Zakariyau has over forty years of experience in the insurance sector in Nigeria and has served on Boards of more than 20 national and multinational institutions. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Fellow of Nigeria Institute of Management, Fellow of the Institute of Marketing and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is the current President of Lagos Business School (AMP4) and a Governing Council Alumni Association (LBSAA). He was a Past President of, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria. He is a chartered insurer, holds an Associateship of the chartered insurance institute of the UK and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

He has held various senior and management positions in the insurance sector before joining Niger Insurance Plc as a General Manager (Technical) in 1993. Due to the recognition of his professionalism and hard work, he quickly rose to the Executive Director Position that same year. In 1997, he was appointed Managing Director of the company. After nine years of successfully heading the company’s affairs, he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of the company in 2006. He retired in December 2015 after 22 years of meritorious service to Niger Insurance.

He held key positions on various Federal Government committees. He was a member of the Insurance law Review Committee in 1996 and Sub Committee Vision 2020 in 2009. He was also the Insurance Recapitalisation and Reform Committee chairman in 2006 and Insurance Sector Reform Committee FSS 2020. Bala Zakariyau brings to the Board skills in Governance and risk management.