The Board of Directors of Premium Pension Limited has approved the reappointment of Mr Umar Sanda Mairami as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer for another term.
A statement from the Head of Corporate Communications at Premium Pension, Aliyu Mohammed Ali, said the reappointment, which took effect from 2nd January 2022 has been approved by the National Pension Commission (PenCom). Mairami was first appointed in January 2018 for a term of four years.
The Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) further said the re-appointment of Mairami is in line with the strategic focus of Premium Pension Limited to become the foremost PFA in Nigeria.
According to the statement, during his first tenure in office, the company recorded a number of achievements including attainment of Assets under Management (AuM) of over N880 billion, the number of clients increased to over 750,000, deployment of a multi-channel mobile application reputed to be one of the best in the industry and the attainment of two International Standards Organisation (ISO) certifications.
Mairami is a seasoned banker. He began his career with the then Habib Nigeria Bank Limited as a Trainee Officer. He later joined the then Intercity Bank Plc in 1999 where he served as an Executive Assistant to the Managing Director.
Commenting on the new development, Mairami said, “We will stay close to our customers and do everything possible to serve them properly; our customers will be at the beginning, the middle, and end of our strategy”.
In the course of his illustrious banking and pension industry career spanning three decades, he attended several prestigious local and international training programmes in reputable institutions across the world.
