Feyisayo Popoola
The Institute of Directors Nigeria has elected Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed as the new president/chairman of council.
Chief Chris Okunowo and Dr. Ije Jidenma were also elected as first vice-president and second vice-president respectively.
This was revealed after a governing council meeting which held shortly after the Institute’s 2017 Annual General Meeting in Lagos recently.
The new IoD president is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Manchester Business School, United Kingdom.
He served at the Kano State Investment and Properties Limited soon after graduation in 1976 where he rose from an investment executive to become the organisation’s finance controller in 1984.
In 1991, Mohammed joined Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, as assistant general manager and became general manager (investment and treasury) in 1993. In 2002, he became the managing director/CEO and resigned in 2007 to go into the private sector.
Mohammed, who succeeds Mr. Samuel Akeju as the 15th president of the institute, is a professional investment manager and seasoned administrator with over thirty years of experience in project development and portfolio management.
Mohammed is currently the executive vice chairman of Northbridge Investment and Trust Limited; chairman, Northbridge Micro Finance Bankand a director on the group board of Royal Exchange Plc.
Mohammed has also served as a director in many private and quoted companies including Afribank Nigeria Plc, First Securities Discount House, Nigerian German Chemicals Plc, Standard Trust Bank and Kapital Insurance Ltd amongst others. He was also the pioneer chairman of Trustfund Pensions Plc and the chairman of the IoD Centre for Corporate Governance.
In a statement issued by the institute, Mohammed promised to pursue the core values of the founding fathers of IoD Nigeria and to reposition the Institute to meet the aspirations of its esteemed members and the corporate community.
Copyright PUNCH.
All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
Contact: editor@punchng.com
source: http://ift.tt/2v3WkWr
http://ift.tt/eA8V8J