By Ify Onye InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Brewery Giant, Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB Plc) Friday announced the appointment of a new Director of the Company.
This was contained in a Notice from the Company to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in Lagos Nigeria and obtained by www.investadvocateng.com
Walter Drenth was appointed a Director of the Company to fill the vacancy of J.C van der Linden whose resignation from the Board of the Company will take affect from January 15th 2012.
“Nigerian Breweries Plc has notified The Nigerian Stock Exchange of the resignation of one of its Directors, Mr. J.C. van der Linden, with effect from 15th January 2012. This is to enable him take up a new position within the Heineken Group.
“The Company has also appointed Mr. Walter L. Drenth as a Director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Linden†the Notice said.
Mr. Walter L. Drenth is a 1995 Economics graduate of the University of Amsterdam majoring in Marketing Management, Finance, Marketing & Market Research. He also obtained advanced degrees at INSEAD (2007) – HIMAC Advanced Management Course, London Business School (2007) – High Performance People and Leadership Skills.
His work experiences include ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Hong Kong September 1993 – January 1994, Brand Manager Impulse Ice Cream, Unilever N.V. October 1995 – December 1998, International Strategy Director, FHV/BBDO Creative Marketing Agency N.V. December 1999 – December 2003. Global Marketing Communications Manager Heineken (Amsterdam) December 2003 – December 2007. Marketing Director Heineken Ireland (ROI and Northern Ireland) January 2008 – present.
Mr. Drenth who was born on 5th February 1968 is married with two children.
