By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Fast Consumer Moving Goods Company (FCMG), Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc said on Thursday it has appointed Alfonso Garate as non-executive director of the company with effect from March 11, 2015.
“Alfonso Garate, who currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of United Cement Company of Nigeria Ltd (Unicem) is a very experienced professional in business development in emerging markets with strong capabilities in general management, business strategy, corporate finance, structured finance and international trading and shipping which experience he brings to the board of FMN,” a statement from company said.
The FCMG firm says Garate holds a Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration Degree from University Pontificia Comillas – ICADE, Madrid, Spain (1992) and attended Harvard Business School – Advanced Management Program (2009). He is also an alumnus of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Business School of Post Graduate Studies in Laussanne, Switzerland (2005 – 2007).
According to Flour Mills, he started his career in investment banking and telecom institutions where he excelled holding numerous positions. “Thereafter, he proceeded to Holcim Ltd, a company in which he held different management positions and subsequently became the chief executive officer of Holcim Trading SA, the worldwide leader in trading and shipping of cementitious and building materials,” the company added.
“Alfonso is a sound professional with high personal integrity, and brings with him, many years of managerial experience in corporate strategy. Indeed, the Board of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc is pleased to bring such an experienced and versatile gentleman on board,” Paul Gbededo, group managing director of FMN said in announcing the appointment.
