Segun Bankole graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, (OAU) He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Calabar. He has over 20 years of work experience in the Nigerian Private and public Sectors with a keen interest in Media, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Human Relations, and business development. He is an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School having completed the Advanced Management Programme of the Institution.
Bankole is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and an Associate Member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON). He is a member of the Global
Development Network (GDN), an international non-governmental organisation in the pursuit of global manpower development. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Brand Management of Nigeria, IBMN. He joined Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc in November 2007.