By Dipo Olowookere
A prominent Lagos-based beauty expert, Olutoyin Modupe Odulate, has been appointed as a non-executive director of one of the leading brewery companies in Nigeria, International Breweries Plc.
The new board member of the company is the founder and CEO of Olori Beauty Enterprise Ltd, an African multi-brand cosmetics manufacturing start-up based in Lagos.
Her company, Olori Cosmetics, was recently featured and awarded in the Companies to Inspire Africa 2019 report by the London Stock Exchange Group. She is also a Non-Executive Director at Afrinvest West Africa Limited.
In a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), International Breweries said the board hopes to tap from the immense experience of the appointee and bring value to the company.
She was described as “a seasoned Consumer Goods and FMCG senior management professional with over 16 years of multi-national corporate experience in retail management and distribution, supply chain optimization, strategic development, operational planning, risk management, business development, product development, branding and marketing across the telecoms, management consulting and Consumer Goods/FMCG industries.”
According to International Breweries, Toyin has held past senior roles including missions at L’Oreal, MTN Nigeria and Accenture and most recently as Regional Director Anglophone West Africa at Danone ELN where she worked for6 years.
Toyin is a subject matter expert in retail, distribution, supply chain and cross-country regulatory management across key Sub-Saharan African markets.
She is also well-versed with matching international best practices and standards to local complex environments through past detailed assignments in the US, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
