Author Bio

First published: 22 September 2025 · Last updated: 25 September 2026

Olukunle Fashina is the founder and editor of Shield and Strategy, an independent insurance publication covering car, health, and life insurance for readers in the United States and internationally. He brings more than two decades of professional experience across broadcast journalism, financial accounting, and public-sector administration to the site's editorial standards.

Professional Background

Olukunle built his career at the intersection of journalism and finance — two disciplines that shape how Shield and Strategy approaches insurance reporting. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Lagos Traffic Radio, Africa's first dedicated traffic radio station, where accuracy and real-time verification were not optional; they were the entire product. That standard — confirm before you publish, correct openly when you get it wrong — carries directly into the editorial policy of this site.

Alongside his broadcast journalism career, Olukunle served as a Deputy Director within the Lagos State Government, a role that required close, practical engagement with public financial administration and regulatory processes. That public-sector experience gives him a working understanding of how regulatory bodies and financial oversight function in practice, not just in theory.

Qualifications

Olukunle is a certified accountant, holding professional accounting credentials from two recognized bodies:

  • ACCA — Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • ANAN — Association of National Accountants of Nigeria

He also holds certification from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

These qualifications underpin the site's approach to financial accuracy: reading a premium structure, a policy disclosure, or a regulatory filing correctly is an accounting skill as much as a journalistic one, and Shield and Strategy is built on the combination of both.

Areas of Expertise

Olukunle's expertise spans:

  • Insurance journalism — researching and explaining car, health, and life insurance for retail readers.
  • Financial accounting and reporting — reading and verifying financial disclosures, statistics, and regulatory filings with an accountant's precision.
  • Broadcast and senior journalism — more than two decades of experience producing accurate, time-sensitive, publicly trusted reporting.
  • Public financial administration — practical experience with regulatory and government financial processes gained through senior public-sector service.

Experience

Olukunle Fashina's career spans newsrooms, government administration, and financial practice. As a Nigerian journalist and accountant with decades of professional experience, he brings a long view of how financial regulation, consumer protection, and public information evolve over time — perspective reflected in every article on Shield and Strategy, whether the subject is a single life insurance policy or a shift in how insurers price risk.

Editorial Role

As founder and editor of Shield and Strategy, Olukunle oversees the research, sourcing, and verification standards described on the Editorial Policy page, and is responsible for the corrections process outlined on the Corrections Policy page. Readers with questions, feedback, or correction requests can reach him through the Contact Us page.

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