Standard Alliance re-appoints Bode Akinboye as new MD/CEO, As Tom Imokhai resigns

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Standard Alliance Insurance Plc on Friday announced the resignation of Mr. Tom Imokhai as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

The company disclosed this through a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) that Mr. Bode Akinboye has been appointed as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Mr. Akinboye is a Private Equity Entrepreneur with investments in Telecommunications, Banking, and Real Estate, and is currently involved through First Independent Global Limited as Investor/Turnaround Manager in Cellstop Trackers Limited and Crossover Savings and Loans Limited. He has an exemplary career spanning over twenty four years in the Financial Service Sector

Bode Akinboye was Vice Chairman of First Independent Global Limited. Prior to this, he had previously served as Group Managing Director of Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, a financial services group comprising of SA Insurance Plc, SA Life Assurance Ltd., SA Pension Managers, SA Mortgage, SA Properties and SA Capital & Asset Management.

During his first tenure as the Managing Director of Standard Alliance Insurance Plc he led the team to achieve Asset Base of over N20 billion and facilitated foreign direct investment of about USD 20 million in the company.

Indeed, Standard Alliance brand became a more respectable brand and the Company featured amongst selected public quoted companies in Africa that were listed for Investors presentation by world renowned Asset management companies which included Renaissance Capital and Merrill Lynch.

He spearheaded the initial public offering of the company and achieved official listing of SA Insurance Plc on the Nigerian Stock Market in 2003.

In 2005, the company won the President’s Merit Award as the best quoted company in the Insurance category.

He was key in developing the Standard Alliance brand for close to thirteen (13) years before leaving to set up his private equity firm. Before Akinboye joined Standard Alliance Group, he worked with Industrial and General Insurance Company (IGI) as a Management Accountant.

Akinboye is a graduate of Accountancy and a fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN), Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM), and Institute of Directors (M.IoD).

He is a graduate of Owner President Management Program (OPM) and an Alumnus of Harvard Business School, Boston, USA as well as Lagos Business School.

He was appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a member, Technical Sub-Committee on Nigerian International Financial Centre under FSS Vision 2020.

He was also appointed by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) as Member, Committee for the Implementation of Compulsory Fire Insurance under Section 64/65 of the Insurance Act.

He served as a member of the Governing Council of Nigeria Insurers Association for five (5) years from 2004 and 2009 and was the Honourable Treasurer of the Association. Akinboye is a recipient of many honorary awards including Junior Chambers International award for Excellence in Management Achievement.

He is involved in community service through award of scholarship to indigent students towards their secondary/tertiary education. Akinboye, who is a strategist in products packaging, marketing and corporate management is also a teacher, public speaker, and an expert in capacity building and human resources development. He has attended various courses locally and internationally.