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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
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Cadbury Nigeria announces MDs retirement, appoints finance director as interim head
The Cadbury Nigeria Plc, yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. Folake Ogundipe, the current Finance Director, as the interim managing director of the company.
Ogundipe’s appointment followed the retirement of Mrs. Oyeyimika Adeboye as the managing director, which would become effective on November 30, 2025, when she would attain the company’s retirement age.
The announcement is contained in a public statement that was issued by the Head, Corporate Communications and Government Relations, Cadbury Nigeria, Dr. Fred Emordi.
According to the statement, Adeboye joined the board of the company in November 2008, as Finance and Strategy Director, West Africa.
She was appointed managing director on April 1, 2019, becoming the first woman to be appointed to that role since the establishment of Cadbury Nigeria in 1965.
During her tenure, she steered the West Africa business through various phases of growth, transformation and macro-economic volatilities.
Credit: ThisDay
