The statement was endorsed by Uaboi G. AGBEBAKU, Company
Secretary saying Mr. Asue Ighodalo will be joining the Board as a Non-Executive
Director, a lawyer with over 35 years of experience and is a founding partner
of Banwo & Ighodalo, a leading full-service law firm in Nigeria.
Ighodalo core areas of practice are Corporate Finance,
Project Finance, Securities and Capital Markets, Energy & Natural
Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance.
He is recognised as a leading figure in corporate Nigeria
and sits on the Boards of reputable organisations including the Nigerian
Economic Summit Group, which he chairs and Sterling Bank Plc, which he also
chairs.
Mrs. Juliet Anammah also will be joining the Board as an
Independent Non-Executive Director with over 30 years of professional
experience covering Consulting, Consumer Goods, Sales, Marketing, ECommerce and
Sustainability. She is currently the Chair Nigeria and Chief Group
Sustainability Officer, Jumia, having previously held the role of Chief
Executive Officer, Jumia.
Anammah was also the Managing Director, Accenture LLC in
charge of the firm’s Consumer Goods Practice, Retail and Transportation
practice in West Africa. She serves on the Boards of several local and
international organisations, including Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc and Imperial
Logistics, South Africa.
The Board is glad to welcome Mr. Ighodalo and Mrs. Anammah
to the team and looks forward to the wealth of experience, exposure and
knowledge both of them will be adding to the Board and the Company.
Following from the above appointments, the Company’s Board
effective the 1st of January, 2022 shall be composed as follows: Chief K.B.
Jamodu, CFR – Chairman; H. Essaadi (Dutch) – Managing Director/Chief Executive;
J. Anammah (Mrs); A.O. Aroyewun (Mrs); S. Hiemstra (Dutch); A. Ighodalo; R.
Kleinjan (Dutch); N.O. Nwuneli (Mrs), MFR; I.M. Omoigui Okauru (Mrs), MFR; R.
Pirmez (Belgian); S.L.M. Siemer (Dutch).