VDT appoints Group Chief Finance, Strategy officer

The Board of VDT Communications has appointed Steve Elusope as the Group Chief Finance and Strategy Officer.

By the appointment, the Board of VDT said it is entrusting Elusope with the dual strategic roles of Group Chief Finance Officer and Group Chief Strategy Officer.

Consequently, he is responsible for supervising finance and accounts, business intelligence, business solutions and project monitoring. He works closely with all key stakeholders in the group to ensure the consistent achievement of both financial and non-financial business objectives.

The firm stated that Elusope has garnered about 30 years of cognate work experience in banking and finance, pension administration, technology and communication services.

Before joining VDT, he has held management-level positions in various organisations for over 20 years, including Executive Director at Spectranet Communications Ltd, GM/Chief Executive at Global Trust Savings & Loans Ltd, Financial Controller at Stanbic IBTC Bank for over 5years, Executive Director, Operations at Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers for over eight years, and Executive Director, Operations (Nigeria) at Cimple Networks Inc, USA.

He also possesses strategic skills and competencies in financial control, consultancy, management accounting, taxation, operational risk, IT operations, customer care, back-office operations, administration, and facility management; with proven abilities in defining organizational direction, instituting corporate governance, system optimization, human capacity building and achieving set targets.

Steve Elusope is a 1986 graduate of Accountancy from The Polytechnic Ibadan, Master of Business Administration from Delta State University (DELSU), Fellow (FCA) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Fellow (FCIB) of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.