By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate
Lagos INVESTADVOCATE)-Cement manufacturers, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on Wednesday named Finn Arnoldsen as a new director to the board of the company.
CCNN in a notice to the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE) said following a meeting of its board of directors held May 22, 2014; it approved the appointment of Arnoldsen as a new Director of the cement manufacturer.
The company said Arnoldsen appointment will be presented to its shareholders at the next annual general meeting (AGM) for ratification.
The cement makers said Arnoldsen holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from NTH, Norway (1973 – 1977) and started his professional career with SINTEF (Norwegian Institute of Technology), Norway as a researcher, solid fuel (1977 – 1978) before moving to Norcem A/S, Norway where he spent eight years rising from Project Engineer to becoming the Project Manager, Norcem Coal & General Manager Chr. Dahl A/S.
He joined Scancem International ANS in 1984 as the Plant Manager, Ghacem Ltd. Takoradi, Ghana, spending over two decades covering different countries in Africa ranging from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Tanzania, Nigeria among others until 2004 where he became the Senior Vice President of the Company responsible for West Africa.
Arnoldsen prior to his second stint with CCNN was director, marketing & sales between 2004 to 2008, he was the managing director (MD) Edo Cement Company Limited.
