Meet new Managing Director KSIP, Auwalu Mukhtar Bichi

Born in Hagagawa area of Bichi Local Government, Kano State.

Auwalu Mukhtar Bichi attended famous Hagagawa Primary School and finishes his Secondary school education at Kano Community Commercial College in 1981.

Mukhtar Bichi studied Diploma in Insurance at Credit Level in 1983 at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, and
bagged his first Degree in Business Administration and later his Masters Degree in Banking and Finance from Bayero University Kano in 1993 and 1995 respectively.

He started his working career with the Kano based Insurance Company, Kapital Insurance Limited and rose through the ranks to become Head of Re-insurance Department.

He later joined Royal Exchange Assurance Nigeria, as it is known before as Branch Manager in Kano, with direct oversight and responsibility over the activities of Bauchi, Maiduguri and Yola Offices of the Company.

In 2003, he became the Regional Director of the Company in Abuja.

He quits Royal Exchange Plc to become the Managing Director/CEO of Yankari Insurance Company Ltd in 2008, (later knows as Fin Insurance Co. Ltd), and returned to Executive Director, Marketing and Sales in the year 2010.

Alhaji Auwalu Mukhtar Bichi was elected in 2010 as an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors (IoD), and is also a professional member of the following bodies: Associate Member Institute of Management Specialist UK, Member Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Associate Member Institute of Management and one time President of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management of Nigeria.

He has attended various Executive Management and Development Programmes around the world, and he is an alumni Harvard Business School, USA.

Alhaji Auwalu Mukhtar Bichi is currently the Managing Director, Kano State Investment and Properties Ltd (KSIP).