By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Insurer, Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc on Monday named Akinjide Orimolade as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, the company said in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

According to LAWUNION, Orimolade is a Fellow, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria holds B.Sc. in Insurance from the University of Lagos (1983 – 87) before obtaining his Masters’ of Science degree in Marketing from the same Institution (1994 – 1995). He is also an associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria in 2000.

The insurer said he started his professional career with Financial Assurance Company Ltd as a Superintendent Officer (1989 – 1991) before moving to Bullion Insurance Brokers Ltd as a deputy manager (1991 – 1993). He also worked at Central Insurance Company Plc as a unit head, marketing (1993 – 1994).

Akinjide left the Central Insurance Company to become the assistant general manager in Sovereign Trust Insurance Co. Plc (1995 – 2004) and joined Zenith General Insurance Co. Plc (2004 – 2008) as general manager/CEO. From April 2008 – December 2009 he moved to South Africa with to join Liberty Life as the company regional director West Africa.

‘’On relocating back to Nigeria, he joined AIICO General Insurance Co Ltd as managing director/CEO (Dec 2009 – Dec 2011) and from January 2012 – August 2013, he became an executive director marketing in the same company,’’ LAWUNION said.

He has attended several trainings among which are oil and gas – HSBC, United Kingdom – June, 2017, Global Leadership Centre – Standard Bank, South Africa – October, 2008 and a host of others. He was the executive director, technical in AIICO Insurance Plc before this appointment.