SALIHU GADZAMA
ACII (LONDON), ACIIN, M.SC
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mr Salihu Gadzama versed experience in insurance span over a period of
25years. He started his Insurance career with Lion of Africa Insurance Co.
Ltd in 1986 where he was a management trainee. He later become the
Branch Manager and also rose to the position of Assistant controller and
Deputy General Manager respectively. He later joined Industrial and
General Insurance Plc (IGI) as an Assistant Director. Upon retirement in
2014 and joined Optimal Insurance Brokers as a Director.
He holds an ordinary and National Diploma in Marketing. He also holds
post graduate Diploma in Marketing Management and well as a master of
commerce degree in marketing communication from University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow.
He is a member of several professional bodies which include; Associate of
the chartered Insurance Institute, London (ACII), Associate of Chartered
Insurance Institute, Nigeria (ACIIN), Fellow, Institute of Corporate
Executives (FICEN).
He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the company
VICTORIA IKWUNZE
ACIIN, ACIB, FILRM.SC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Victoria Ikwunze, a driven and Result Oriented Risk Manager started her Career in
the Insurance Industry with Linkage Assurance Plc as a Business development
officer in 2003. She proceeded in 2005, to International Energy Insurance PLC in
Port-Harcourt as a Senior Executive, and in 2007, she rose to the position of a
Branch Manager in the Yenagoa branch of the coy. She proceeded to ADIC Insurance
Limited in 2012, where she worked briefly as a Deputy Manager before joining
Optimal Insurance Brokers Ltd as an Executive Director.
She holds a B.SC in Psychology (1999) and an M.SC in Risk Management from
Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom (2009). She is a Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Loans and Risk Management (F. CILRM). She has also
attended several Insurance Trainings, seminars and conferences both in Nigeria and
in the United Kingdom including ‘Deep Sea Oil and Gas Conference’ in Aberdeen.
She has interest in ‘Strategic Management’, ‘Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)’ as
well as ‘Change Management’ and has some research work to her Credit in these
areas.
As a seasoned Underwriter and Marketer, she has attended various
technical/management courses/trainings.
She is an Associate member of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN),
Associate member of the Chartered institute of Insurance Brokers (ACIB), Fellow of
the Chartered institute of Loans and Risk Management (FCILM) and a member,
Chartered Insurance Institute London (CII).
NOJEEM BAKARE
ACIIN, FCILRM, AMNIM, MBA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nojeem Bakare is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, a seasoned Underwriter and
a result-oriented mentor. He started his Insurance carer with Fire, Equity &
General Ins. Co. Ltd in 1994 as an underwriting executive where he was groomed
in all facets of underwriting & claims of general and special risks. His insurance
career till date has thrived for 23 years.
He rose to the position of HOD, general businesses before he joined First Chartered
Insurance Co. Ltd in 2002 as the Head of Technical Operations – Southern region;
responsible for every underwriting technicalities & claims, risks management,
surveys/inspections in the entire region, rendering professional advice & technical
backup to the regional office’s marketing team and acting as the policies analyst to
our highly esteemed proposers and the existing clients.
He joined Sovereign Trust Ins. Plc in 2004 as their Head of Technical Operations –
South in the above capacity before he joined International Energy Insurance Plc (IEI)
in the year 2008 as their Regional Claims Manager – South; before joining Optimal
Insurance Brokers Ltd in January 2016 as an Executive Director.
As a seasoned Underwriter, he has attended various technical/management
courses/trainings including Advanced Marine & Aviation Insurance Int’l course at
ASCON. He is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN), a
Fellow of the chartered institute of Loans and risk management. He is a graduate of
the Nigerian Institute of Management (AMNIM) and also holds an MBA in
management from University of Ado-Ekiti
BARR. AUSTIN T. ASOGO
LLB, ACIIN
GM TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Barr. A. T. Asogo has versed experience in Insurance Practice and Law
spanning over a period of 18 years. He started his insurance career with NICON
Insurance PLC after graduating from Nigeria Law School Lagos in 1995. He
holds and LLB Degree Law, Diploma in Insurance at Abu. He was called to the
Nigerian Bar in March 1995. Before resigning from NICON Insurance, he was
the HOD of CAR/Engineering Dept of the company.
