Banking
Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede Group Managing Director/CEO, Access Bank Plc
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s banking career
spans over two decades. He spent over 10 years at Guaranty Trust Bank
Plc (GT Bank) and resigned in 2001 to lead a dynamic team of
accomplished bankers as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of
Access Bank Plc with the mandate to transform the bank into a
world-class financial services provider.
In October 2007, Aigboje was ranked
amongst the Top 10 Most Respected CEOs in the annual
PricewaterhouseCoopers ‘Most Respected Companies and CEOs Survey’,
documented testament of his leadership expertise.
In 2012, he emerged the winner of the
“2011 Ernst & Young West Africa Entrepreneur of The Year” award.
Aigboje has served the nation in different capacities where his
contributions and insights have facilitated the achievement of set
goals. This includes his recent membership in the National Economic
Management Team.
Energy
Femi Otedola Chairman, Afrizon Petroluem
Mr. Femi Otedola is a former
Nigerian billionaire and Chairman of African Petroleum. Mr. Otedola is
also the chairman of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited, Seaforce
Shipping Company Limited, Atlas Shipping Agency Company Limited, F. O.
Transport Limited, F.O. Properties Limited, Swift Insurance Brokers
Limited and Garment Care Limited.
In 1994, after consolidating his fathers
businesses, Mr. Otedola diversified and set up his own company,
Centreforce Limited, specializing in finance, investment and trading.
In 1999, he ventured into the oil and
gas sector and incorporated Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited, an
indigenous company engaged in the procurement, storage, marketing and
distribution of petroleum products i.e, Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, Gas,
Fuels Oils and Lubricants.
Mr. Femi Otedola was appointed member of
the Governing Council of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council
(NIPC), in January 2004. In December 2004, he was appointed a member of
the committee with the task of fostering business relationship between
Nigerian and South African private sectors.
In March 2005 he was appointed a pioneer
director of the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and also
elected president of the Nigeria Chamber of Shipping in April 2005 and
he is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Shipping.
Commodities
Aliko Dangote Chairman, Dangote Group
Nigerian commodities titan, Aliko
Dangote is also Africa’s cement king. In February, Dangote announced the
opening of a new $1 billion (N160 billion)Nigerian cement plant, which
is expected to increase his company’s production volume by 40% in that
country.
In late 2010, Dangote listed the company
on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, integrating his cement investments
across Africa. It’s now the largest company on the Nigerian exchange.
He also invested $4 billion (N640 bn) to
build a new cement facility in the Ivory Coast and is building a $115
million (N18.4 bn) cement plant in Cameroon, plus owns plants in Zambia,
Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa.
The venerable philanthropist has given
away millions to education, health and social causes and also expended a
whooping N15.5billion as part of the Group’s Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) works in 2011.
Infotech
Chief (Dr) Mike Adenuga Jnr CEO, Globacom Group
At age 26, Adenuga had already become
a millionaire with connections in high places. With his unique flair for
risks and sheer tenacity of purpose, in no time he started reaping
profits in billions. He owns Equitorial Trust Bank and Consolidated Oil,
which carries out crude oil drilling, refining and marketing.
His first shot into the consciousness of
Nigerians was when his company, Consolidated Oil became the first
indigenous company to strike crude in December1991. He recently made
foray into the telecommunications sector.
In 2002, the government through the
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), organised new auction for the
GSM licence, his Communications Investment Limited (CIL), participated
and was one of the four that won the bid through his Globacom Limited.
The SNO has a wider range of operations
as Globacom has the right to operate as a national carrier, operate
digital mobile lines, serve as international gateway for
telecommunications in the country and operate fixed wireless access
phones.
Adenuga’s estate business and company shares traverse several countries in Western Europe, North America and the Middle-East.
Entertainment Ben Murray Bruce Group Chairman, Silverbird Group
Ben Murray Bruce is the Founder of the
Silverbird Group (Nigeria’s leading entertainment and TV company) and
has served as a member of the National Arts Theatre Management Board,
The Federal Film Censors Board, The Board of the Nigerian Film
Corporation, National Film Distribution Company, Nigerian Anti-Piracy
Action Committee and for four years was the Director-General of the
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)-Africa’s largest television network.
Currently, Ben is Group Chairman of the
Silverbird Group, which consists of 3 FM stations in Lagos, Abuja and
Port Harcourt, 1 Television station in Lagos and Nigeria’s first and
only Cinema multi-plex with 5 screens.
culled from:Peoples Daily
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