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A Chartered Accountant, Licensed Auditor, Management Consultant and Enterprise-wide Risk Management Expert is the CEO of Clement Ashley Consulting and Managing Partner of Ijeoma Rita Obu & Co. (Chartered Accountants). She is also a Director Consultant with Business Network International-BNI and is a member of the board of trustees of Kingdom Investors, a non-governmental capacity building organisation for women. Ijeoma has vast experience facilitating training for boards of directors, especially in the financial services industry. Ijeoma is a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants in Nigeria as well as a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Nigeria (ICAN) and is on the faculty of the Institute of Chartered accountants in Nigeria specialising in risk-based auditing and enterprise-wide risk management.
Ijeoma is a business leader certified by Haggai Institute Singapore, she holds a Master’s in Business Management from the IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain. Ijeoma is graduate of the Lagos Business School and a member of the American Board of Neuro Linguistic Practitioners. A very versatile business professional, Ijeoma is certified by numerous international bodies in a wide variety of fields including Goal Success Coaching, Information Security, Business Mentoring, Business Leadership, SAGE Business Cloud Accounting among others.

Zainab Aliyu is an accomplished Finance Executive and a UK qualified Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA) with over 15 years experience in the extractive sector (mainly in the oil and gas sector, across five continents, and recently in mining).

Zainab is a graduate of the University of Nottingham with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Economics with Insurance, and holds a Masters degree in Corporate Strategy and Governance from Nottingham University Business School.

Zainab qualified at Deloitte UK where she spent four years serving clients in the energy industry and in Risk and Assurance. Prior to that, she worked at KPMG Nigeria in Business Advisory, and Philipps, Kobbs & Co London as an Accountant. Post Deloitte she worked at Baker Hughes UK engaging in Internal Audit, Risk and compliance projects across the globe, and an Indigenous oil and gas company in Project Accounting as a Financial Controller until 2020.

Zainab is also the the CEO & Creative Director of AABOUX, a luxurious leather brand that handcrafts limited-edition statement pieces, from the finest and most exquisite leathers using a stich-less technique by third-generation skilled artisans in Lagos.

Zainab is passionate about self-development and is involved in several philanthropic causes aimed at education, healthcare, children, women, internally displaced persons and mental health . She enjoys travelling, art, reading, fashion, photography and current affairs.

Mohamed Wann is a Director and Head of Africa in the EMEA Principal Investments & Acquisitions team at Swiss Re, one of the world’s preeminent re/insurance companies with gross written premiums of $43 billion and total assets of $165 billion in 2020. He is part of a team responsible for overseeing and developing Swiss Re’s portfolio of direct investments in the insurance value chain in EMEA, as well as supporting broader strategic initiatives of Swiss Re in the region.

A native of Guinea-Conakry, his career spans 15 years at leading global financial institutions operating in Johannesburg, Lagos, London, New York, and Zurich, where he is currently based.

Prior to joining Swiss Re in 2021 Mohamed was with The Carlyle Group—a global investment firm with $246 billion of assets under management in 2020— in Lagos then Johannesburg for eight years (2012-20), as part of a team that raised and fully deployed a $700 million fund dedicated to buyouts and growth equity investments in Africa.

His role at Carlyle consisted of finding and evaluating investment opportunities across Africa and working closely with each portfolio company’s senior management and board members on strategic planning, growth initiatives, problem solving, and execution of M&A and debt financing.

Mohamed was among the senior team members that completed in 2020 the spin-out of the Carlyle Africa team to form Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity investment firm based in Johannesburg.

He started his career at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in investment banking in New York (2007-09), then in principal investments in New York and London (2009-12), where he was involved in a variety of private equity and private credit transactions across industries and geographies.

Mohamed is an outdoor enthusiast with a keen interest in technology and environmental sustainability

Mr. Rajesh Kamble is an Engineering graduate from VNIT Nagpur and an Associate of Insurance Institute of India.

He started his career with The New India Assurance Company Limited, Mumbai in 1989. He is an enriched insurance professional with 32 years of experience having worked in various capacities as Risk Engineer, Branch Manager, Divisional Manager, Senior Divisional Manager and Regional Manager. His services in The New India Assurance Company Limited cuts across technical, administrative and marketing functions.

He has also worked in overseas operations of The New India Assurance Company Limited, Mauritius Branch from 2005 to 2009 and in India International Insurance Private Limited, Singapore (Associate Company of The New India Assurance Company Limited) from 2013 to 2017 and have garnered international exposure in all aspects of the business.

He has handled large corporates with impressive growth and profitability while working in Mumbai as Regional Manager before coming to Nigeria.

He joined Prestige Assurance Plc as Managing Director/CEO from October 2021

Omowunmi Majekodunmi is a Human Resource Executive with over 30 years’ experience in Human Resources Management in Chevron. Omowunmi has led the delivery of Human Resource solutions and services across the entire HR value chain in multiple countries while working in Chevron.

During her career in Chevron, she spent over 10 years at management level, leading and inspiring diverse and cross functional teams in the effective implementation of HR Strategy to support business goals. Omowunmi holds a Bachelor of science degree in Zoology from Obafemi Awolowo University Ife and a Master’s in Business Administration, specialising in Human Resources Management MBA (HRM) from City University Business School, London. She is a certified Global Remuneration Practitioner (GRP). A member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development UK (CIPD), Chartered Institute Personnel Management (CIPM), Nigeria and Institute of Directors Nigeria (IOD)

Oliver Andrews has over 40 years’ experience in project development, infrastructure development, investing, public-private partnerships and strategic advisory. He has successfully directed and invested c.US$10.0BN and originated c.US$100.0BN of infrastructure deals across the African continent.

During his tenure as the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), AFC’s assets under management grew from US$1.0 BN to over US$8.4BN. He was pioneer of the project development asset class in AFC having led the successful development of several signature transactions including the 350 MW Cenpower project; Djibouti wind farm; and Dynamic bauxite mine. He also led the financial close of ARISE, a pan-African infrastructure and industrial platform. Oliver is the pioneer Chairman of Africa Infrastructure Development Association and led the AFC’s accreditation with the Green Climate Fund.

Mr Andrews founded Boxmoor and its sister company, Tocam Capital, in 2021 with the primary aim of making investments to reduce the infrastructure deficit in Africa. It is a private sector project development and investment Group with the ability to take projects from inception through development, financing and operations, thus ensuring sustainable project returns on investment.

Mr. Tunde Alao-Olaifa holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Ibadan and an MBA (Finance and Strategy) from the Lagos Business School. He is currently the Divisional Director/Head, Strategy & Special Projects at Leadway Assurance Company Limited. Before joining Leadway, he had previously worked with Lionstone Group as an Associate and Fidelity Bank Plc. as an Assistant Manager in the Corporate Banking division. His experience cuts across the corporate finance and investment spectrum which includes capital raising deal structuring, acquisition planning, project financing, asset management & investment analysis. He currently heads the Strategy & Special Projects team at Leadway Assurance Co. Ltd.

Mr. Isa’s academic background is in Accounting and Finance at both Bachelor’s and advance Degree levels. In addition, he is an alumnus of such Business schools as IMD, Kellogg, Insead, Wharton, Witswatersrand, Sa’id and Templeton Colleges of Oxford University, Sendero Institute, Cranfield School of Management and State University of New York. His professional affiliations include membership of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK), Nigeria, and the Associateships of the Institutes of Credit Administrators and Management Consultants. His areas of academic interest cover Business strategy, Leadership and Accounting policy.

His multi industry work experience spans over 35 years, covering operational and strategic roles in Banking and Financial Services and Oil and Gas. Job profiles covered Risk, General and Relationship Management, Accounting, Reporting and Structured Financing. Strategic roles have been at senior Management/Board level and covered general management and support functions, such as IT, HR, Supply Chain management, HSE, Security and External Relations. Over half of work experience has been at senior management level.

Some of the positions he occupied over the last 25 years, include;

§ Managing Director, Intercity bank Plc.,

§ Executive Director, Bank of Agriculture,

§ General Manager, Finance, NNPC/NAPIMS

§ Group General Manager, Corporate Audit, NNPC

§ Deputy Managing Director, Nigeria LNG Limited,

§ Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, NNPC

In addition to formal roles, he has participated in several States’ and Federal Government Assignments and represented NNPC on the Federal Government’s Economic Management Team between 2006 and 2008. He was also NNPC’s representative on the Oil & Gas Intervention Committee on the rebuilding of the North East Zone.

He retired statutorily as Chief Operating Officer/Group Executive Director, responsible for support Services at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, on June 28, 2019.