Barr. Asogo is an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of
Nigeria (ACIIN) having qualified and inducted into the institute in 2000.
He is currently theGM Technical Operations in the Company.
OLIVER ADIKE
ACII, ACID
HEAD CLAIMS HEAD CLAIMS HEAD CLAIMS
Oliver is a seasoned Insurance practitioner. His insurance career has spanned
for 20years. He is anAssociate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of
Nigeria [ACIIN] and Chartered institute of London [ACII] having qualified and
inducted into the institutes in 2005. He is also an associate member of
Chartered Institute of Insurance Brokers [ACIB).
He started his insurance career with Nicon Insurance and rose to the position
of a regional Manager, Eastern Operations before moving to Industrial and
General Insurance [IGI] in 2012 where he rose to the position of a General
Manager. Upon retirement in 2015, he joined Optimal Insurance Brokers. Till
date, he holds a position as Head of Claims.
JUSTICE OKECHUKWU
ACIIN, M.SC, B.SC (INS)
MANAGER CLAIMS
Justice has over 15Years of Work Experience in insurance. He started his
insurance career in sovereign trust insurance in 2002 and later moved to staco
insurance as an assistant manager, claims. He later rose to the position of a
manager and in 2016, he joined Optimal insurance brokers as Head of Claims.
He is anAssociate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria
[ACIIN]. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Insurance and also holds a
Master of Science Degree in Business Administration.
Till date justice has attended several trainings in Insurance including
International Insurance and Reinsurance, Oil and Gas, Insurance
Underwriting and Claims by Pivots and Achievers
IYAWA PHILIP
ACIIN, ACIB, MBA (INS), NIM
MANAGER, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Iyawa Phlilip has over 20-year work experience insurance. He started his
insurance Career with Equity Assurance in 1996. He later moved to Linkage
Assurance Plc in 2010 where he held the position of Assistant manager,
Technical Operations. He joined Optimal Insurance Brokers in 2015 as
manager, Technical Operations.
He holds a Master of Business Admin in Insurance [MBA]. Also, anAssociate
Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria [ACIIN] and qualified in
the year 2004. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurance
Brokers [ACIB] and a member of Nigerian Institute of Management [NIM].
He has also attended several trainings in insurance including: Fire, Special
Peril and Engineering insurance; Training on Investment of Insurance Funds;
Training on Oil and Energy Insurance.
- SALIHU GADZAMA: MD/CEO
Qualifications: CII London, ACIB
Years of Work Experience: 30 years
2. IKWUNZE VICTORIA
Executive Director
Qualifications: BSC, MSC (Insurance and Risk Management), FCILRM, ACIIN
Years of Work Experience: 17 years
3. NOJEEM BAKARE Executive Director
Years of Work Experience: 23 years
Qualification: MBA, ACIIN, FCILRM
4. ASOGO AUSTIN GM [Technical Operations]
Qualifications: ACIN, LLB
Years of Work Experience: 21years
5. OLIVER ADIKE: GM [Claims]
Qualification: ACII, ACIB, BIZ MGT (ADVANCED DIPLOMA)
Years of experience: 20 years
6. JUSTICE OKECHUKWU: Manager [Claims]
Qualification: ACIIN, B.SC INS, M.SC BIZ ADMIN,
Years of Work Experience: 15 years
7. HENRY ULANMO Business Development
Qualification: AMNIM,B.SC[ENGLISH]
Years of Work Experience: 13 years
Corporate Head Office
- 24 I.T. Igbani, Utako 900108, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
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info@optimalbrokers.com
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