Leadway boss bags ‘HR Champion of the Year’ award

Managing Director/CEO of foremost insurance company, Leadway Assurance, Mr. Oye Hassan-Odukale, has been named ‘HR Champion of the Year’, at the 2018 HR People Magazine Award.

The award bestowed on the Leadway CEO at the colorful ceremony, which held at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos was well attended by top HR professionals and leaders across different sectors in the corporate world.

Receiving the award on behalf of Mr. Oye Hassan-Odukale, Mrs. Kunbi Adeoti, Human Resources Director, Leadway Assurance described it as a result of Mr. Hassan-Odukale’s unwavering commitment to the promotion of human capacity development in the organization.

According to Adeoti, “Mr. Oye Hassan-Odukale understands the need to build a formidable workforce as a critical factor to the success of an organization. The key lesson for us is that we do not to relent, continue to do more and raise the bar. We must continuously build upon the HR strategy and initiatives that have brought us this far and look inwards to re-invent our drive towards building a unique organization with fantastic people experience. Employee experience is an underlying factor in our Talent Management Strategy as positive experience and building leaders remains our top priority.

“Once we are at this point, you can look back and be rest assured you are making a difference in the life of the workforce, giving them meaning as they whole heartedly achieve company objectives day-to-day,” she added.

The award comes on the back of Leadway’s recent recognition as the Best Insurance Company in use of ICT at the 2018 BoICT awards.

Leadway Assurance is one of Nigeria’s foremost insurance service companies with a reputation for service efficiency and customer reliability. The organization is committed to bridging the financial protection gap and increasing the rate of insurance penetration in Nigeria.