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Corporate governance
Devakumar Edwin
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
22nd July 2005
Devakumar Edwin was previously the Chief Executive
Officer of Dangote Cement Plc, until he resigned as
Group CEO on 31st January 2015. Following 14 years
spent in industrial management in India, he joined
Dangote Industries Limited in 1992 and has since held
several managerial positions within the Group. He is
a Chartered Engineer, holding graduate and master's
degrees in Engineering from the Madras University,
India, and holds a postgraduate diploma in Management
from IITM, Holland, all obtained in 1978, 1980 and
1986 respectively.
Abdu Dantata
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
22nd July 2005
Abdu Dantata is a Non-Executive Director in Dangote
Cement Plc and an Executive Director in Dangote
Industries Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Agad
Nigeria Limited, a trading and transportation company
operating throughout Nigeria. He is a fellow of the
Nigerian Institute of Shipping. He obtained an Executive
Programme Certificate in Sales and Marketing from the
Kellogg Senior Management School at Northwestern
University, Chicago.
Ernest Ebi MFR
Independent Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
30th January 2014
Ernest Ebi has more than 40 years of banking experience
from various leadership positions in Nigeria. He is also
the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fidelity
Bank Plc. In a very distinguished career within the financial
services industry, he went on to serve in leadership
positions across a number of banks. In June 1999, he
was appointed as a Deputy Governor at the Central Bank
of Nigeria where he covered the policy and corporate
services portfolios over a ten-year period. He maintained
oversight functions over Nigeria's External Reserves,
International Economic Relations, Trade & Exchange
and Research Department among other responsibilities.
He was a key member of the banking sector reform
team, especially during the major consolidation process
in 2006. In recognition for his sound professional
background and track record of meritorious service, the
Federal Government of Nigeria in 2007 awarded him the
National Honour of Member of the Order of the Federal
Republic (MFR). He sits on the boards of several blue-chip
companies.
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Emmanuel Ikazoboh
Independent Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
30th January 2014
Emmanuel Ikazoboh has over 40 years of experience
in senior management roles in Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire,
Cameroon and South Africa. He was previously the
Group Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Inc., the
Pan-African banking group. He started his professional
career at Akintola Williams Deloitte. He first became
the Managing Partner for francophone offices in
Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire and later became the
Managing Partner of the Deloitte firm in West and
Central Africa until 2009. In 2010 he was appointed
by the Securities and Exchange (SEC) as an Interim
Administrator to carry out capital market reforms of
the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and the Central
Securities Clearing System Plc. (CSCS). He serves on
several corporate boards as Chairman or Non-Executive
Director. He obtained an MBA in Financial Management
and Marketing from Manchester University Business
School in 1979, a Certified Accountant in the United
Kingdom, and a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of
Chartered Accountants.
Douraid Zaghouani
Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
29th April 2015
Douraid Zaghouani was appointed to the Board of
Dangote Cement Plc on 29th April 2015 as a Non-
Executive Director. Douraid is Chief Operating Officer
of Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the principal
investment arm of the Government of Dubai. In this
role, he is responsible for the efficient operational
management of the organisation (including Finance,
Strategy, Legal and Compliance, Risk and Audit...) with
the aim of optimising business performance. He joined
ICD in 2014 after a distinguished and international career
at Xerox for over 25 years where his most recent position
was Corporate Officer and Global President, Channel
Partners Operations based in New York (responsible for
a USD10.3b business). Douraid serves as Chairman of
the Board of Dubai Global Connect. He is on the Board
of Directors of IHI (International Hotel Investment),
of CDI (Corinthia Development International), and of
IPEMED (Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde
Mediterraneen). Douraid is a Civil Engineer from Ecole
Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat (France) and is
also a graduate in Business Administration Strategy
and Management from ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des
Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) business
school in Paris.
Dorothy Udeme Ufot, SAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Date of appointment:
19th April 2016
Dorothy Udeme Ufot has more than 32 years' experience
in commercial litigation, having been admitted to the
Nigerian Bar in 1989 and then admitted to the Inner Bar
as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in April 2009. She
also qualified as a Chartered Arbitrator at the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, London, in 2003.
She obtained Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science
in 1983 and Law in 1988 from the University of Calabar,
Nigeria and the University of Lagos respectively. She
also obtained a Master's Degree in Law in 1996 and an
Advanced Diploma in Commercial Law Practice from
the University of Lagos in 1998. She is an internationally
recongnised expert in commercial arbitration, and was
appointed as a member of the International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC)'s International Court of Arbitration,
Paris (2006-2018). She became one of the eight Global
Vice-Presidents of the ICC Commission on Arbitration
& ADR (2014-2016) and won the prestigious African
Arbitrator of the Year Award in 2020.
She is currently the Chairman of the International
Chamber of Commerce, Nigeria Arbitration & ADR
Commission.
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