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Viswanathan Shankar
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
10th December 2017
Viswanathan Shankar is Co-founder and Chief Executive
Officer of Gateway Partners, a private equity and
alternative investments manager focused on investing
in the dynamic growth markets of Africa, Asia and the
Middle East. He previously served as CEO - Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Americas, and member of the
global board of Standard Chartered Plc. Prior to that,
he served as Head of Investment Banking for the Asia
Pacific at Bank of America. Mr. Shankar is currently a non-
executive director of Dangote Industries Limited, Nigeria;
Vision Blue Resources, Guernsey; Gateway Real Estate
Africa, Mauritius; and, Fund for Export Development in
Africa, Egypt. His past appointments in non-executive
roles include the boards of the Inland Revenue Authority
of Singapore; Enterprise Singapore; Majid Al Futtaim
Holdings, and Vice-Chair of the Future of Banking Global
Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum. The
Government of Singapore awarded him the Public Service
Medal in 2014. Mr. Shankar obtained a Bachelor's degree in
Physics from Loyola College, Madras in 1977 and a Masters'
degree in Business Administration in 1979 from the Indian
Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Sir Michael Davis
Independent Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
20th April 2018
Sir Michael Davis is the Chairman of Macsteel, a
global trading and shipping company. He has recently
launched Vision Blue Resources Limited, an investment.
organisation that invests in companies, operations and
projects that produce metals and minerals that support
energy and other changes that support the reduction
in CO, emissions. From 2001 to 2013, he was the Chief
Executive of Xstrata, one of the world's largest global
diversified mining and metal companies. Prior to joining
Xstrata, he was Executive Director and Chief Financial
Officer of Billiton Plc. He has extensive capital markets
and corporate transaction experience. During his career,
he has raised more than $40 billion from global capital
markets and successfully completed more than $120
billion of corporate transactions, including the listing
of Billiton on the London Stock Exchange, the merger
of BHP and Billiton into the largest diversified mining
company in the world and the successful merger of
Xstrata and Glencore. Sir Davis obtained a Bachelor of
Commerce (Honours) degree from Rhodes University in
1979 and an Honorary Doctorate from Bar Ilan University
in 2012.
Cherie Blair CBE, QC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
20th April 2018
Cherie Blair is a leading international lawyer, arbitrator
and mediator, a former judge and a committed
campaigner for women's rights. She is the Founder of
the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, and the Founder
and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP, an international law
firm. She is Chancellor of the Asian University for
Women, Chancellor Emeritus of the Liverpool John
Moores University and has served in this capacity
since 2011. She is also the President of the Loomba
Foundation, Honorary Vice President of Barnardo's and
Patron of Scope, as well as a number of other charities.
She was appointed as an Independent Director on the
Board of Groupe Renault from 2015 to 2019. She was
awarded a CBE in 2013 for services to women's issues
and to charity in the UK and overseas. She graduated
with first class honours in 1975 from the London School
of Economics. She was called to the Bar of England
and Wales in 1976; and was appointed Queen's Counsel
in 1995.
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Berlina Moroole
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
24th July 2020
Berlina Moroole is the Group Chief Operating Officer
for Rand Mutual Assurance. Prior to joining Rand, she
held several senior management roles at different
companies, Motus Holding Limited, Liberty Holding
Limited and a Partner at Deloitte. She is an Independent
Non-Executive Board Member and member of the Audit
and Risk Committee for Emira Property Fund Limited;
was previously an Independent Non-Executive Board
Member, Chairperson for both the Audit Committee
and Social Ethics Committee and a member of the
Risk Committee at Assupol Holding and Life; Advisory
Audit Committee member for the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Board Member for the
Legal Aid South Africa. Berlina is a qualified Chartered
Accountant (SA).
Arvind Pathak
Deputy Group Managing Director
Date of appointment:
29th October 2019
Arvind Pathak, immediately prior to his appointment to
the Board, was the Chief Operating Officer of Dangote
Cement Plc, with more than 36 years' experience in the
cement industry. Prior to joining Dangote Cement Plc,
he worked at Reliance Cement as CEO from 2008 to
2015. He was previously the Regional CEO of Associated
Cement Company Limited. He obtained a degree in
Electrical Engineering in 1980 and a postgraduate
degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in
1982. He was a Fulbright scholar.
He resigned effective 25th February 2021.
Halima Aliko-Dangote
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
26th February 2022
Ms. Halima Aliko-Dangote is currently the Group
Executive Director, Commercial Operations at Dangote
Industries Limited, where she is responsible for leading
the development and execution of Dangote Group's
Customer and Shared services strategy with specific
oversight for the following functions: Commercial,
Strategic procurement, Branding & Communications
and Corporate Services. Ms. Dangote also served as
Executive Director of Dangote Flour Mills, where she
led the successful turnaround and recent sale of the
business. Prior to then, she served as Executive Director
of NASCON Allied Industries Plc and continues to serve
as a Non-Executive Director. She is currently the Board
President of The Africa Center (TAC) in New York, a
Board member of Endeavour Nigeria and a member of
the Women Corporate Directors (WCD). Ms. Dangote
started off her career as an Analyst at KPMG and has
over 13 years of professional experience. She holds
a Bachelors Degree in Marketing from American
Intercontinental University, London, and a Master of
Business Administration from Webster Business School.
She is a Trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation and is
happily married with children.
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