Samson Davies has about 20 years of diverse work experience in both consultancy and financial services. In 2018, he completed the Strategic Marketing Management Executive Program at the prestigious Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 2021, he became a full member of the Institute of Directors Nigeria, and in 2023, he obtained a certificate in Mergers and Acquisition and Corporate Strategy from INSEAD – The Business School of the World in Fontainebleau, France.

Previously, he held various positions within the Heirs Alliance Group, Heirs/UBA Insurance (now UBA Metropolitan Life), and joined the Standard Trust Bank group in 2004. Following the merger of the old STB group and United Bank for Africa to form UBA Plc, he became the Group Administration Officer and later a marketing staff member of the UBA Insurance group.

After leaving the group, he joined Investcorp Group in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, playing a key role in managing private placement activities with MTN Nigeria, Starcomms, Reltel, and MTS Wireless. He then founded Forbes Integrated Company Limited and collaborated with KPMG and Chapel Hill on the divestment of several bank-owned entities, being instrumental in the acquisition and recapitalization of several insurance companies and health insurance providers in Nigeria.

In 2013, he became the Managing Director of Investcorp Medicare Limited (HMO) and was a member of the Nigerian National Health Insurance Scheme delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch Health Insurance Sector in 2014. Mr. Davies later joined the board of Nicon Group, serving as the Director of Marketing for NICON Insurance Plc, Executive Director for Nicon Luxury Abuja, and Alternate Director for MoneyBox Africa. He presently serves as the Chief Executive of Signature Advisory Limited and Group CEO of Signature Group Limited.

In 2019, his firm True Nigerian Experience partnered with the Nigerian Stock Exchange to rank Nigeria’s biggest corporations, and by 2021, they partnered with the African Securities Exchanges Association to rank Africa’s biggest corporations. In 2021, Signature Advisory collaborated with the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing and the Federal Ministry of Power on the National Power Bond and National Housing Bond. He also led the first listing on the Growth Board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, created as an alternative platform to the Main Board and the Premium Board.