Board of Directors
Larry Ephraim Ettah
Acting Chairman

Mr Ettah, holds a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Chemistry and an MBA from the University of Benin. He has worked variously among others as the Divisional Managing   Director of Mr Bigg's Division of UAC of Nigeria Plc (Now UAC Restaurants), Acting Divisional Managing Director of UAC Foods Division, Executive Director/Head of Human Resources of UAC of Nigeria Plc before his appointment as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UAC of Nigeria Plc. He is a member of Council of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) and Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI). He is the Acting Chairman of the Board. He joined the Board in 2007.


Hakeem Ogunniran
Managing Director

Mr Ogunniran, Lawyer, Chartered Secretary and Chartered Arbitrator holds LL.B and LL.M degrees of the University of Lagos. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. He was formerly a Law Lecturer at the University of Lagos. He joined UAC of Nigeria Plc as Manager, Legal Services in 1995 and was later appointed as Western Area Manager and Marketing Manager respectively of GBO/MDS Division of UACN. He is the immediate past Divisional Managing Director of MDS Logistics Division of UACN and the immediate Past President and Chairman of Council of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria. He was appointed the Managing Director of the Company in January, 2010. 


Babatunde Oladele Kasali
Non- Executive Director

Mr Kasali graduated with B.Sc (Hons)   Economics degree from Manchester Metropoliatan University,UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.  His work experience included Assistant Internal Auditor, Amex Bank Plc, UK, Resident Principal Manager, Ernst & Young (Chartered Accountants), Financial Consultant, Peugeot Automobile, and Regional Bank Head, Lagos, Consumer and Commercial Banking Group, United Bank For Africa plc. He is the Managing Partner of Babs Kasali & Co (Chartered Accountants).  He joined the Board in January 2010.


Folashade Oluwatoyin Ogunde
Finance Director

Mrs Ogunde, graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Economics from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. She gained accounting and audit experience at Akintola William Deloitte before joining UAC of Nigeria Plc where she held such positions as Financial Accountant, Commercial Manager, and Group Treasurer before her appointment as Finance Director of UACN Property Development Company in 2005. 


Hon. (Alhaji) Ibrahim Alawo Mohammed
Non-Executive Director

Hon (Dr) Mohammed is the Makama of Lokoja and the Chairman of Lokoja Traditional Council.  He holds a Ph.d from Irish University, London Campus. He is a fellow of Chartered Management Institute of Great Britain and the Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Kaduna North-West Branch.  He was an honourable member of the Kwara State House of Assembly. He is the Chairman of Comrade Cycle Company Nigeria Limited, Zaria. He is an alumnus of Ashridge Management College, UK. He held several management positions within the UACN group before his retirement in 1977. 


Halima Tayo Alao
Non-Executive Director

Mrs Alao graduated with B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc (Architecture) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She also holds a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of Ilorin. She is an alumnus of the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme of University of Oxford Business School. She is a member of Nigeria Institute of Architects. She has served the Nation in various capacities which included Sole Administrator/Chairman, Ilorin South Local Government, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Land & Housing, Kwara State, Honourable Minister of State for Education, Minister of State for Health, and Honourable Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development. She is the director, Tham Girl-Child Foundation. She joined the Board in January 2009.

 


Abdul A. Bello
Non- Executive Director

Mr Bello is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He holds a Higher National Diploma from Yaba College of Technology.  After a stint as Chief Accountant and Financial Controller of Inlaks Plc, he worked with Grand Cereals and Oil Mill Limited as Financial Controller. He joined UACN as Senior Accountant and later became the Managing Director of Chemical & Allied Products Plc. He is the immediate past Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company Plc. He is a non-Executive Director of the Company. He joined the Board in December, 2007


Olumide A. Oduntan
Non - Executive Director

Mr Oduntan, a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Stock broker, graduated with B.Sc (Hons) Degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He worked as an Audit Senior with KPMG Audit before joining First Trustees Limited where he has held such positions as Senior Manager, Operations, Senior Manager, Investment and Assistant General Manager, Investment before his recent appointment as the Acting Managing Director of the Company. He joined the Board in October, 2009.