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Targets 5000 certified professionals by year
2017
Chuks Udo Okonta
Kolawole Ahmed has assumed the position of
substantive Director-General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN).
Prior to his appointment, he had run
the secretariat of the premier professional body in an Acting capacity, following
the retirement of the erstwhile Director-General, Adegboyega Adepegba.
He said at a press parley today
Tuesday, that one of his cardinal agenda is to inject into the industry a larger number of
professionally qualified personnel by striving to improve student enrolment for
the professional examinations and invariably achieving a record of at least
5000 certified professionals serving the industry by year 2017.
Ahmed, joined the service of the
Institute as Deputy Director General, a position he assumed in April, 2012 in
line with the policy of the Governing Council to engender a succession plan. He
became Acting Director General on Tuesday 13th August, 2013 on the
pronouncement of the Institute’s Council and therefore commenced the dawn of a
new era in the administration of the Institute’s secretariat.
Whilst still in acting capacity, he set
the path for a collegiate administration and showed a clear commitment to
prudence and transparency.
His appointment as the sixth Director
General/Chief Executive Officer of the 54-year old institute was confirmed by the
Governing Council on Tuesday November 12, 2013.
The CIIN Director General holds a
Bachelors Degree with honours in Insurance from the University of Lagos
obtained in 1981. He has also capped this with a Master of Business
Administration Degree obtained in 2001 from the Lagos State University (LASU).
An Associate of the Chartered
Insurance Institute, United Kingdom, Ahmed, became a Fellow of the same
Institute attained by examination in 2006. He was also in 2007 awarded the
Fellowship of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria.
His career in Insurance spans over 30
years, starting in 1981 at Hogg Robinson Nigeria where he secured his first
employment after his National Youth Service (NYSC).
He has had a robust and varied
experience in the Insurance Industry across its various sectors and strata,
having worked in both the Broking and Underwriting sectors as shown below:
Hogg Robinson Nigeria - 1981 – 1986
Koguna Babura & Company - 1986 – 1991
Nigerian-French Insurance Co. Ltd - 1991 – 2007
AIICO Insurance Plc - 2007 – 2009
In 2009, he voluntarily retired from
AIICO to found and manage his Insurance Broking Company (Krabond Insurance
Brokers).
He is a member of various Professional
and Social organisations, including: Fellow, The Chartered Insurance Institute
(CII), UK Fellow, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, member, Society of
Fellows of the CII, UK; Member, Faculty of Underwriting of the CII, UK; Member,
Faculty of Insurance Broking of the CII, UK; Member, Nigeria Institute of
Management; Member, Lagos Country Club
and Member, Great Eagles Club of
Nigeria
Kola Ahmed is a devout Muslim and is
happily married with children.
SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CIIN
SECRETARIAT (1987 – 2013)
Otunba Biodun Banwo (Late) 1987
– 1993
Mrs. Claudiana A. Brown 1993 – 1996
Mr. Sylvester E. Unigwe 1996
– 1999
Mr. David Olatunde Aburo (Late) 2000 – 2003
Mr. Adegboyega Adepegba 2003 – 2013
Kolawole R. Ahmed 2013 – Date
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