By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s foremost brewers, Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB Plc) on Friday announced the resignations and appointments directors of the company.
The beer maker in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said Thomas A. de Man and Walter L. Drenth resigned their respective appointments as directors of the company with effect from August 31, 2015 coming on the heels of its board of directors meeting held on July 14, 2015,
On the other hand, the beer maker says it has named Roland Primez and Franco M. Maggi as directors of the company effective September 01, 2015 to fill the vacancy on the board. The appointment also came on the heels of the same board of directors meeting held July 14, 2015.
The company says Maria obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing/Sales/Commerce from Syracuse University and a Masters Degree in Finance/Economics from Universita degli Studi dell’Aquila. He also obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Business Administration/Management from Southern Denmark School of Business and Engineering, University of Southern Denmark.
Maggi Franco Maria started his working career as a Trainee, Heineken, Netherlands in November 2001 and rose to become Heineken branch director in October 2010.
“He rose to become director, Marca Heineken Bohemia XX Stron in November 2012, a position he held until the present appointment, the brewer added.
On his part, Roland has an Engineering Degree in Agriculture (1983) from University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and Masters Degree in Brewing (1984) from University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
He has served the Heineken Group in different countries at different positions including being the managing director, Heineken Angola in 1995, general manager, Thai Asia Pacific Brewery Co. Ltd, Thailand in 1998, chief executive officer, HEINEKEN Russia in 2002, CEO Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd (now Heineken Asia Pacific Pte Ltd) in 2008, president, Asia Pacific and CEO APB in 2013 and he is currently the president, Africa Middle East and Eastern Europe, Heineken NV (2015).
Shares at NB Plc at the close of trading on the Nigerian bourse declined 1.56 percent to N126.99 from N129.00 recorded the previous session; losing N2.01 per share.
