NB appoints Anammah as substantive board chair

The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc. has announced the appointment of Juliet Anammah as its substantive chairman. Her appointment becomes effective January 1, 2025.She succeeds Sijbe Hiemstra, who has been in an acting capacity since the start of the year.
 
According to a statement signed by the Company Secretary/Legal Director, Uaboi Agbebaku, her appointment was announced after the Board of Directors’ meeting which was held recently.
 
Before she was appointed the Chair of the Board, she was the Chair of the Governance and Ethics Committee of the company. She joined the board on January 1, 2022, and has brought three decades of professional experience in consulting, consumer goods, sales, marketing, e-commerce, and sustainability to the board.
 
Until her appointment, she was the immediate past Chair and Chief Group Sustainability Officer of Jumia Nigeria, having previously held the role of Chief Executive Officer with Jumia.
 
She had also served as the Managing Director of Accenture LLC, in charge of the firm’s consumer goods practice, retail, and transportation practice in West Africa. She has also served on various boards of local and international organisations, including Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc.