By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Salt producer, National Salt Company of Nigeria Plc (NASCON) said on Monday it has appointed Paul Edward Farrer as its new managing director (MD), the company said in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

NASCON said the appointment of Edward came on the heels of a meeting held by the board of the company on Tuesday 17 February 2015.

According to the salt maker, Farrer started his career as a manager with TGI Fridays (Americana Group) in November 1996 before joining Steers Holdings – Debonairs Pizza in 1999 as the area manager.

He joined Famous Brands, South Africa as the company’s regional operations manager in 2002. From February 2003 – November 2004 he worked with Innscor International Ghana as the country manager and from 2005 to 2007 he was the group chief operating officer of Food Concepts Plc and later became group executive director of the company in 2010.

NASCON says Farrer has attended several professional trainings among which are Management Training Certificate and America Hygiene Certificate in Dallas, USA, Business Planning, Strategic Planning and Business Cycle Courses among others.

“He was the managing partner with Oakleigh Investment before this appointment,” the company added.