Opara, Fidelity Bank ED, elected president of CIBN
Businessam Staff
April 11, 2022
Kenneth Opara, an executive director at Fidelity Bank Plc, is the new president and chairman of council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), following his election to the position over the weekend at the 2022 annual general meeting (AGM) held in Lagos. He will assume the position on May 21, 2022 when […]
CardinalStone promotes Somuah to partner to lead new Ghana office
Charles AbuedeApril 6, 2022
BY CHARLES ABUEDE CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a leading West-Africa focused private equity fund manager, has appointed Shirley Somuah as a partner to lead expansion into Ghana for the company as it strengthens its presence in Ghana with a new office opening in Accra in the second quarter. This will be CCA’s first physical presence […]
Kari Tukur, Mastercard executive, joins board of DLM Capital Group
Businessam StaffMarch 17, 2022
DLM Capital Group, the development investment institution, has appointed Kari Tukur, vice president of products at Mastercard sub-Saharan Africa, to its board of directors. Kari has led the product and implementation of Mastercard’s SSA core products, and the customer solutions centre for East and West Africa in the past three years. Her experience, according to […]
Dangote Sugar headhunts Mbeche as group CFO to lead finance strategy
Charles AbuedeMarch 10, 2022
BY: CHARLES ABUEDE Oscar Mbeche has been headhunted by Dangote Sugar Refinery, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, from Philia Group (Geneva, Dubai, Singapore) as its new group chief financial officer (CFO) Mbeche was also group CFO at Philia Group where he was responsible for the Group’s finance department in eleven countries and his appointment […]
Squire Patton Boggs taps Nigeria’s Balogun as partner in London Africa Practice
Ben EguzozieNovember 29, 2021
Firm expanding its IDR practice Timi Balogun London-based Squire Patton Boggs is continuing the expansion of its international dispute resolution (IDR) practice with the addition of Timi Balogun, an Africa projects and disputes specialist, who joins the firm in London as a partner. Balogun has extensive experience in dispute resolution […]
Ude, NOVA MB chief, becomes CIBN Fellow
Businessam StaffNovember 9, 2021
Nath Ude, the chief executive officer of NOVA Merchant Bank, has been invested as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) following his election into the prestigious body of fellows of the institute. Ude’s formal inauguration and investiture took place recently at the Balmoral Convention Centre of the Federal Palace Hotel, […]
Emekewue, former Afreximbank communication chief, speaks at UNN Jacksonites’ PDS
Ben EguzozieOctober 21, 2021
Targets crisis management for communications, PR professionals In an age the global space is awash with information overload, where the littlest of events captured by an amateur can quickly go viral in few seconds after it is uploaded on the social media, professional public relations (PR) experts, press secretaries, business communication specialists, […]
US-based Fortive Corp appoints Nigerian born Soroye IOS president
Charles AbuedeJuly 28, 2021
Aims to accelerate strategy through both organic innovation and acquisitions Fortive Corporation, a Washington-based essential technologies provider, has appointed Olumide Soroye, of Nigerian origin, as president and chief executive officer, Intelligent Operating Solutions (IOS) segment, to further hold the firm’s leading positions in intelligent operating solutions, precision technologies, and advanced healthcare solutions across […]
Flutterwave appoints Falade to boost government, regulatory stronghold
Onome AmugeJuly 14, 2021
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading fintech company with an infrastructure reach in over 33 African countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia, has appointed Oluwabankole Falade as its chief regulatory and government relations officer. Falade’s appointment, according to Flutterwave, expresses the company’s enthusiasm for a more sustainable engagement with the government and is expected to […]
Rabiu, BUA chairman, becomes inaugural president, France-Nigeria Business Council
Onome AmugeJune 30, 2021
Emmanuel Macron, president of France, has inaugurated the France-Nigeria Business Council, a private sector initiative aimed at bolstering business relations between the two countries with Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and executive chairman of BUA Group, assigned the role of its inaugural president. The recently initiated council also has high profile Nigerian business magnates, Gilbert Chagoury […]