Guinness Nigeria, would like to notify the Nigerian Stock Exchange and general public that the Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc at its meeting held on Wednesday, 24th October 2018 approved the appointment of Fabian Ajogwu and Paul Gallagher as a Non-Executive Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc with effect from 1st November 2018.
Fabian Ajogwu , a professor and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), practices law at Kenna Partners; and is a Lagos Business School Professor of Corporate Governance. He is an Alumnus of the Said Business School of Oxford University, and an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School. He holds a Doctorate degree in Law from University of Aberdeen, Scotland; an MBA from the IESE Business School, Barcelona; and Law degrees from the University of Nigeria, and University of Lagos.
The learned senior advocate has been lead counsel to the Federal Government of Nigeria in several cases of national importance. He is the author of the books – ‘Ship Acquisition & Finance: Law & Practice’; ‘Corporate Governance & Group Dynamics’; ‘Corporate Governance in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Commercial Arbitration in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Fair Hearing’; ‘Mergers & Acquisition in Nigeria: Law and Practice’; ‘Law & Society’; and co-authored “Oral & Written Advocacy: Law & Practice”; ‘Petroleum Law & Sustainable Development’; and ‘Collecting Art: A Handbook’.
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He serves on the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria 2018 Technical Committee on the National Code of Corporate Governance, having assisted the Securities and Exchange Commission in drafting Nigeria’s pioneer Code of Corporate Governance in 2003.He was appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st November 2018. He resides in Nigeria.
Paul Gallagher is a seasoned global supply and procurement expert with over 25 years’ experience, he obtained an honours degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering from Trinity College, Dublin Ireland. Paul joined Diageo in 1993 and is currently the Global Supply and Procurement Operational Excellence Director for Diageo responsible for the end to end procurement and supply chain across Africa including global accountability for excellence in operations.
Prior to this, he has held several senior leadership positions across Diageo including President North America Procurement and Supply Chain; Asia Pacific Procurement & Supply Chain Director; Diageo North America Senior Vice President, Customer Service & Supply among other roles. He is a Non-Executive Director of East African Breweries Limited, a publicly quoted Diageo subsidiary in Kenya. He was appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st November 2018. He resides in Ireland.