From growing a Bank to strategy initiation/execution, process improvements, timely financing closures to corporate transformations, Isa left in every role he occupied, indelible footprints in elevated financial performance, process innovation and efficiency enhancement.

His Boards’ Membership experience dates back to 1991 and has so far been at over 15 Companies, in Education, Oil & Gas, Food and Beverages, Banking and Industry

Regulation. He is currently the Chairman of Butane Energy Limited, an LPG Company, an Independent, Non-Executive Director on the Board of Fidelity Bank Plc., and Chairman, Board of Ocean Exploration and Production Company, an SPV that participated in the just concluded Marginal Fields Bid round and Chairman Ruta E&P Limited, a Marginal Field Asset Owning Company, amongst others,

He is interested in Reading, listening to Jazz Music, but passionate about social work with specific interests in Education, IDPs and Children with Developmental Needs. For years, Isa has been engaged in the activities of several Community Development and Not for Profit Organizations, as Patron, Advisor, Executive Committee or floor member. He is currently a Trustee of 2 NGOs that care for Children with Autism and is deeply involved in several educational development initiatives across several communities in Nigeria. Not long ago, he initiated and led one of the largest private sector IDP Intervention Programmes for the North East Zone.

A Humanist and a Teacher at any opportunity, Isa retired from power biking about 6 years ago, but keeps abreast of developments on the science of riding. As a member of Strategos Collective—, a group of mentally restless persons, he participates in endless arguments on Strategy, be it on military expeditions or Business turn around.

He is married with two children and two grandchildren.

Abayomi has well over 20 years’ work experience in the Financial Service Industry and Telecommunications, which cuts across Accounting & Treasury Operations, Administration, Audit & Risk Management, Revenue Assurance, Taxation and Financial Control. His wealth of experience from various Organizations, covering Telecommunications, Advertising, Stockbroking, Share Registration, Mortgage Banking, and Pensions is substantial.
He joined Leadway Pensure PFA in the year 2007; prior to his appointment as Executive Director, he was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has worked in other organizations such as Glo mobile Ltd., as Revenue Assurance manager; Solid Trust Savings and Loans Ltd. (Mortgage Bankers), as Financial Controller; City Securities Ltd (CSL), as Financial Control Officer.
He holds B.Sc. in Accounting & Management from the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife and MBA from the University of Ado Ekiti (now Ekiti state University), he is also an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School (SMP). He has attended several trainings both local and foreign, such as the Euromoney Financial Training Institutes for ‘CFO Strategy and Leadership Program’; Wharton College for ‘Leadership and Management Program’ amongst others.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CITN).

Mr. Oluwafemi Adebayo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and a MBA (Management) both from the University of Ilorin. He is an Alumni of the Lagos Business School. Prior to joining Leadway Pensure PFA, he was the Divisional Director & Head, Sales in Leadway Assurance Company Limited where he served for 15 years, facilitating the full set-up & integration of the Retail lines achieving phenomenal growth & milestones over the years.

He had worked in Dangote Group as Area sales Manager, IAL Shipping Limited, Standard Alliance & Silverstreet Insurance Brokers as Marketing Head.

He has attended several management & leadership courses both locally & internationally, An adept finisher and accomplished sales Manager with proven record in superior success and great affinity for excellence.

Olusakin Labeodan is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Leadway Pensure PFA Limited. His specialisation is in Strategic Management, Investments, Marketing, Business Development, and Organisational Synergy for corporate performance and value capture.

Mr. Olusakin Labeodan served as the Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Leadway Holdings Limited prior to his appointment as CEO at Leadway Pensure PFA. Preceding his CMO role, he served on the Board of Leadway Pensure PFA Limited as an Executive Director responsible for Sales & Investments. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Ibadan and an MBA (Strategic Management) with distinctions in Strategic Marketing and Strategic Operations Management from Milpark Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa. He bagged the Top MBA Award in Strategic Operations Management (1998) by Stocks & Stocks Leisure Development (Pty) Limited, South Africa.

Olusakin’s consistent and successful career experience in public, private, and international organizations continues to hone his leadership skills in various capacities, particularly in Marketing, Business Development, Customer Service, Finance & Investments, Research, Agriculture, Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Banking and Pension Fund Administration.

He is a Full Member of the South African Institute of Management (SAIM) and the Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA), now the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA).

Olusakin Labeodan also serves on the Board of Leadway Heath Limited (a health management organisation) as a Non-Executive Director.