Mr Wilson Ideva is the Managing Director of the company. A chartered accountant and double merit award winner, he is vastly experienced in issues of finance and administration. Mr. Ideva has been an accountant with Ben Plastics Limited, a Treasury Manager, First Aluminum Company Limited, Credit Controller, Interstate Airline Limited, General Manager (Finance), Petrolog Limited and Finance and Management Consultant, Wilma and Associates, all in Lagos. Until recently he was the Finance Manager of Future Garments Limited, Smethwick, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It is this whole gamut of accounting and administrative experience that Mr. Ideva has brought to bear on his assignment as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.

He is a thorough-bred professional who combines a calm disposition with unswerving stickling to professionalism and details. He holds a Higher National Diploma (Upper Credit, 1984) in accountancy from Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, an Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and also an Associate Member of Nigeria Institute of Management. He was the second best overall candidate, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria qualifying examination and also won the C.J Buck Prize in Management Accounting in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria qualifying examination

Mr Ugochukwu Duru is the Acting Head, Investment and Treasury of the company. He is versed in issues of marketing and investment. He has worked in Aptics Limited, Lagos as a Sales/Marketing Executive and also First Equity Securities Limited, Lagos as an account officer. He has also been the General Manager, MTN Connect, Abuja. Until recently, he was a Financial Analyst with E&A Associates Limited, Aberdeen, Scotland. A recognizable tread of marketing and investment runs through the length of his career on which he is well grounded.

A highly analytical mind, Mr Duru graduated from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry. He also attended Enugu Business School from where he got a Post Graduate Diploma in Management before proceeding to get a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He has just concluded another Masters Degree in Finance and Investment Management at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His areas of specialty include securities investment and regulations practice and portfolio analysis management.

Nneka Ifeoma Amobi joined the service of the company on Monday, December 10, 2007 as the Head of Administration and Human Resources Department. Ms Amobi is a 1981 University of Lagos graduate in biological sciences and also a holder of 1985 master’s degree in public administration specialising in personnel management from the same university. In 1996 she also graduated from Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service of New York University with another Master of Public Administration degree, this time with a bias for Health Policy and Management.

She worked as a personal assistant to the Chairman, Labour Committee of National Assembly of Nigeria’s third democratic dispensation in the mid eighties. In the United States of America she worked with various public health and social systems related establishments handling personnel matters and issues pertaining to compliance with statutory regulations.

She has brought her more than twenty years experience defined by a high sense of professionalism to bear on the company since her assumption of duties.

Joan Eziamaka Mbachu is the company’s Head of Benefits and Advisory. A 1986 bachelors degree holder in Economics and Education from the University of Ibadan, she interfaces with immediate beneficiaries of the scheme on the one hand and the regulatory body on the other in ensuring optimally beneficial service delivery.

A diligent and resourceful manager of resources with readily perceptible leadership qualities enhanced by outstanding interpersonal communications skills, Mrs. Mbachu has had stints with Union Bank, Starline Nigeria Limited, Rosinard Chemical Industries and Aptics Nigeria Limited. She has over twenty years experience in human resources management from which the company has profited from when she headed the Human Resources Department at the company’s inception. She has attended various other training institutions including the Lagos Business School.

Adeleye Dinakin is the Head of Operations. He is well grounded in the nitty-gritty and dynamics of the pension industry. His uncanny expertise, high sense of dedication to duty and amiable disposition combine to complement the company’s vision of being an integral part of the success story that is the new pension industry. Successful service delivery in the business of pension fund administration depends largely on the internal operations of the company. The centrality of the Operations Department in the business, therefore, cannot be overemphasized.

Mr. Dinakin who has worked in Crusader Insurance (Nig.) Plc and Crusadersterling Pensions Ltd has steered the Operations Department with considerable success, its high technological exigencies not withstanding. He is a 1993 graduate of actuarial science from the University of Lagos and an associate of Chattered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (ACIIN)

Mr. Thomas Obadofin Emmanuel is the Fund Manager of the company. An accountant and financial expert, he is a focused and result-oriented team player. He graduated with a B.Sc. in accounting from Ahmadu Bello University in 1995. He has been with Leadway Assurance Company Limited where he was Head, Life Accounts in Northern branches of the company and Glomobile Limited where he was in charge of financial reporting and fixed assets accounting. Until recently, he was with Asset and Resource Management Company Limited where he was the financial reporting accountant.

Mr. Emmanuel is versed in financial reporting and funds management, attributes that are highly complemented with analytical, excellent presentation and ICT skills

Mr. Amasua David Essien is the Head of Information Technology. A highly skilled professional, he is adept in Windows Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Unix and Microsoft SQL Server. He has an additional advantage of vast knowledge in various banking Applications (Bankmaster/Branchpower, Kapiti, Globus) and has handled important and strategic assignments for the banking and oil and gas industries among others.

Before joining First Guarantee Pension Limited, he has worked with Societe Generale Bank Nigeria Limited, Cooperative Development Bank Plc., First City Monument Bank Plc. and CrusaderSterling Pensions Limited all of where he was involved in information and communications technology. He graduated in 1998 with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and also holds a post graduate diploma in business administration from University of Calabar.

Mr Elias Chibuzor Eze is currently the Head of New Business Department. He is an experienced banking professional with over fifteen years working experience. He had occupied various responsible positions in the banking industry in Citibank Nigeria, Societe Bancaire (Merchant Bankers) before joining First Guarantee Pension Ltd in 2005. Before assuming his present position of Head of New Business, he had held other different positions in the company namely Group Head Operations & Technology, Zonal Marketing Head (South West) as well as Regional Marketing Manager (Lagos & South West). All these positions occupied by Mr. Elias Eze have over the years exposed him to the practical details of operations, marketing and customer relationship management.

A highly skilled and effective organizer, Mr Eze holds a B.Sc (Bus. Admin) degree of University of Lagos. He is also an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

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