By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Mr Olatunji Oludare Anjorin has resigned his appointment as an Executive Director and member of the board of directors of Vitafoam Plc.
A statement signed by the company’s scribe, Mr ‘Lekan Sanni, disclosed that Mr Anjorin’s resignation, which took effect from July 27, 2017, was approved by the board of the firm at its meeting last week.
Before leaving the company, Mr Anjorin “meritoriously” served on the board of Vitafoam and of some of its subsidiaries.
Meanwhile, at the same board’s meeting held last Thursday, the appointments of some non-Executive and Independent non-Executive Directors were approved with effect from October 1, 2017.
Prof (Mrs) Rosemary Iviowen Egonnmwan was appointed as an Independent non-Executive Director of the company. She holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons) degree with 2nd class upper and a Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Zoology from the University of Lagos.
She also obtained Doctorate (D.Phil.) Zoology from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Prof Egonmwan is a distinguished scholar and academician with over 30 years’ experience. A Princess of the Benin Royal Kingdom, Prof Egonmwan is an astute administrator having occupied several leadership positions in both the academia and the private sector.
She was the Senior Environmental Adviser for Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company from 2009-2010 and served on the management board of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) from 2012-2016.
Also appointed was Mr Mohammed Goni Alkali as an Independent non-Executive Director.
Mr Alkali holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with first class honours from the Bayero University, Kano and a Masters degree in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics, University of London, United Kingdom.
A banker of repute, Mr Alkali has enjoyed a successful banking career at several financial institutions in Nigeria including African International Bank (AIB), where he rose to the level of Assistant General Manager and the Bank of Industry (BoI) Limited, where he was Executive Director (Operations) from 2010 until his voluntary retirement in 2016.
Another appointment was Mr Gerson Silva as a non-Executive Director of Vitafoam.
Mr Silva is a Chemical Scientist with competency and specialisation in Polyurethane (PU) Systems, a core production component of Vitafoam, and Vitapur (a sandwich panels and chemical systems subsidiary of Vitafoam).
In the course of his brilliant career, Mr Silva has worked in several frontline chemical systems organisations across the globe including Dow Chemicals (one of the leading chemical companies in the world) for 18 years as a chemical scientist and analyst.
Having acquired know-how of chemical systems application at DOW, Mr Silva, in partnership with like minds, proceeded to establish PURCOM, one of the largest Chemical System Houses in South America.
PURCOM is an internationally acclaimed producer of various PU applications and systems.
Aduragbemi Omiyale