Ayeni Joins Guinness Nigeria Board After Irukwu’s Exit

September 19, 2018
Ayeni Joins Guinness Nigeria Board After Irukwu’s Exit

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Mrs ‘Yemisi Ayeni has been appointed to the board of Guinness Nigeria Plc as a non-executive director. Her appointment took effect from September 1, 2018.

According to a statement issued by the brewer, the board, at its meeting held on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, accepted the retirement of Prof Joe Irukwu (SAN) as a non-executive director of Guinness Nigeria Plc with effect from August 28, 2018.

Mrs Ayeni is the immediate past Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Closed Fund Administrator Limited, a position she held for 10 years until her retirement in April 2015.

She is a 1985 honours graduate of Accounting and Business Finance from the prestigious University of Manchester, UK: a 1989 Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mrs Ayeni started her professional career with Pricewaterhouse, London in 1985 where she spent 5 years working her way through variety of increasingly senior Audit roles before moving to the Firm’s Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency team in 1990. She returned to Nigeria in 1991 as a Senior Manager in the Corporate Finance Team of PricewaterHouse, Lagos.

In 1994, Mrs Ayeni joined Shell Nigeria and held a wide variety roles during her 21 years with Shell. In November 2004, she was appointed Finance Director, Shell Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SNEPCO), earning her the distinction of being the first Nigerian Female to be appointed to the Board of a Shell Company in Nigeria.

Until her retirement, Mrs Ayeni was a council Member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the chair of the Exchange’s Demutualization and Technical Committees: Vice Chairman, Pension Fund Operators’ Association and the Chair of the Association’s Institute Committee. She is currently the chairperson of NASCON Allied Industries Plc and Non-Executive Director of Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Ltd.

Modupe Gbadeyanka

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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