{"id":14841,"date":"2017-03-09T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14841"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:19:25","slug":"okafor-austin-u","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-austin-u\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR, Austin U."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Tuesday (Nkwo) 27&#8243;&#8216; October, 1964 State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Njikoka Village\/Town: Umuduru Abagana Contact Address: Cusworth Group,3\/5 Agboyi Road Ori-Oke Ogudu GRA, Ojota Lagos Contact Telephone: 8129483, 7740297 Email Address: cusworthgroupfe@ yahoo.com Dr. Austin U. Okafor is very knowledgeable in Insurance business and has gone far into the industry. He is in addition, a man who has deep commitment to the service of God. He is also a Minister of God in the church and spends time with people on pastoral issues. He believes that whoever loves discipline, loves life and would succeed in whatever such a person embarks upon. He has over the years excelled in Marketing. Technical Operations and Risk surveying Education \u2022 College of lnsurance and Risk Management. Banjul Gambia Diploma in Insurance 1989 \u2022 University of Nigeria Nsukka B.Sc. Hons Management 1992 \u2022 University of Lagos. Masters in Business Administration MBA 1997 \u2022 Hon Doctorate Degree DD from Faith University Missouri Columbia USA Membership of Professional Bodies \u2022 Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute London (ACII) 1991 \u2022 Fellowship of Institute of Chartered Management Accountants ( FCMA)2004 Job Experience and Employment History \u2022 United Nigeria Insurance Company (UNIC) June 1982 and rose the rank as Manager in the Federal Regional Office before leaving in 1992 \u2022 Joined the Management Team of Cornerstone Insurance Ltd Nov 1992- set up the General Business unit of the Cornerstone Insurance Company Ltd and further deputised as the Group Head of Business Development\/Marketing Operations. \u2022 Head. Survey Inspection Division, till 1995 \u2022 Moved to Nasal Insurance Company Ltd 1995 as Deputy General Manager ( Marketing) Promoted to General Manager\/Chief Executive Officer October 1996 \u2022 Member of Board of Directors of Nasal Insurance Company Ltd 1997 \u2022 MD\/CEO of Nasal Insurance Company Ltd June 1997 \u2022 Executive Vice Chairman\/CEO of Stallion Assurance. January 2001 \u2022 Cusworth Group Cusworth Insurance Broker Ltd\/Cusworth International Ltd 2004 as Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) He has travelled extensively for courses in Nigeria and overseas Awards and Prizes \u2022 Hon D.D from Faith University Missouri Columbia USA \u2022 The Prize for the Best All round student at Banjul Gambia College of Insurance and Risks Management He has written enormously in papers, journals and magazines. He is married with a family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[2406,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14841","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-accountant","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14841"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}