By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Paint manufacturer, Berger Paints Nigeria Plc said on Monday it has appointed Oluseun Oluwole as the new company secretary/legal adviser with effect from 1 July 2015.

The paint maker in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said Oluwole is a lawyer and a chartered secretary who graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK with a degree in law. “She also holds a Masters degree in Corporate & Commercial Law from University College London, UK as well as Masters degree in Accounting & Finance from University of Kingston, UK,” the company added.

According to Berger Paints, Oluwole is a member of Nigerian Bar Association, Business Recovery & Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, UK.

The company says after an internship at the International Court of Arbitration, she commenced her career with Akintola Williams Deloitte as an Audit Assistant. “Subsequently, she has practiced various aspects of corporate law at internationally rated law firms and worked as an external company secretary to several local and international companies, Berger Paints affirmed.

She has also functioned as the acting director-general of the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce. Her most recent role was as the Head of the Training & Executive Search/Selection Unit at DCSL Corporate Services Ltd, according to Berger Paints.

Oluwole takes over from Pheola Caulcrick & Co. the erstwhile company secretary of Berger Paints Nigeria Plc.