Recently, the fast-moving consumer goods company, Unilever Nigeria has decided to give two key appointments to women; Abidemi Adeniran as Executive Director and Afolasade Olowe as Company Secretary at its top hierarchy, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing issued.
This appointment was recently announced to take effect from March 16th, 2023.
According to Unilever, Adeniran is a legal practitioner with an experience of more than 27 years in commercial law and corporate governance practice in Nigeria and West Africa.
“Her forte is to proactively identify legal, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance risks to business and develop innovative mitigation to enable seamless business operations and sustainability.”
She is a graduate of Law from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and also holds a Master’s of Law from the University of Lagos. Mrs Ademola has an MBA in Leadership from Walden University, United States.
Also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), a governing council member of the institute and a fellow of the WIMBOARD Institute, a WIMBIZ/IE University, Madrid Executive Education Programme for Women on Boards.
Thus, Afolasade Olowe will resume as the company secretary with effect from 16 March, 2023, bringing to the board her 20 years of legal practice, especially in corporate commercial law and governance practice.
Her areas of expertise comprise regulatory advisory & compliance, mergers & acquisitions, corporate law & governance as well as labour & employment.
Prior to joining Unilever Nigeria Plc, Afolasade gained her legal experience in two of Nigeria’s leading full-service commercial law firms where she developed first-hand skills in her areas of expertise, especially Company Secretarial & Corporate Governance practice,” Unilever Nigeria said.
Afolasade is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria as well as the Society for Corporate Governance.
Also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and has a Master’s of Business Administration from the Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Congratulations to both ladies!