ALHAJI SULEIMAN BARAU
Chairman
He is a distinguished financial services executive and Economist with a stellar banking experience that spans across Treasury and Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Credit Analysis, Financial Institutions, Relationship Management and Private Banking.
As Special Adviser to the Governor, he gathered Manufacturing and Currency Printing experience when he concurrently acted as the Managing Director and C.E.O of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company till June 2007. He eventually became a member of the Board till 2017. He served as Deputy Governor and member of the Board of Central bank of Nigeria from 2007 to 2017.
He is an Alumnus of Harvard Kennedy and IMD Business Schools.
CHIOMA SIDESO
Director
Chioma Sideso is a senior corporate and financial services executive with more than 23 years’ experience of strategic leadership across the oil and gas, banking, and insurance sectors.
She has led several international companies as CEO and is also an accomplished Non-Executive Director, with a strong track record of delivering change.
She was instrumental in signing Nigeria’s first ever bancassurance deal and introduced ground-breaking market segmentation techniques which contributed to a huge increase in the corporate client base.
She is the founding CEO of OMW, an oil and gas services firm, where she set up a lean business from scratch in a very regulatory onerous sector. From 2006 to 2018, She led NSIA Insurance as CEO. She drove a pan-African expansion from eight to 52 offices and achieved a 1000% increase in sales.
ADEWALE TOPE FOLOWOSELE
Director
He is Lead Consultant with ATF Consulting Limited where he is responsible for overseeing a diverse range of privatization of Nigerian entities such as National Theatre, Nigerian Reinsurance, NICON Insurance and Lagos International Trade Fair Complex.
He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant (ICAN) and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).
SULAIMAN KOGUNA
Director
Over a decade experience covering Insurance, Finance and Management.
B.Sc. Economics from Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus and his Post graduate Diploma in Finance and Management from Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK.
His work experience includes Niger Insurance Plc, and he is also an Executive Director at Koguna Babura Insurance Brokers Limited. He is the founder of e-Insurance Solution center. He joined the board of APEL Asset Ltd in 2018.
DR. ADESOLA OSHIN
Director
She obtained her Bachelor of dental surgery (BDS) from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and also holds a Master of Science in International Health Management and Development from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is a member of the Nigerian Dental Association and the Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals (NISP).
Dr. Oshin practiced as a Dental Officer in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and later supervised the Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS II/Nigeria) as an Implementing Partner, a program sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development. She is also a qualified Project Management Practitioner.
HAJIA LAMI TUMAKA
Director
Lami Tumaka is a graduate of the renowned Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where she studied English with a bias for Literature (1979). She also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the same University (2000). She holds a Certificate in Basic Film Production from the TV College Jos with Distinction (1986) and a Diploma in Public Relations from the prestigious Holborn College London (1993). She has been a participant at many Management and Professional courses both locally and internationally.
PETER SURULERE ALETOR
Managing Director
Peter is an accountant by profession and a pioneer staff of Capital Express Securities Limited where he rose to become the Managing Director of the company. He joined Apel Asset Limited in 2008 and has continued to carry out big-ticket transactions for individual and corporate client.He is an authorized Dealing Clerk of The Nigerian Exchange Group and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers. He has spent his over 20 years career as a Chartered Stockbroker on the floor of The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX). He is the Group Managing Director of Apel Asset Limited with an oversight function of the entire organization. He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School (LBS) and has attended the Reimagining Strategy Course in Harvard Business School.