Ibikunle Olowude began his professional journey as a teacher before transitioning into the insurance industry. As a Chartered Insurance Practitioner, he brings decades of expertise in surveying, loss adjusting, and asset valuation. A passionate golfer and football enthusiast, Ibikunle is equally devoted to education and social impact. With a warm heart and a deep commitment to supporting the underprivileged, he actively promotes education and charitable giving to uplift indigent communities. He is married and the proud father of two adult children.

Being an engineer with passion for value addition, when the President signed the Nigerian Local Content Act in 2010, he was seconded to cover the duties of Deputy Manager, Capacity Building, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He retired from government work at the statutory age of 60 years on 17th September, 2015. His over thirty-three (33) years’ meritorious service to humanity and experience was in the Oil and Gas industry in Oil Refining Operations and Local Capacity Development, Nigerian Content.

Being an engineer with drive for mentoring and development, he joined the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineer as a Student member in 1980 and became a Corporate member of the Society in 1989 and later became a Fellow of the Society in 2012.  He is also a member of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and is registered with the Council for regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

In 1981 when he finished from Ile-Ife, he was posted to Kaduna for his NYSC where he joined The First Baptist Church, Kaduna and to the glory of God he was ordained a deacon in the church in the year 2003. Prior to this time, he had served in various organizations of the church since 1982.