Four of the new board members are foreigners. They include Dr. Zate
Raymond Zoukpo (Ivorian); Mr. Alan Palmer (British); Dr. Teddy Ngu
(Cameroonian); Mr. Andrew Smith-Maxwell (British); and Mrs. Wonuola
Adetayo.
A statement from the company stated that the appointments was in
furtherance of its vision to become one of Africa’s leading food
companies, with a diverse portfolio of leading products and brands,
preferred by its consumers.
The company explained that the new board members had track records of
achievements and world class experience in the foods industry and other
sectors.
According to the statement, the broad experience would further
strengthen the board of the company in its role of leading the company
and guiding the management team in the achievement of the organisation’s
vision.
Furthermore, it noted that the appointment of “these highly qualified
and diverse individuals also underlines the company’s commitment to
ensuring the highest level of corporate governance.”
Speaking on the appointments of the new board members, the Chairman of the board, Dr. Oba Otudeko was quoted to have said:
“We are clear about our vision to become the most admired African foods
company, operating across the food value chain from farm to fork. “We
believe that the natural resources in Nigeria as well as the population
base of the country, gives us a natural advantage for the achievement of
our vision.”
Speaking further, Otudeko stressed that: “We recognise the importance
of having the right quality of people across all levels of the
organisation, including on the board and therefore our new board
members were appointed because of their collective wealth of diverse
experience from some of Africa’s and the world’s leading organisations.
“We believe that the unique blend of their knowledge, insight and
independent perspective will be of immense benefit to the company.”
Zoukpo, one of the appointed board members recently retired as Chief
Operating Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB). He obtained
his Ph.D in Economics from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 1985.
As a scholar, Zoukpo began his career as a Research Fellow with the
Ivorian Centre for Economic and Social Research. He later went into
banking, where he spent 25 meritorious years across diverse executive
roles and functions at African Development Bank (AfDB), from where he
retired as First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Also, Adetayo has over 25 years of combined Consulting and Marketing
experience. She is currently a partner, co-founder and Chief Executive
of Kainos Edge Consulting Limited. Adetayo’s rich career has seen her
work, at various times, in senior marketing and leadership roles across
different geographies with Unilever/UACN. These roles included:
Divisional Marketing Director, UAC Foods; Marketing Director, CAP Plc;
Managing Director, UACN Pharmaceutical & Personal Products Limited;
and, Group Marketing
Manager, Unilever Caribbean in Trinidad &
Tobago.
She currently serves on the board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
Equally, Palmer is the immediate past Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Kraft West Africa and Cadbury Nigeria Plc. He was
also previously the Managing Director, South-East Asia for Cadbury
Schweppes Plc. Palmer has close to 40 years of experience in the fast
moving consumer goods (FMCG) space working with global organisations
such as Kraft Foods Incorporated, Cadbury Plc and Trebor Bassett
Limited.
Palmer is presently Chief Executive Officer Foods, Honeywell Group
where he has primary responsibility for managing the transformation of
the Honeywell Foods Business into a leading, world-class, pan-African
foods FMCG company.
In the same vein, the statement said Smith-Maxwell had over 25 years of
global investment banking experience from some of the world’s leading
Investment banks. He has been a partner in Fieldstone Private Capital
Group, a boutique investment bank specialising in power and
infrastructure projects across Africa.
Also, it stated that Ngu is presently Head, Corporate Development and Investments at Honeywell Group.
He has over 17 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate
strategy, corporate finance and auditing, having led and served on
project teams with some of the world’s leading consulting firms in over
15 countries in four continents. Before joining Honeywell Group he was a
Director and Head of Strategy and Operations
Consulting at the Lagos
office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
He qualified as a chartered accountant (ICAEW), with the United
Kingdom practice of the global professional services company, Ernst and
Young. He attended The Wharton Business School, from where he obtained
his MBA.
Honeywell Flour Mills is one of Nigeria’s leading foods companies.
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