On behalf of the Executive Council and distinguished members of ICSAN Abuja Chapter, I am delighted to congratulate one of our dear member, Mr. Sofola Osho, FCIS Company Secretary/ Legal Adviser, Development Bank of Nigeria,on his induction as a Fellow of the prestigious Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria.
Attaining such height is a testament of your commitment to quality professional development.
We are proud to identify with you and we pray that your new level yields greater rewards.
Once again, congratulations on your induction.
Chioma Angela Okeke ACIS, LLM, MBA, ACIARB, MCArb, FICMC, Ph.Dc.
Chairman, ICSAN, Abuja Chapter.
About the recipient
Shofola Osho FCIS is a Legal Practitioner with experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance support for major Corporates. At Siemens, he provided local content support for implementing the Siemens Anti-Bribery Controls and participated in the Talent at Compliance Program at the Siemens Leadership Center, Feldafing, Germany. At Access Bank, he was a member of the Legal Stream for “Project Star”, the N50 billion acquisition of Intercontinental Bank Plc by Access Bank, which remains the most audacious corporate acquisition by any listed Nigerian company.
He was a team member for the inaugural Subsidiaries Boards Evaluation Project at Access Bank, and personally handled the Corporate Governance evaluations of Access Bank (Ghana), Access Bank (Zambia) and Access Bank Rwanda. He was a co-recipient of the Access Bank Group Managing Directors’ Award for work done on “Project Star” and also a co-recipient of the Best Cost Center Award, at the 2012 Access Bank CEO awards. He co-authored the Regulatory Compliance Framework at Access Bank, with the five pillars – Identify – Evaluate – Prevent – Detect – Respond.
He was a test participant at the Central Bank of Nigeria User Acceptance Test for the CBN Competency Assessment Portal, which is the assessment portal for both Board and Senior Management appointments in the Nigerian banking industry. At FirstBank, he was an Assistant Company Secretary and provided secretarial support to companies within the FirstBank Group. He was a member of the inaugural stream of the Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP01) at FirstBank and was the only lawyer who qualified for that stream.
He is a Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Nigeria, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Member, Society For Corporate Governance, Nigeria, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD) Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Lagos and a Masters degree in International Commercial Law from the University of Salford Manchester, United Kingdom. He is currently Company Secretary/Legal Adviser at the Development Bank of Nigeria Plc and am open to new interesting opportunities.