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UACN appoints new ED, corporate services, chief financial officer

By Gloria Ehiaghe
16 January 2018   |   4:15 am
The Board of UAC of Nigeria Plc. has announced the appointment of Mrs Omolara Elemide as Executive Director, Corporate Services with effect from 1st January 2018.

Elemide

The Board of UAC of Nigeria Plc. has announced the appointment of Mrs Omolara Elemide as Executive Director, Corporate Services with effect from 1st January 2018.

According to a statement from the company, Elemide took over from Joe Dada, who retired from the UACN board effective December 31st 2017 after 34 years of meritorious service.

Until her appointment, Elemide was the Managing Director of Chemical and Allied Products Plc., also a subsidiary of UACN.

The statement read in part: “Elemide was born in May 1960 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. She attended Kwara State College of Technology where she obtained the Higher National Diploma in Accountancy in 1981.

“She joined UAC in October 1983 and has worked in various capacities including Group Audit Manager and Finance Director of UACN Property Development Company Plc. from where she joined the Board of CAP Plc. as Finance Director/Company Secretary in February 2005, a position she held until May 2009, when she was appointed the Managing Director of the company.”

Also, the firm announced the appointment of Mrs Adeniun Taiwo as the Chief Financial Officer.

Until her new position, Taiwo was the Finance Director, UACN Property Development Company PLC (UPDC).

“Taiwo was born in August 1974 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, with a professional certificate in IFRS from ACCA, and a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

“Prior to joining UAC in 2012, she had worked in KPMG Nigeria for 13 years where she rose to become a Senior Manager in Accounting Advisory Function and Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance. Her experience cuts across Oil and Gas, Financial Services, Consumer Markets, Telecommunications and the Public sector,” the statement read.

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