Sovereign Trust Insurance gets new manager

 

Chuks Udo Okonta

Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc said it has engaged the services of Mrs. Ivie Ogbemudia to strengthen its human resource capacity.

The company in a statement said the engagement is in line with its adoption of new business model poised at repositioning for years ahead.
It said Ogbemudia, would work as Manager/Head, Human Resources Department under the Finance & Administration Division.
It noted that Ogbemudia holds an M.Sc in Human Resource Management from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, adding that she graduated with a Second Class upper degree from the Law Faculty, University of Benin, having capped it all with an outstanding performance at the Nigerian Law School.
The company said Ogbemudia is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, (ICSA) and also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, (CIPD).
Until her recent appointment, she was a Human Resource Associate at Evaluation and Staffing Africa (ES-Africa). She was at one time, a Human Resource Officer at Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen, UK. She also worked as a Human Resource Advisor at Thistle Hotels, Scotland. She has over six years experience in Human Resource Management and Development. She will be bringing her wealth of experience and expertise to bear in the underwriting firm.
Ogbemudia is to oversee the affairs of the Human Resources Department with responsibility for learning and development, talent management and performance management respectively. She is expected to chart a new course for the human resource development and capacity building for staff in the firm.
STI's Divisional Head and General Manager, Finance & Administration, Kayode Adigun enjoined the new entrant to judiciously contribute her own quota to the advancement of the company's brand just like other non-insurance professionals in the organisation have been doing since they joined the company.
"We are pleased to have you join the Sovereign Trust Family and we hope that you will passionately and objectively advance the course of our organisation amongst the comity of underwriting firms in the country," he said.
He noted that the underwriting firm will continue to strive to remain a major pacesetter in the insurance industry by consistently enhancing the quality of its workforce from time-to –time.
"We have a vibrant and well motivated workforce" he concluded.
Ogbemudia expressed her appreciation for being found worthy by the Management as a valuable addition to its burgeoning team. She pledged her total dedication to duty and commitment to the actualisation of the organisational set goals and objectives. She also expressed her determination to harness the company’s human capital resources optimally.