Mr. Emmanuel Otitolaiye

A widely exposed finance expert with vast and well-rounded accounting and financial management experience cutting across financial and statutory reporting, performance management and business planning in insurance, manufacturing and consulting.

Prior to joining Linkage Assurance Plc as Chief Financial Officer in December, 2018, he was Head, Finance & Performance Management Group at Cornerstone Insurance Plc from January 2014 to November 2018. A role that has direct responsibilities for the supervision of the finance functions of the Group.

Emmanuel worked at Alliance & General Insurance PLC – a member of the Fidelity Bond Group and Node Solutions Ltd as the Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer in 2013 and 2012 respectively, he was responsible for all strategic and tactical matters as they relates to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs, deal analysis, negotiations, and investor’s relations.

He joined FBN Life Assurance limited in 2010 as the pioneer Head of Finance where he successfully coordinated all activities towards securing operational fund from shareholders for the smooth take-off of the company and also championed the set-up of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) covering virtually all areas of the company’s activities.

Emmanuel started his working career with CFAO Nigeria Plc in 2000 as Credit Control Officer and later worked as the National Credit Control Manager at PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc from 2006 -2008 before joining Guaranty Trust Assurance (now Axa Mansard Insurance Plc) as Head, Management Account a positioned he held till 2010.

He is a Fellow of both Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (FCIT). He holds a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Ado –Ekiti and Higher National Diploma in Banking and Finance from Lagos State Polytechnic in 1998, BSc Accounting from University of Lagos and MSc Accounting from Babcock University. Emmanuel has also attended several top management trainings at home and abroad.