Dr. Fatai Kayode Lawal holds B.Sc. (Hons) Insurance and MBA from the University of Lagos, He earned a Doctor in Management with specialization in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix in 2015.  Dr. Lawal qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London in 1984 and Fellow in 1990. He is also a Fellow of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Fellow of Institute of Directors of Nigeria, Member Nigerian Institute of Management and Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School (CEP 13).

With over thirty years post qualification experience spanning across Insurance Broking, Direct Insurance, and Reinsurance, Dr. Lawal worked for Glanvill Enthoven and Continental Reinsurance, before assuming the Chief Executive position of Refuge Insurance Company Limited from 1993 to 1999 and Universe Reinsurance Company Limited from 1999 to 2007. He was the Managing Director/CEO of Sterling Assurance Nigeria Limited, which is a product of a successful merger of Universe Re, Sterling Assurance and Newline Insurance, from 2007 to 2023.   

Dr. Lawal was a past President of West Africa Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) and past President of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria. He was also a council member of Nigeria Insurers Association and an Ambassador of the International Insurance Society Inc., USA.  Also a past Chairman and member of the Governing Board of the College of Insurance and Financial Management of Nigeria and Vice Chairman, Governing Board of West Africa Insurance Institute, Banjul, The Gambia.

F.K Lawal is widely travelled and happily married.