Management Team

Our Operational Structure


The operations of the company is coordinated by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) who is the chief reporting officer and he is supported by a team of highly skilled and dedicated professionals with years of professional practice experience in insurance Underwriting, Claims Advisory and Risk Management and Consulting Services.


Our Directors Profile


DAVID TOPE OLADIRAN

Chairman - B.Sc. (Hons.); Exec. Dip (Ins.); M.Sc.; MCIM; MIC
David Tope Oladiran is a certified Project Management and Programme Management Practitioner with over twenty five years of global corporate experience.

He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Business Administration, Executive Diploma in Insurance and a M.Sc. in Marketing. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, London (MCIM) and a Member of the Institute of Consulting, London (MIC).

Over the years, he has attended and facilitated in various courses, seminars and workshops across the globe.

His private sector experience spans Insurance, Advertising, Consulting and Project / Programme Management Industries in various emerging and developed economies.

In the Public sector, he has led top-level project teams in Nigeria to deliver high impact benefits for the Presidency, State Governments and International Organisations such as the UNDP, R20- Regions of Climate Action, etc.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Next Possibilities Group.

An entrepreneur, passionate speaker and writer, he enjoys playing golf, swimming and reading in his spare time.

DR. FOLARINDE OWOYEMI

Director - MBBS; FGCS
Dr. Fola Owoyemi is a Consultant Surgeon with extensive medical practice in Nigeria, Europe (Greece) and the United States of America. He is currently the Medical Director of Owoyemi Specialist Hospital, Akure and Lagos.

Dr. Owoyemi attended the University of Athens, Greece, for his Bachelors degree in Medicine, MBBS in 1979. He also had his specialization in Surgery at the University of Athens, Greece, 1983.

On his return to Nigeria in 1986, Dr. Owoyemi had a brief stint with the University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife and the Lagos State Health Management Board, Lagos before going into private practice. He is currently the Medical Director of Owoyemi Specialist Clinics, Akure Ondo State.

He is also a Consultant Surgeon to some State Specialist Hospitals including the State Specialist Hospital, Akure, Ondo state where he is currently the Consultant General Surgeon.

He is happily married with Children.

MR FELIX OLORUNTOBA TAIWO

MD/CEO - HND Insurance; ACIIN, ACIB, MBA
Felix Taiwo is currently the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ridges Insurance Brokers Limited.

He obtained his Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate in insurance from Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute Nigeria (ACIIN) and Associate of Chartered Brokers of Nigeria (ACIB).

Felix is an experienced broker who has acquired over Nineteen years experience in Insurance Broking. He started his Insurance Broking career with Dayspring Insurance Brokers Limited in 2001; he later joined Dove Insurance Brokers as Underwriting Manager as well as Davisther Insurance Brokers as Manager Operations before joining Boff and Company Insurance Brokers Limited in 2008. He worked in the various sections of Technical ranging from Broking to Claims Administration and Risk Management. He joined the management team of Ridges Insurance Brokers Limited in February 2011.

He has attended several courses both locally and internationally on Leadership and Strategy; Oil & Energy Underwriting and Claims; as well as courses in Risk Management, Reinsurance and general Claims Administration. He is married with children.
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MR FELIX OLORUNTOBA TAIWO

MD/CEO - HND Insurance; ACIIN, ACIB, MBA
Felix Taiwo is currently the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ridges Insurance Brokers Limited. He is supported at the Executive Management level by

ABIODUN OGUNFOWOKAN

DIRECTOR, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION - B.SC ACCOUNTING; ACA
Abiodun Ogunfowokan is currently the Director, Finance & Administration at Ridges Insurance Brokers Limited. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc. Accounting) from the University of Lagos. She is also an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN).

She worked in the Banking and Financial Services Sector for almost a decade spanning Zenith Bank and ARM before joining Newcastle Insurance Brokers Limited in 2014 as the Manager in charge of Finance and Accounts. Through dint of hard work, she rose to become the Director of Finance and Administration.

She has attended various local and international courses, training, and Seminars on Leadership and strategic Management; Human Resources Management; Customer Service Relations, and Financial Management. She is married with children.

OLUFISAYO MARGRET OLORUNTIMEHIN

HEAD BROKING OPERATIONS - HND, PGD, CIIN
Olufisayo Oloruntimehin currently heads the broking and advisory team of Ridges Insurance Brokers Limited. She is a graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin where she holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Public Administration. She also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources from Caribbean Business School.

Fisayo joined the team of Newcastle Insurance Brokers Limited as Business Development Manager December 2018 following a very successful career at Favour Insurance Brokers Limited where she developed and managed the Marketing and Business development Department of the company for over ten years.

She is a versatile and highly motivated Manager with over twelve years experience in Broking advisory services, Insurance Marketing and Business Development.

She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Insurance Nigeria (CIIN) and happily married with children