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Chidi is a tested and proven Entrepreneur, a
strategic innovator and leader. He has a strong
track record in Consumer and SME Banking with
a stint in Financial Services Strategy Consulting.
Chidi has successfully built and managed profit
centres; and led transformations working with a
wide spectrum of people and issues.
He had had over sixteen years experience
working with; Standard Trust Bank Plc, Accenture
and United Bank For Africa Plc
Chidi has won a number of awards including
having been a:
A Sloan Fellow
A Chevening Scholar
A winner of the Allan & Nesta Ferguson
Emerging African Leader Award
Some of his more notable achievements are the
following:
Non Executive Director, CRC Credit Bureau
Limited
Member – Trade, Investments and
Competitiveness Commission of the Nigerian
Economic Summit Group (NESG)
Member Presidential Task Force on Consumer
Finance
Member Retail Payments Transformation Task
Force for the Bankers’ Committee of the Central
Bank of Nigeria
MBA (Marketing), BA (Economics) – DIRECTOR
Accomplished Underwriter with more than seven
years of experience in insurance industry, proven
ability to establish and maintain profitable
relationships with independent agents, and
thorough knowledge of underwriting and
insurance processes with Allied Insurance, a
Nationwide Company and USAA.
Yemi has successfully managed relationships
with Insurance Agents and helped maintain a
profitable book of business for both the agent
and the Insurance Company.
He has helped boost agencies’ policies in force
counts and ensured an increase in annual
revenue, while managing a high net worth
clientele, and devising solutions for their
complex insurance needs.
Yemi’s titles have included:
Claims Representative at Allied Insurance
Senior Personal Lines Underwriter at Allied
Insurance
Notable involvements
Acting Manager for CA Bay Area Insurance Team,
Allied Insurance
Assisted in Manager Audits for CA Bay Area
Insurance Team, Allied Insurance
Co-Facilitator for the Agency Partnership
Initiative, Allied Insurance
Conducted Job Fairs on behalf of Allied
Insurance on college campuses in CA
Coordinator on fundraising efforts for JDRF
(Junior Diabetes Research Fund) at Allied
Insurance
Conducted seminars at Insurance Agencies to
introduce new products on behalf of Allied
Won several Underwriter appreciation awards for
agency management at Allied Insurance
Manager on duty for Offshore Operations
(Chennai India), USAA P&C Insurance Group
TECHNICAL ADVISER
Peter is a Managing Director in Tana Africa
Capital, a long-term investment company set up
by E. Oppenheimer and Temasek. Tana aims to
combine long-term capital and active hands-on
business building in order to create superior
financial and non-financial returns
Peter has spent most of his professional life in
Africa. He has been based in Nigeria for seven
years, where he initially worked as an
independent consultant in the retail banking,
telecoms and FMCG sectors. Peter also served
as the CEO of Emperion West Africa, a data
telecommunications company providing
Corporate VSAT and FWA solutions. Prior to this
work, Peter was an Engagement Manager for
McKinsey & Company, where he did project work
in Europe, East, Westand Southern Africa.
Peter is also a co-founder of the cross-cultural
leadership program ‘Global Leadership
Adventures’ which operates in more than ten
countries world-wide; and of the non-profit
‘African Leadership Academy’ which is based in
Johannesburg, South Africa
OUR TEAM
ADEYINKA ASEKUN
ADEBAYO BANKOLE
CHIDI OKPALA