Born in Item, Nigeria, July 20, 1934; admitted to Bar 1992 Lincoln’s Inn London, Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 1962; Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London; Associate Chartered Insurance Institute, London; Fellow Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria; Fellow British Institute of Management.
Education:
Chairman, Education Committee West African Insurance Companies Association; Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, College of Insurance and Risk Management, West African Insurance Institute, Monrovia, Liberia; Lecturer in Insurance , University of Lagos, 1970-81; External Examiner in Insurance Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1976-82; Adjunct Professor of Insurance, Faculty of Management Science, Enugu State University of Science & Technology; Chairman, Academic Board, College of Insurance & Risk Management, West African Insurance Institute Banjul, The Gambia; Vice President Board of Governors, West African Insurance Institute Banjul, The Gambia; President, Nigerian Insurance Law Association; President, African Insurance Educator’s Agency; Consultant/Resource Person, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Legal Adviser/Deputy Chief Executive, West African Provincial Insurance Company Ltd., Nigeria 1962-70; Managing Director, Unity Life & Fire Insurance Company Ltd., Nigeria 1970-80; Chairman, Nigerian Students Loan Board 1972-79; Pioneer Managing Director, Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation 1977-89; Chairman African Development Insurance Company Limited; Member Insurance Hall of Fame 1978; Awarded African Insurance Organisation’s Gold Medal, 1982; Awarded WAICA Gold Medal, 1983; Awarded Certificate of Honour and Medal, Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers in Beijing, China 1985; John S. Bickley Founders’ Gold Medal of the International Insurance Society Inc. USA, 1990; Awarded Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Abia State University, 1994; National Productivity Order of Merit, 1998; Past President, Insurance Institute of Nigeria; Founding President, Professional Reinsurers Association of Nigeria.
Publications:
Insurance Law and Practice in Nigeria; Insurance Management in Africa etc.
