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Kunle holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Wales, Cardiff and a MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance from City University, London

He began his professional career in 1995 with Apollo Derivatives on the Bund futures trading desk. He left in 1997 to join Jardine Insurance Brokers where he worked in the Energy and Marine division. A versatile personality with over 20 years’ experience working in the Nigerian oil and gas sector. He returned to Nigeria in 1998 to join Internautical Limited, a marine transportation services provider.

Kunle returned to energy insurance broking in 2004 when he co-founded YOA Insurance Brokers. In his capacity as Managing Director, he successfully steered the company through a highly challenging terrain to become one of the top 10 brokers in Nigeria in less than a decade. Until his departure in 2015, he had worked on the placement of both insurance and reinsurance policies for major and independent field operators as well as oil service contractors on numerous onshore and offshore energy projects in Nigeria. He currently serves on the boards of Internautical, HCI Healthcare, and Crusader Sterling Pensions. He has attended several executive management training at Harvard Business School and Wharton School.

Yinka holds a LLB in Law from the London Metropolitan University. He began his professional career in 2010 with Select Residential selling and letting residential property in central London. He left in 2012 to join YOA Insurance Brokers where he worked in business development and client services, managing key foreign relationships and local clients. He left in 2017 to join YOA Consulting where he continues to develop products, notably in Political Violence & Terrorism whilst forging new relationships in old and new markets.

Mr. Martins Uwuilekhue has over 24 years’ experience in the insurance segments such as Reinsurance, Underwriting, Risk Management, Oil & Gas, Bonds, Claims Management, Engineering, Corporate marketing, Business Development and Loss prevention. He’s currently the GM, overseeing, Technical and Risk Management Division of the Cornerstone group. Prior to that, he began his career as an underwriter at Franco-Nigeria Insurance Brokers.

Mr. Martins holds both a Bachelors and Master’s degrees in Physiology from the University of Ibadan, and is an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria [CIIN], He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, as well as University of Texas. He has attended various specialized management courses/training internationally, such as Elementary Drilling and Petroleum fundamentals, from University of Texas and specialty in Oil Intermediate from the International Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Olumide Ajayi joined YOA Reinsurance Limited as a Senior Energy Insurance Consultant in February 2019. He was most recently a Business Developer at AXA Africa Specialty Risks with head office at Lloyds of London overseeing AXA ASR’s businesses in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra-Leone and brings over a decade of experience to YOA Consulting Limited.

Olumide began his career at Leadway Assurance Company Limited in 2006 as a graduate trainee in the Special Risks department of the company where he handled underwriting of various Specialty lines of business including: Energy, Marine, Power and Aviation Insurance policies. As an underwriter at Leadway, Olumide managed several International Oil Companies energy insurance accounts including Egina FPSO, world’s largest FPSO owned by Total. He was the Head of Facultative & Global Network Partners Reinsurance and later Acting Head of Reinsurance at Leadway. Olumide holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Federal University of Technology, Akure. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria. He has attended various Energy and Aviation Insurance courses, notable amongst these being Aviation Seminar by Swiss Re Academy in Zurich, Switzerland and Energy Insurance Course by JLT Academy, London