WAICA appoints Nigeria’s Iyasere as secretary general

The Governing Council of the West African Insurance Companies Association has appointed Davis Iyasere as its new secretary general/ chief executive officer.

This followed the retirement of the former Secretary General/ CEO, William Coker.

With this appointment, Iyasere becomes the first Nigerian to occupy the position in WAICA’s 50 years of existence.

Prior to his appointment, Iyasere was the deputy director in charge of corporate communications, human resource, and administration at the Nigerian Insurers Association, where he had a career spanning almost two decades.

While in the services of the association, he was noted for his dedication to duty, and commitment to the ideals of the association.

He joined the association as corporate affairs manager in 2004 and rose through the ranks to his current position by hard work, strength of character, pursuit of excellence, humility, and strong intellectual capacity.

Iyasere started his career as a freelance sports journalist with Vanguard Newspapers and later with National Times Newspaper before he joined the Guardian newspapers as a sub-editor in 2000.

He later joined Sporting Champion, weekly sports newspaper from where he joined the NIA as corporate affairs manager in 2004.

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