Guinness Nigeria Plc Appoints Mr Stanley Wanyaoike Njoroge as an Executive Director

Friday, February 09, 2018 /3:55 PM / NSE 

This is to notify the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the general public that the Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc at its meeting held on Monday, 29th January 2018: 

Mr. Stanley Wanyoike Njoroge is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). He is an alumnus of both the University of Nairobi and Strathmore University in Nairobi Kenya. Stanley’s initial experience was in tax advisory with Deloitte & Touche East Africa providing tax consultancy services and managing tax clients in Kenya and Uganda. 

He also led several tax training sessions across several African cities including Lagos, Nigeria. Stanley joined Diageo in 2008 as the Tax Manager in East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) and expanded his experience within the wider finance division. Within Diageo, he has held a number of key finance leadership roles across Asia and Africa including Financial Controller of EABL, Finance Director of PT Gitaswara Indonesia and Finance Director of Meta Abo Brewery SC/Diageo Ethiopia. 

In his most recent role as the Diageo Global Audit and Risk Director, Africa and Europe, he was responsible for providing assurance to the audit committee of Diageo Plc's Board of Directors on the management of key risks across Diageo’s businesses in Africa (Nigeria, East Africa, South Africa, and African Regional Markets) and across Europe. 

He has been appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc with effect from 1^st March 2018, and will serve as the Company’s Director of Finance and Strategy. He will be residing in Nigeria. 

We would also like to bring these changes to the attention of the market. 

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