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Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021

T R 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. AR TA 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. Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021 71
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