Osipitan is a seasoned underwriter, Marketer and an administrator with proven management capacities, vast academic background and profound experience. She is also a renowned and respected Insurance professional with over 20 years of cognate experience in Insurance.

Cecilia graduated from the University of Ibadan with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Sciences and Physiotherapy with a Second Class Upper Division. She also holds a Master Degree in Public Administration from University of Lagos. She also has a Bachelor of Law Degree from the same University.

She is an Associate member of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of both London and Nigeria respectively; she is also a member of Professional Insurance Ladies Association (PILA), a member of the governing council of NIA and Risk & Insurance Management Society of Nigeria (RIMSON), and an alumnus of Thames Valley University, London (School of Management Studies) and Lagos Business School (CEP 16).

Osipitan started her career in Insurance with Royal Exchange Assurance of Nigeria (REAN) and rose to the position of an Executive Director on the Board of REAN, She also held various positions such as Head (personal line Department), Head (Commercial Property Department), Assistant General Manager (Underwriting, Claims, & Risk Management), Deputy General Manager (Operations) until her appointment as Managing Director/CEO of UNIC in January 2006. She was later appointed the Managing Director/CEO of Insurance PHB. She joined Great Nigeria Insurance Plc in December 2009 as the Managing Director/CEO.

She has attended several technical and management courses both within and outside the country in the course of her career.