Mrs. Ifeyinwa Osime

Mrs. Osime is a versatile and result oriented professional with over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry and commercial legal practice at management and board levels. She has deep knowledge and experience in the management of administrative, legal, and company secretarial functions in financial and other related institutions.
 
She had championed and established a special needs programme which is actively involved in the management and care of children and young people with special needs. She is currently engaged in legal practice with Macpherson Legal Practitioners, a Lagos-based law firm. Mrs. Osime is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Coronation Life Assurance Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Smartbase Services and Ebudo Trust Limited.
 
Mrs. Osime was the former Chairperson of PHB Healthcare Limited as well as a former Director of Bank PHB Plc (now Keystone Bank Limited) and Insurance PHB Limited (now KBL Insurance). She was the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser of African Development Insurance Company Limited (now NSIA Insurance) between 1989 and 1997.
 
She holds a Master’s degree in Law from University of London (1989) with specialisation in Corporate and Commercial Law and Bachelors of Law degree from the University of Benin (1986).
 
She joined the Board in November 2019 and is the Vice-Chairman of the Board Digital and Information Technology Committee.
 

Professional Experience	Academic and Professional Qualifications	Appointment Date	Board Committee Membership
November 2019-Date Independent Non-Executive Director, Access Bank Plc	1988-1989 LL.M Commercial & Corporate Law, London School of Economics, University of London, London, United Kingdom	2019	Vice Chairman-Board Digital and Information Technology Committee
2013-Date Partner-Macpherson Legal Practitioners	1986-1987 B.L Nigerian Law School		Member-Board Credit and Finance Committee
2004-Date Partner, Smartbase Services	LL.B (Hons), University of Benin		Member-Board Audit Committee
1998-2004 Partner, Okonjo, Odiawa & Ebie			Member-Board Governance, Nomination and Remuneration Committee
1989-1997 Company Secretary/ Legal & Admin-   African Development Insurance Company Limited                              (ADIC Ltd, now NSIA Insurance)			Member-Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee Member-Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion
1987-1988 Legal Officer, Nigeria Re-Insurance Corporation (NYSC)