By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Insurer, UnityKapital Assurance Plc said on Friday it has appointed Michael Danjuma Dogo, new managing director/CEO of the company following the approval of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), the company said in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
Similarly, the insurer appointed Oshadiya Babatunde Olarinde as executive director (Operations) respectively. “The appointments took effect from 21 July 2015,” the company said.
Dogo is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from Bayero University, Kano. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute London, as well as an Associate Member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) and an Associate of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria.
He started his insurance career with the fire survey department in NICON in 1988. He has worked with African General Insurance Brokers as its northern regional manager. He joined Industrial and General Insurance Plc as its pioneer branch manager in Kano where he rose to head the Northwest operations of the organisation.
UnityKapital says Dogo is on the board of directors of many companies, including FUG Pensions, a licensed Pensions Administrator, and Health Care Security Limited, an NHIS registered healthcare organisation. He is a thorough bred insurance professional having spent over twenty eight uninterrupted years in the industry; most of these years have been spent at various management and executive management levels.
On his part, Olarinde is a graduate of Insurance from the University of Lagos, Akoka. He is an Associate Member of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of London (ACII), and the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN).
According to UnityKapital, Olarinde is a consummate professional and brings to the fore over two (2) decades of uninterrupted work experience which encompasses executive management, Marketing, Underwriting, and Retail Marketing. He has held various high level positions in the Insurance industry in the course of his career – AGM Marketing (NEM Insurance Plc), DGM Retail (LASACO Assurance Plc), MD/CEO (Westfield Insurance brokers); he rose from Deputy General Manager to MD/CEO, ACEN Insurance Plc, and from executive director, Marketing to, MD Oasis Insurance Plc.
“He joined UnityKapital Assurance Plc as executive director (Operations), a position which puts him in charge of all the Marketing and Technical operations of the company,” UnityKapital added.
