Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021
Executive Committee
Corporate governance
Michel Puchercos
Group Managing Director/Chief
Executive Officer
Michel Puchercos was appointed to the Board of
Dangote Cement in 2020, as the Group Managing
Director. He has over 20 years' experience in the cement
industry, having served in various capacities including
President and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Halla
Cement; Director of Strategy and Systems at Lafarge
Gypsum; Chief Executive Officer of Bamburi Cement.
and Hima Cement; and Chairman of Mbeya Cement
in Tanzania. His last appointment was as the Group
Managing Director and Country CEO of Lafarge Africa Plc.
Philip Mathew
Deputy Group Managing Director
Philip Mathew joined Dangote Cement in 2021, as
the Deputy Group Managing Director. He has over 35
years of experience in the cement industry, with large
regional and international companies. Prior to joining
Dangote, he was Head of Cement Manufacturing
Excellence for LafargeHolcim APAC region. He has
worked across various countries in Europe and Asia,
in different roles, leading plant, country and regional
manufacturing teams. Apart from a background in
leading operational excellence, he has broad-ranging
experience in establishing and stabilising new cement
plants and piloting transformational change in large
industrial organisations. He is a chemical engineer from
the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras.
Guillaume Moyen
Group Chief Financial Officer
Guillaume joined Dangote Cement in February 2019 as
Group CFO (Operations), was appointed Acting Group
CFO in March 2019 and was confirmed as substantive
Group CFO in March 2020. He is in charge of Finance
and IT and has more than 20 years' experience in
multinational industrial and services companies notably
operating in emerging and frontier markets. His career
cuts across Finance, Risk Management, Internal Control,
Audit, IT and Procurement working in senior positions
in Manufacturing, Engineering, Oil and Gas, Nuclear
Energy, Mining and Consulting sectors notably with
the Orano (ex-Areva) Group, the Ola Energy Group and
KPMG. Guillaume is a Chartered Accountant and holds
an MBA degree from Columbia Business School.
Mahmud Kazaure
Company Secretary and Chief
Legal Officer
Mahmud joined Dangote Industries Ltd in 2011 and
was subsequently appointed as Company Secretary of
DCP in 2013. He has broad legal experience including
commercial law, international business and civil
litigation as well as contractual and legislative drafting.
He is licensed to practise law in Nigeria as well as in
the States of Maryland and New York in the United
States of America. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree
from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Master of
Comparative Jurisprudence degree from Howard
University School of Law, Washington DC.
Dr. Adenike Fajemirokun
Group Chief Risk Officer
Dr. Adenike Fajemirokun is the Group Chief Risk Officer,
leading the Risk Management functions for the Group
and overseeing the Company's governance model and
Enterprise Risk Programme. She is a renowned Risk
Management & Insurance specialist with over 21 years
diverse experience in developing and implementing
Risk Management strategies in Financial, Engineering,
Manufacturing and other Industries. She served in
top management roles at Deutsche Bank AG, UK and
Director of the Management Group for leverage finance
at the Corporate and investment Bank. Dr. Fajemirokun
holds a B.Eng. in Civil, Structural and Fire Engineering
and a Ph.D in Risk Informed Engineering, both from the
University of Manchester. A Fellow of the Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and
Specialist member (SIRM) of the Global Institute of
Risk Management.
Edward Imoedemhe
Deputy Company Secretary
Edward Imoedemhe is the Deputy Company Secretary/
Legal Adviser of Dangote Cement Plc. He joined the
Dangote Group of companies (DCP) in May 2013. He
has since brought his experience to bear in various roles
in the Group legal department, including regulatory
and compliance, corporate and company secretarial
services, contracts management and litigation/dispute
resolutions. He has over 24 years' post-call experience
with a master's degree in Maritime and Commercial Law.
He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered
Secretary and Administration. A member of the Society
of Corporate Governance, he served as Head Legal &
Secretariat, Insurance/Investors Relations in Intercellular
Nigeria Plc from 2006 to 2013. He also held the position
of Company Secretary/Legal Adviser in an Oil & Gas/
Shipping firm, among others, before joining DCP.
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