Wole is the founder and Group Managing Director of the Custodian Group – a leading Insurance group in Sub Saharan Africa with interests in Life Insurance, General Insurance, Pensions and Trusteeship business. He is an industry leader with over thirty (30) years of experience and has at various times been a member of the Presidential Committee on Pension Reforms, Chairman of the Nigerian Insurers Association, Executive Council Member – African Insurance Organization (Cameroun), Council Member of the West African Insurance Companies Association (Ghana), and External Lecturer – West African Insurance Institute, Banjul, The Gambia.

He sits on several Boards amongst which is the International Insurance Society (IIS), New York.
He was recently awarded one of the top 25 CEOs on the Nigeria Stock Exchange by the influential Business Day newspaper as well as a nominee for “African CEO of the Year” by African Reinsurance Corporation.

A graduate of Actuarial Science from the University of Lagos and a Chartered Insurer by Profession, he holds the Doctor of Finance (Honoris Causa) from Igbinedion University and is a Fellow of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers. He is the immediate past President of Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA), as well as an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (OPM42).

Wole is a firm believer in the building and transformation of the economy through the development of insurance and risk management.