Kolawole takes over as ICSAN president

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has elected Samuel Kolawole as its new president. Before his emergence as ICSAN president, Kolawole was a Fellow of the institute. He is the 26th president of the professional organisation. Kolawole is  the managing director of University Press Plc and  a  product of the Ogun […]

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) has elected Samuel Kolawole as its new president.

Before his emergence as ICSAN president, Kolawole was a Fellow of the institute. He is the 26th president of the professional organisation.

Kolawole is  the managing director of University Press Plc and  a  product of the Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, where he  obtained a  Bachelor of Law degree in 1990, graduating as the best student in Commercial Law, and the best student in Law of Banking. He  was called to the Bar in 1991 and worked as a Counsel with Austin Mamedu & Co. from 1992-1993, as a Legal Officer with Allied Bank of Nigeria between 1993 and 1998, as a Liquidation Officer with Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation from 1998-2000, and as Company Secretary/Legal Adviser with University Press Plc from 2001-2005.

In March 2005, he became the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of University Press Plc, thus making a switch from law to administration. 

He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Liverpool, as well as professional certificates from the Council of Legal Education (1991), the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (London) (1996), National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (2011), and Nigeria Institute of Management (2015).