Management Team

Mr Olasupo Oladeinde Sogelola is an accomplished chartered Insurer, Risk Analyst, Administrator, and Management Consultant equipped with a well-recognized track record in an Executive Board role and Management skills with over two and half decades of versatile and trusted experience in the Insurance Industry.<br /> He holds a B.Sc(Hons) in Zoology from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria, an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, and had a certificate program in leadership from Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, USA, and completed the Advance Management Program of the Prestigious Lagos Business school.<br /> He started his career in Guinea Insurance plc, and later joined Globe Reinsurance Plc, Lagos 1n 1995 where he rose through the ranks from Senior Executive Officer to Assistant General Manager (Operations) with oversight responsibility in technical underwriting and marketing achieving significant fit in revenue drive, he was a pioneer Management staff of FBN Insurance (Now Sanlam Life Nigeria) in 2010 leading the Corporate Sales Division successfully for 7years. Prior to his appointment as MD/CEO of International Energy Insurance Plc, he was an Executive Director, Technical & Operations, at Tangerine General Insurance Ltd (Formerly Law Union & Rock Plc), where he had many significant achievements in revenue growth, Products and New Channels developments and positive underwriting results consecutively for 5years.<br /> He is an Associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN) and an alumnus of Lagos Business School (Advanced Management Program). Mr Olasupo Oladeinde Sogelola whose pastime includes reading and travelling is married with children.

Mrs. Ayoola is an extremely motivated and passionate Leader with skills in strategic planning, business origination, business ideation and business development. With over 15 years’ experience in Investment Banking, Assets Management and Pension Funds Management. She is an Alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, where she obtained a B.Sc. in International Relations, she also has an MBA from the Metropolitan school of Business and Management London and a Doctorate in Public Administration from Stratford University in Partnership with Geofidel Institute for Leadership and Management UK, 2021. She has consistently provided business leadership to organisations.

Mr Emmanuel Bassey is an insurance accounting specialist with over 20 years experience, some of which were spent in reputable insurance companies like Phoenix of Nigeria Assurance Plc (now Royal Exchange Assurance Plc), Towergate Insurance Plc (now Equity Assurance Plc) and Union Assurance Company Limited (now Allianz Nigeria). He joined International Energy Insurance Plc in April 2016 as Head Internal Control before being redeployed to Finance and Account as Chief Financial Officer in June 2016. Prior to joining IEI Plc Mr Bassey had worked at Phoenix of Nigeria Assurance Plc in 1995 and rose through the ranks to become Acting Manager Accounts in 1998. He had a stint at Towergate Insurance Plc between February 1999 and January 2000 where he left to join Union Assurance Company Plc in January 2000 as Manager Accounts. He rose to become the Head of Finance before leaving in 2016. Mr Bassey holds a Higher National Diploma from the Polytechnic Ibadan and Masters of Business Administration in Financial Management from Lagos State University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

He holds Masters of Business Administration (MBA in Management), Post Graduate Diploma (PGD in Computer Science) from Delta State University and Higher Diploma in Computer and Management from University of Lagos (Consult). He is an Associate member of Nigerian Institute of Management (ANIM), a Fellow of Institute of Credit Administration (FICA) and a member of Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) with Certified Business Continuity Professional (ABCP). He is a certified iTIL Professional and a Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP). He has also attended various local and International training. He has over 23 years diversified experience in Banking, Information Communication Technology, Insurance, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Management. Prior to joining IEI Plc in 2005, he has previously worked with Access Bank Plc, RIMS Merchant Bank Limited and Tritel Networks Limited. He was a former Chairman of Information Technology Committee of Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) between 2011 – 2015. While serving as ITC Chairman, he led the committee that implement Nigeria Insurance Industry Database (NIID). He was a member of Planning Committee for various NIA CIO Conference held in Nigeria, Ghana and Nairobi – Kenya.