BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fidelis Madavo Non-Executive Director Appointed: 30th July, 2014 Fidelis is the Head of Resources and Portfolio Manager for Strategic and African Listed Investments at the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa (PIC), which is the nation’s state pension fund and the largest fund in Sub-Saharan Africa. He represents the interests of shareholder PIC on the Board of Dangote Cement. Prior to joining PIC, he was Vice President in the Mining Team at Citigroup and a Mining Analyst for about four years with Investec Securities, both roles being based in Johannesburg. Before returning to South Africa, Fidelis spent 10 years with CRU International, a mining consultancy, and also worked as a metallurgist Anglo American. for Committees Technical & Operations (Chairman) Finance & General Purpose Audit, Compliance & Risk Management Nomination Olusegun Olusanya Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed: 2nd December, 2010 Olusegun was appointed to the Board in 2010. He was Deputy General Manager, Finance and Strategic Planning at Savannah Bank Nigeria Plc, Executive Director at Afribank Nigeria Plc and Executive Director, Union Bank between 1993 and 1999. He was also Chairman of the National Bank of Nigeria Limited and sits on the board of several companies. An accomplished public official, banker and businessman, he is Vice Chairman of Meristem Securities Limited and Non-executive Director of Tripple Gee & Co Plc. He is an accountant with an M.Sc. in Economics & Finance from the L.S.E. Committees Finance & General Purpose (Chairman) Audit, Compliance & Risk Management Remuneration & Governance Nomination Statutory Audit 88 Annual Report 2016 Joseph Makoju, OFR Non-Executive Director Appointed: 2nd December, 2010 Joseph was appointed to the Board of Dangote Cement in 2010. He has worked in several worldclass corporations including Shell BP, Blue Circle (UK) and WAPCO (now Lafarge Africa), which he led as Managing Director/CEO for a decade before taking up the appointment as Managing Director/CEO of National Electric Power Authority. He also served as Special Adviser (Electric Power) to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, under two separate administrations. Engr. Majoku’s rich engineering and cement industry experience, as well as his extensive managerial, governance and policy development experience are of immense benefit to the Company. He has a B.Sc. and an M.Phil in Mechanical Engineering. Committees Remuneration & Governance Technical & Operations Dorothy Ufot, SAN Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed: 19th April 2016 Dorothy is the first woman to be appointed to the Board of Dangote Cement, in recognition of her vast experience in the field of commercial law. She has more than 26 years’ experience in commercial litigation at trial and appellate levels, having been admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1989 and then admitted to the Inner Bar as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in April 2009. She also qualified as a Chartered Arbitrator at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, in 2003. She is an internationally recognised expert in commercial dispute arbitration, and was appointed member of the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration, Paris, in 2006. She later became one of eight Global Vice-Presidents of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, in 2014. Committees Audit, Compliance & Risk Management Remuneration & Governance
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