Past President
Late Dr. Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode u2013 (1981-2001)
Late Dr. Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode OFR was the founding President of the Association of Pension Fund and Investment Managers (now Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers). He was an alumnus of The University College Ibadan (now University of Ibadan) where he graduated with a B.A (Hons) Classics having won many departmental and faculty prizes.n
His professional and working career span both the private and public sectors. He was at various times, with Commonwealth Development Corporation as management trainee and executive assistant to the Regional Controller, Asst. General Manager Nigeria Housing Development Society Ltd., (now Federal Mortgage Bank) Asst. General Manager NIDB, Chairman and Chief Executive NAL Merchant Bank Plc. He was the Chairman and Director of many business enterprises and philanthropic organizations. He was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Uyo. He was an ordained Baptist Deacon. He was also awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and the University of Benin.n
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Throughout his career, Dr. G. O. Onosode chaired several private and public sector businesses and initiatives. He was former Chairman of the following organization; Dunlop Nigeria Plc (1984-2007), Cadbury Nigeria Plc (1977-93), the Presidential Commission on Parastatals (1981), Nigeria LNG Working Committee and Nigeria LNG Limited (1985-1990) and the Niger Delta Environment Survey (1995); and former chairman Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel Nig Limited), a GSM telecommunications company, the oldest GSM operator in Nigeria.n
His professional and working career span both the private and public sectors. He was at various times, with Commonwealth Development Corporation as management trainee and executive assistant to the Regional Controller, Asst. General Manager Nigeria Housing Development Society Ltd., (now Federal Mortgage Bank) Asst. General Manager NIDB, Chairman and Chief Executive NAL Merchant Bank Plc. He was the Chairman and Director of many business enterprises and philanthropic organizations. He was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Uyo. He was an ordained Baptist Deacon. He was also awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and the University of Benin.n
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Throughout his career, Dr. G. O. Onosode chaired several private and public sector businesses and initiatives. He was former Chairman of the following organization; Dunlop Nigeria Plc (1984-2007), Cadbury Nigeria Plc (1977-93), the Presidential Commission on Parastatals (1981), Nigeria LNG Working Committee and Nigeria LNG Limited (1985-1990) and the Niger Delta Environment Survey (1995); and former chairman Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel Nig Limited), a GSM telecommunications company, the oldest GSM operator in Nigeria.n