INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE STUDIES

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OJO SOLOMON OLUSEGUN

Ojo, Solomon Olusegun graduated from Department of Accounting in the Faculty of Management Sciences of the University of Lagos. He later obtained Master of Science in Contemporary Accounting from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Global) and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
He worked as Assistant Lecturer and later as part-time Lecturer with University of Lagos. He trained with Ernst and Young, (Chartered Accountants), worked as Internal Auditor in Mobil Oil Nigeria before settling to pursue a carrier spanning more than 22 years as a public servant in Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) rising to the position of Deputy Director before retirement. He worked in several departments of NDIC which equipped him with vast knowledge of banking supervision, deposit insurance practice and liquidation accounting. 

He was at different times Head of General Ledger in Finance Department, Head of Unit responsible for collecting and analyzing bank returns, preparing quarterly reports and charging annual premiums in Special Insured Institutions Department and as Head of Operations and Finance/Admin Units of Claims Resolution Department. He served as a member in Recruitment, Staff Promotion and Election Panel for Co-operative Society Committees at different times. He also participated as a Member and later chaired Bank Closing and Termination of Liquidation Committees.
Mr. Ojo had many training opportunities locally and abroad, including Bank Management and Loan Analysis Schools with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, study tour of Microfinance practice in Germany. Local courses attended included Bank Examination Courses, International Financial Reporting Standards, Consolidated Supervision, Diploma in Micro Finance and Risk Based Supervision etc. He has to his credit two published and many unpublished papers and regularly serves as Facilitator and Lecture Materials Developer with NDIC Academy. He is happily married with children and grandchildren. He is a member of Lagos Country Club, Unilag Senior Staff Club etc. He plays Table Tennis and watch football in spare time. 
E-mail: moc.sidsi%40ojo.nomolos