Speakers
Our Speakers
Mabel George
Vice President of Business Division West
Mabel George
Vice President of Business Division West
Mabel is a Vice President in charge of Business Development in the West. She has over seventeen (17) years’ experience in the banking and pensions industry and prior to joining Sigma Pensions was the Head of Strategy and Regional Manager in charge of Lagos at PAL Pensions. She is an Insurance graduate from the University of Lagos and has completed the Executive program at Columbia University in New York.
Company Profile
Sigma Pensions was incorporated in 2004 and is today one of the top Pension Fund Administrators in Nigeria with Asset Under Management (AUM) of over N469 billion for more than 780,000 registered contributors. The company has also paid out over 28billion as benefits to its retirees.
Our sole objective is to provide and deliver excellent pension fund administration and management services to employees within the private and public sector, according to the Pension Reform Act (PRA 2014). We also encourage individuals to make additional voluntary contributions (AVC) to augment the statutory contributions.
At Sigma Pensions, we are solely focused on putting the needs of our customers first. We reiterate our commitment to never stop working tirelessly to create a better future for you.
Owolabi Salami
Chief Operating Officer
Owolabi Salami
Chief Operating Officer
Owolabi is the ED – Strategy, Administration & Marketing at Allianz Nigeria Insurance plc.
His previous experience includes Chief Responsibility Officer at ARM Life plc and Deputy CEO at AIICO Insurance plc. Prior to that, he led the Retail Business Division at AXA Mansard Insurance until 2011
Owolabi has over 28 years of aggregate practice in Law and Insurance with core competencies in Strategic Visioning, Business Acquisition, Business Turnaround and Transformation.
He has a Bachelor at Law Degree from the University of Buckingham and is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, Cranfield Business School of Management and Harvard Business School.
He is also a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and Chartered Insurance Institute of the United Kingdom.
DR. HENRIETTA ONWUEGBUZIE
Academic Director of Lagos Business School
Dr. Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
Academic Director of Lagos Business School
Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie leads sessions in entrepreneurship on the MBA and Executive programmes at Lagos Business School (LBS), and is currently the Academic Director for the Owner-Manager Programme and Project Director for the Impact Investing policy initiative at the Lagos Business School. She is also the first female African Visiting Faculty at the Yale School of Management, US. She has an MSc (with honours), in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Navarre, Spain, an MBA from Lagos Business School in Nigeria, and a PhD in Entrepreneurship, from Lancaster University, UK. Onwuegbuzie is also a globally certified Management consultant and is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants in Nigeria. She is a life member of the Beta Gamma Sigma group, which admits only top performers in the top 5% of Schools, worldwide. Prior to joining the LBS faculty, she managed educational projects for women's development, in different states in Nigeria and subsequently, worked in the banking industry with key responsibilities for blue chip companies and multinationals in the corporate banking sector. Onwuegbuzie sits on the Board of a number of Nigerian companies, and has extensive consulting experience, spanning projects at the State level to conglomerates and SME's in various industries. On a voluntary basis, she mentors a number of aspiring and established entrepreneurs. Onwuegbuzie is passionate about economic development and social transformation in Nigeria and Africa, and has initiated the creation of over 100 profitable, social impact businesses through the MBA and Executive programmes at LBS. She has also presented award winning papers at various international conferences on entrepreneurship and sustainable development. In 2013, she was conferred the African Women Development Champion Award by the Centre for Economic and Leadership Development. In the same year, she was appointed one of the national mentors for the YouWin Entrepreneurship programme, which was driven from the office of the Nigerian president. In 2014, she was nominated to serve on the Editorial Board of the African Journal of Management. In 2015, she was conferred a certificate of recognition in New York by LEAP, a UN working group under the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) sector, in recognition of her ground-breaking work in developing change accelerators. She has been rated top 4% among Nigerian top Executives in the education Management industry.
