Umar Jibril/COMPANY SECRETARY/ LEGAL
Umar Jibril - Company Secretary/ Legal Adviser: Is a seasoned legal
professional with over a decade of work experience spanning the
financial, media, pension, construction as well as legal consulting
industries. He started his career as Counsel at the famous Law Firm of
Messrs Buba Aliyu & Co. in Kano State in 2007 after which he joined
Legacy Pension Managers Limited in Abuja, where he rose from a
Legal Assistant to Ag. Company Secretary. He thereafter joined Leadership Newspapers
Group Limited as Company Secretary/Legal Adviser. He also had a stint as the of Head,
Legal Department of Suntrust Savings and Loans Limited (now Suntrust Bank Limited) before
joining Midland Stoxx Limited where he also worked as the Company Secretary, overseeing
the activities of the Legal Department. Jibril holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. Hons)
degree from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from the University of South Wales (UK). He also bagged a Masters in Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and obtained the professional license to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (BL) from the Nigerian Law School.
He is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), a member of the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration.
Jibril has attended courses both in Nigeria and abroad, amongst which are Practicing Law
Institute, New York, USA, American Management & Business Administration Institute, USA,
Virje Universiteit Brussels, Belgium, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, Austria, Katholieke
University Brussels, Belgium, Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSAN) and
United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR).
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