Rite Foods Limited has announced the appointment of new members into the company’s board.

The new board members include Mr. Kunle Elebute and Isa Mohammed Inuwa as Independent Non-Executive Directors; Raheem Owodeyi as Non-Executive Director and Dr. Kehinde Onijingin as Executive Director.

This strategic move, the company said, is aimed at positioning its business for accelerated growth and enhanced market presence as it takes giant strides into the next phase of its growth strategy.

The Chairman of Rite Foods Limited, Dr. Sulaiman Adebola Adegunwa, OFR said the board is “delighted to welcome distinguished and experienced group of individuals to its board of directors. The collective intelligence, expertise and experience of the new board members, working with the old members of the board will be instrumental to guiding Rite Foods to new heights of success.”

Adegunwa, an accomplished industrialist of 60 years’ experience with diversified interests in photography, food and beverage, insurance, agriculture and printing, has served on several boards including being Chairman of Sterling Bank between 2007 and 2014.

Elebute is a chartered accountant with over 40 years experience in consulting. He was Senior Partner/CEO of KPMG Nigeria and Chairman of KPMG West Africa.

Inuwa is a former Deputy Managing Director of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited and former Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director, Support Services at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) where he retired.

Inuwa, with experience spanning over 35 years, has a degree in accounting and masters in accounting and finance.

Owodeyi, an economist, is currently an Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Bank Limited with over 32 years experience in financial services.

Onijingin is the Chief Operating Officer at Rite Foods. He has two doctorate degrees in Human Resource Management and Strategic Management with over 21 years experience.