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ROYAL EXCHANGE GROUP MD WINS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER MOST OUTSTANDING CEO AWARD 2017

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GMD, Royal Exchange Plc, Alhaji Auwalu Muktari receiving his award from Mr. Sam Amuka
GMD, Royal Exchange Plc, Alhaji Auwalu Muktari receiving his award from Mr. Sam Amuka
The Group Managing Director, Royal Exchange Plc, Alhaji Auwalu Muktari, has been awarded
the Outstanding Chief Executive Officer of the Year (Insurance), by the Independent
Newspapers, during its 2017 Annual Awards ceremony which held on Saturday, February 17,
2018 at the Eko Hotel Banquet Hall, Lagos.
The award to Alhaji Auwalu Muktari, according to Mr. Ade Ogidan, Managing Director/Editor-
in-Chief, Independent Newspapers, was in recognition of his extra-ordinary doggedness,
dynamism, unparalleled energy and passion in impacting the insurance industry and excelling in
a very difficult business terrain as a role model.
Commenting on the award, which was presented by the publisher of Vanguard Newspaper, Mr.
Sam Amuka, Alhaji Muktari thanked the management of Independent newspapers for selecting
him, from the over 50 insurance chief executives in Nigeria and acknowledged the support
received from the Board and Management of Royal Exchange Plc, which has enabled him
succeed as the Group Managing Director, following his appointment in 2016.
According to Alhaji Auwalu Muktari, “This award will only spur me and the Royal Exchange
Team to strive to achieve even better financial results for the group. Our resolve as a 100-year
company operating in Nigeria is to ensure we leave a great legacy for those coming behind”.
The goal for all of us in Royal Exchange is to ensure we make the company among the best
insurance groups operating in Nigeria, he further added.
Below is a profile of Alhaji Auwalu Muktari, Group Managing Director
He completed his 1 st degree in Business Administration and later his Masters Degree in Banking
and Finance at Bayero University Kano in 1993 and 1995 respectively. He also attended
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he obtained a Diploma in Insurance at Credit Level in
1983.
He started his working career with the Kano based insurance company, Kapital Insurance
Limited and rose to become Head of Re-insurance Department. Alhaji Muktari joined Royal
Exchange Assurance Nigeria (as it was then known) in 1995 as Branch Manager in Kano, with
direct oversight and responsibility over the activities of Bauchi, Maiduguri and Yola offices of
the company. In 2003, he became the Regional Director, Abuja.
He left Royal Exchange Plc to become the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Yankari
Insurance Co. Ltd in 2008, (later called Fin Insurance Co. Ltd) and returned to Royal Exchange as
the Group Executive Director, Marketing and Sales in 2010 and was appointed the Group
Managing Director in June, 2016.
Alhaji Muktari is a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria; Fellow of the Institute of
Islamic Finance Professionals, Nigeria; Associate Member, Institute of Management Specialist,
UK; Member, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria; Associate Member, Institute of
Management and is currently the President of the Institute of Sales and Marketing
Management of Nigeria.
He has attended various Executive Management & Development programmes around the
world and is an alumni of Harvard Business School, USA. A recipient of many industry awards,
he was the BusinessToday Online Insurance CEO of the Year, 2016.
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