NIGERIA

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has donated a portable motorized milking machine to FrieslandCampina WAMCO, while lauding the company as the biggest investor in Nigeria’s dairy sector. The machine has a capacity to milk 50 cows a day. Chief Ogbeh made the symbolic donation while declaring open the National Livestock Conference organized by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) taking place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The objective of the conference, which runs from September 11-15, 2017 is to proffer solutions to major challenges of livestock production in the country, including farmer-herdsmen clashes. According to the Minister, the donation

Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of four directors, as the foremost brewer re-energizes to optimize performance and execute its strategic growth plans. The appointments have taken effect. The appointees are Bola Olajomi-Otubu, Human Resources Director; Colman Hanna, Supply Chain Director; Adenike Adebola, Marketing and Innovation Director (Guinness and Spirits) and Jody Samuels-Ike, Marketing and Innovation Director (Innovation, Lager, Consumer Connections and APNADS). According to Guinness Nigeria, the appointees bring a solid combination of profound commercial and operational experience which would be instrumental in further repositioning the company as it navigates the current economic challenges in Nigeria to achieve sturdy growth and expansion. “I am delighted to wel

Guinness Nigeria Plc, on Monday announced the appointment of Mark Sandys to its Board as a Non-Executive Director effective 30th August 2017. Sandys, a long-serving executive of Diageo Plc with over 20 years’ experience has an MA degree in English and French from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1996. In the over 19 years he has been with Diageo, he has served as a Senior Marketing Executive in different capacities including as Global Marketing Strategy & Innovation Director Baileys, Marketing & Innovation Director, Diageo Russia & Eastern Europe (based in Moscow), Category Director, Whiskey & Reserve, Asia Pacific. He is currently the Global Head of Beer, Baileys & Smirnoff for Diageo and resides in Ireland.Powered by WPeMatico