Julius Berger Appoints Mike Adenuga’s Daughter as Director

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Daughter of business mogul, Mr Mike Adenuga, Mrs Belinda Ajoke Disu, has been appointed into the Board of Directors of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc as a non-executive director.

Mrs Disu was announced as a director of the leading construction firm alongside Mrs Gladys Olubusola Talabi in a statement made available to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last week.

Appointments of both new directors, according to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will take effect from Friday, June 30, 2017.

Mrs Disu obtained her first degree in Political Science & International Relations from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA in 2004 and she is presently pursing a Master’s degree in Leadership, Concentration in Project Management from the Northeastern University also in Boston, USA.

She started her career at Globacom Limited and held the position of Sales Executive, Lagos Zone from 2004 to 2006. She was later made the Shop Manager of the same telecom firm from 2006 to 2007, before she was promoted to become Head of Gloword in December 2007, a position she held till July 2009.

Mrs Disu, who got married to Mr Jameel Disu in 2010, is presently a Group Executive Director at Globacom Limited.

On her part, Mrs Gladys Olubusola Talabi, born on May 29, 1956, had her Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in 1977.

She started her career at O Beckley & Co, a law firm, in 1977 and left in 2002.

However, during the time, she worked at Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria Limited from 1982 to 1989, where she was Head of Legal Department.

From 1978 to 1981, Mrs Talabi worked as a Senior State Counsel in the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

She is presently the Executive Director of Legal Services/Security at Globacom Limited.