Ayotunde Coker
Managing Director/CEO of Rack Centre
Ayotunde Coker
Managing Director/CEO of Rack Centre
Ayotunde coker is the MD/CEO at Rack centre (the first and only truly carrier neutral state-of-the-art Tier III Constructed Facility Certified data centre in Africa) Dr Coker has over 30 years’ international experience across Europe, USA, Asia and Africa. He was born in Nigeria, went to school in Lagos, and university in the UK. His distinguished career of 28 years in the UK, included roles as Management Consultant Cap Gemini UK, Director Egg Bank the first European Internet Bank, Global Applications Director BP, CTO UK Criminal Justice, IT Director, Ministry of Justice. He returned to Nigeria in 2009 as Group CIO of Access Bank, and then MD/CEO of Emerging Markets Payments, West Africa. As MD/CEO, he has led Rack Centre to become a household name in Nigeria, leading brand in Africa with global recognition and numerous international awards. He is Secretary General of the Africa Data Centre Association. He is an award-winning post graduate alumnus of Cranfield Institute of Technology UK, Fellow Institute of Directors (UK), Fellow British Computer Society, Honorary Senior Member Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He holds a PhD (Honoris Causa) by ESCAE University, Republic of Benin. He was recently identified in the Power 200: The Worlds Most Influential Data Economy Leaders by the Data Economy Magazine in the UK.
Nelly Agbogu
Creative Director/CEO of Nellies Nigeria
Nelly Agbogu
Creative Director/CEO of Nellies Nigeria
A graduate of psychology from Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), she cut her teeth in the culinary game through the social media platform, Instagram. In transitioning from a regular employee like everyone else to entrepreneurial success story and social media maverick and Instagram big hitter, she was worn many hats. From human resources to project management she has been about. She is married with children.
Experience:
Firstlogic Enterprise – HR OffficerSchlumberger - Product line Administrator_Requisitioner
Nellies Nigeria (ITWILLENDINPRAISE Ltd) – Creative Director/CEO
E-Mail: info@naijabrandchick.com
Phone number: 09062511381, 08091703933
Ubong King
Founder/Chairman of Ubong King Foundation
Ubong King
Founder/Chairman of Ubong King Foundation
Born Ubong Thompson King on 22 August, 1972, Ubong King or UK as he styles himself is a security consultant and public speaker who heads Protection Plus Services Limited (PPSL). He graduated from the University of Calabar and has amassed some 22 years of experience in the field of security services from managing in other firms to establishing his own. In recent years, he has become more prominent thanks to his endeavours in public speaking and youth empowerment through his Ubong King Foundation. He is also former chairman of the American Society of Industrial Securities (ASIS) Chapter 206 (Lagos Chapter). He is married with 4 children.
Experience:
Alarm Centre Ltd - Operation HeadHalogen Security Ltd – Deputy Operation Manager- Armed Reaction and Protocol XL Security and Protection Services – General Manager
Protection Plus Security Services – CEO/Chariman
Ubong King Foundation – Founder/ Chairman
E-Mail info@ubongking.com
Phone number: +234-903 000 0981, +234-903 000 0983
Mr. Chibuike Goodnews
Chief Executive Officer of Dochase in Nigeria
Mr. Chibuike Goodnews
Chief Executive Officer of Dochase in Nigeria
He is the CEO of Dochase enables businesses reach target audience leveraging data, technology and reach. Before joining Dochase, Chibuike worked with two of the biggest banks in Nigeria where he performed banking operations relationship management and product development. He facilitated a number of products in the banks including Agricultural financing, warehouse financing and corporate lending. Chibuike founded a POS deployment company in 2007 which was pioneer in POS deployment for merchants in northern Nigeria.
JAMEELAH SHARRIEF
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer – CR Services (Credit Bureau) Plc, “CreditRegistry Nigeria”
JAMEELAH SHARRIEF
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer – CR Services (Credit Bureau) Plc, “CreditRegistry Nigeria”
Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun is a thought leader and business champion with over 20 years’ experience in defining strategy, developing organisational structure, building diverse winning teams and delivering results. She is co-founder of CreditRegistry Corporation, a software technology company headquartered in Washington State, USA. From 2014 to 2016, she was appointed substantive MD/CEO of CreditRegistry Nigeria and successfully grew the company to profitability by 858%. Prior to this, she served as the Executive Vice President, Business Development, implementing growth strategies that ultimately accelerated subscription to 100% of commercial banking space. She also previously worked at Microsoft Corporation and General Motors. In recognition of her philanthropic efforts, she was nominated for the Jefferson Award for Extraordinary Public Service for Washington State, USA. She is on the board of several enterprises and non-profit organisations and is the former President-elect and 1st Ambassador of the American Women’s Club in Nigeria