2023 Custodian Mentors Conference

PROJECTS

The annual Mentor’s conference took place in August 2023 and as usual, there were three visible leaders in the society to share with the Mentees, insight from their wealth of experience. The carefully chosen Mentors were Mrs Seyi Banigbe, a Lawyer, Entrepreneur and Talk-show Host, Ms TY Bello, a multi-talented award-winning Photographer and music Artiste and Mr Chico Aligwekwe, an On-air Personality, Actor/Director, Speaker, and Author.

There is no better time than now for our young people in Nigeria to be helped as a lot of them are confused about their relevance and purpose in life. Many are distracted by mundane activities, preferring to engage in trivial activities and trades that are not sustainable. Some are bent on adding to the statistics of migrants to more developed countries, because of the economic challenges experienced in the country.

A few are focused but lack guidance to enable them to achieve something worthwhile in life. The Mentor’s conference is a forum to address the identified issues bothering a lot of youths. In 2023, 111 out of the registrants were invited and attended. Mentees were able to learn from the Mentors from their experience and left determined to do better for themselves.

Director

Ibrahim Dikko

Mr. Dikko obtained his LL.M [Corporate & Commercial Law] degree from the Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, England after obtaining his LL.B from the University of Buckingham, England. He was called to the Nigeria Bar in 1990.
He has worked in a variety of roles and industries that span corporate finance, banking and information technology and telecommunications.
He worked in Kenneth Michael & Co between 1991 and 1992 and was on the team responsible for setting up the first discount house in Nigeria as was chairman of the discount house from 2002 – 2012. He also worked an Executive Director in Resourcery Plc. from 2000 to 2007 and is currently Vice President (Regulatory & Corporate Affairs) with EMTS Ltd (trading as Etisalat Nigeria).

CEO

Olubunmi Aderemi

Bunmi is the pioneer Chief Executive of CSRF, a position she is well suited for having been in charge of Custodian’s CSR initiatives from inception.
Prior to her appointment in 2015, she was Head of Management Services Directorate of Custodian and Allied Insurance Limited for a couple of years and before then, Head of Admin/Corporate Affairs for six years. She was the pioneer Head of HR/Administration of Custodian and Allied Limited, a position she held for nine years.
Bunmi is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, having earlier obtained a first degree in Economics followed by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree both from the University of Lagos.
She has attended a few courses including the Advanced Management Program of the Lagos Business School in 2002 and Essentials of Leadership program at the London Business School in 2014.

Chairman

Mimi Ade-Odiachi

Mrs. Mimi Ade-Odiachi holds a B.Sc in Insurance from University of Lagos [1984].She is a Chartered Insurer as well as an alumna of Lagos Business School. She established Omar Gardens Floral Company in 1990 and thereafter grew the Company from a simple floral Company to an award-winning landscaping business.
She started her career at Royal Exchange Assurance Nigeria in 1985. Apart from being a member of the Board of Trustees of Custodian Social Responsibility Foundation, she is the CEO/Managing Director of Omar Gardens Floral Company.
She is also a Director on the Board of Whispering Palms Hotel and a member of the Board of Trustees of Bonas Macfarlane Nigeria.