Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced the appointment of Mr.
Jordi Borrut Bel as the Company’s Managing Director/CEO. The appointment takes
effect on January 22, 2018. Mr. Borrut Bel will succeed Mr. Johan Doyer who has
served as Managing Director/CEO on an interim basis since June 16, 2017. The
Board of Directors (“the Board”) has informed the Nigerian Stock Exchange of
the appointment.
Mr. Borrut Bel is currently the Managing Director of
HEINEKEN’s subsidiary in Burundi, Brarudi S.A. and a Board member of Bralirwa
Limited, Rwanda, also a HEINEKEN subsidiary in Rwanda. Mr. Borrut Bel joined
HEINEKEN Spain in 1997 as Sales Representative and subsequently held
increasingly senior management positions in different countries, first as
Distribution Project Manager in Slovakia, Brand Manager in France and Trade
Marketing Manager at the Head Office in The Netherlands. In 2006, he returned
to HEINEKEN Spain where he evolved in the organization and eventually became
the On-Premise and Distribution Director and a member of the Management Team.
Mr. Borrut Bel was appointed the Managing Director of
Brarudi S.A. in 2015 and has successfully led the company through a very
turbulent period, strengthening the company’s route-to-market and launching
successful innovations.
The Board is confident that Mr. Borrut Bel’s track record
and broad experience stand him in a very good position to drive Nigerian
Breweries Plc’ strategy and consolidate its leadership position in the Nigerian
market.
Omo-Lamai Succeeds Famuyibo as Human Resource
Director, Unigwe is new Sales Director
In a related development, the Company has also announced the
resignations of Mr. Victor Famuyibo (Human Resource Director) and Mr. Hubert
Eze (Sales Director) from the Board with effect from January 27, 2018 and
January 31, 2018 respectively. While Mr. Famuyibo’s resignation follows
from his attaining the Company’s mandatory retirement age of 60 years, Mr.
Eze’s resignation is preparatory to his taking up a higher role in the HEINEKEN
organisation.
The Exchange was further notified that Mrs. Grace Omo-Lamai
and Mr. Uche Unigwe have been appointed as part of the Management Team of the
Company in the positions of Human Resource Director and Sales Director
respectively. Mrs. Omo-Lamai joined the Company on October 23, 2017 from
Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd, where she was the Director of Human Resources.
Mr. Unigwe, on the other hand, joined the Company in 1989 as a Trainee Brewer.
He is currently the General Manager, HEINEKEN East Africa, based in Nairobi. He
resumes in his role as Sales Director on January 15, 2018.
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