Unilever Nigeria appoints new ED, secretary

Unilever Nigeria has appointed a new executive director and company secretary.

In a statement, it disclosed that Abidemi Ademola was appointed to the role of executive director effective from March 16, 2023.

Ademola is a legal practitioner with an experience of more than 27 years in commercial law and corporate governance practice in Nigeria and West Africa.

“Her role is to proactively identify legal, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance risks to business and develop innovative mitigation to enable seamless business operations and sustainability,” the statement reads.

She is a graduate of Law from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and holds a Master of Law from the University of Lagos.

Ademola has an MBA in Leadership from Walden University, United States.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), a governing council member of the institute and a fellow of the WIMBOARD Institute, a WIMBIZ/IE University, Madrid Executive Education Programme for Women on Boards.