller, Marketing
(Northern Region) with a mandate to develop, grow and stabilize the
corporate marketing business of the company in the Norther region. Her
success at the role aided her promotion to her current position as
Controller, Marketing (Northern region) in 2015. Amaka is a B.Sc
Accountancy graduate of Enugu State University of Science and Technology
and an M.Sc Management graduate of the University of Liverpool, United
Kingdom. She has attended various courses in Business Continuity,
Insurance Sales and Leadership within and outside the country.
Akinbode Raji
Akinbode Raji is a Certified Forensic Accountant and Tax professional
with 20 years’ experience in Finance, Risk and Compliance and Internal
Audit. He started his career as a Senior Clerical Officer in the finance
department at African Alliance in 2000. He worked his way through
various finance functions where he was saddled with diverse, critical
responsibilities before moving to Internal Audit in 2010. As the Head of
Internal Audit and Control, he pioneered the Risk and Compliance unit
which was hitherto an Internal Control function within the business.
Thereafter, he was assigned the Risk Office for a short, stabilising
period while he led the Compliance unit for five more years before he
was promoted to Deputy Head, Finance. His financial acumen and vast mind
saw him become the Head, Finance in 2018, the position he currently
occupies. Bode attended the Federal College of Education (Technical)
Akoka, Lagos and Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye (now Olabisi Onabanjo
University) where he graduated with a B.Sc in Accounting. He also holds
an MBA in Financial Management from Ladoke Akintola University and an
M.Sc in Business Administration from the National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN). A thoroughbred accountant, Bode is an Associate Member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), the Nigeria
Institute of Management (NIM), the Chartered Institute of Economics and
the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). A certified
Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Bode is also an Associate Business
Continuity Professional from the Disaster Recovery Institute
International.
Alice Amina Uwodi
Alice Amina Uwodi is a chartered secretary and administrator with 25
years’ post youth service experience in human resources, general office
administration and personnel management. She began her career as a
Finance and Administrative Officer at AG Leventis PLC before being
promoted to Branch Administrator/Accountant as Worldwide Superstores
(Formerly Leventis Superstores) a year later in 1999. In 2001, she
joined Netspex Ltd as Admin/Accounts Officer tasked with looking after
the staff welfare and general office administration. After spending
three years in the role, he was employed by African Alliance as Senior
Supervisor – Administration. Between 2004 and now, Alice has risen
through various administrative and Human Resources role including
Assistant Manager – Special Duties (Office of the MD/CEO); Agency
Administration Manager where she developed a robust cost saving and team
building initiatives the department has built upon; and now Deputy
Controller, Human Resources and Administration. It is pertinent to note
that Alice drove the entire cascading of the first rebranding exercise
the company has done in its sixty year existence across all the
company’s units and collaterals. Alice holds an MBA and a post graduate
diploma in Management from the University of Calabar in addition to an
HND in Business Administration from Kaduna Polytechnic. She is also an
Associate Member of both the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management
of Nigeria (CIPM) and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administration of Nigeria (ICSAN). Blessed with excellent planning and
organisational skills, Alice has attended several courses in Business &
Management and is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School.
Emmanuel Eburajolo
Emmanuel Ojelre Eburajolor is a dynamic and technical sales professional
with about 30 years’ experience in driving sales targets across both
life and non-life insurance. He started his career as a General Duties
Officer at African Development Insurance Company in 1990. His natural
appetite for challenges drew him into the technical aspects of insurance
where he learnt the basics of the profession to the acclaim of his peers
and superiors. He moved into the marketing department in 1994 and thus
began his lifelong adventure into the difficult terrain of insurance
sales. He rose through the ranks and became a part of the ADIC Life team
in 2000 where he built a reputation as a salesman par distinction.
Emmanuel joined African Alliance in 2007 as Senior Manager, Corporate
Marketing, with a mandate to grow the Brokers Market and position the
company for lateral growth. After almost a decade of success, his hard
work and business acumen saw him promoted into top management as the
Deputy Controller, Corporate Marketing, the position he currently
occupies. Emmanuel holds a Diploma in Marketing from Delta State
University and a bachelor’s degree in Insurance from Lagos State
University. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance
Institute of Nigeria; Full Member, Chartered Institute of
Administration; Fellow, Institute of Certified Sales Professional and
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management.
Philip Ikhianosime
Philip is a seasoned Human Resource Management professional with keen
interest and skills in the development of employees’ potentials. He has
over 20 years practical experience in the field of Human Resource
Management, strategy and business development. He has interests and
skills in performance management systems design, human resource strategy
mapping and human resource systems design, organizational culture
modelling and learning/talent development cutting across manufacturing,
consulting and financial services sectors. He has helped to develop and
deliver business strategy projects, HR initiatives, employee performance
improvement projects, performance management projects and has at
different times in his career either as HR lead or head of training,
played active role in organisational culture change and employee
re-branding projects amongst others. Philip is a Business Administration
graduate of the University of Lagos Akoka and an alumnus of the Advanced
Management Programme (AMP25) of the Lagos Business School. He is a full
member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
(CIPM), an accredited Management Trainer, and a certified Safety
Professional.
