By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) -BOC Gases Nigeria Plc has appointed Ben Mankiti Mabelane as a director, the gas servicing company said in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

The company says the appointment is sequel to the resolutions passed at the meeting of the board of directors on September 16, 2015.

Mabelane holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1995 before obtaining Masters in Business Leadership (MBL) in 2005 from the University of South Africa. He also has a certificate in Executive Management Development from Oxford University (UK).

He started his working career with SASOL as an assistant engineer in 1994 and has since worked with other notable international companies like Air Products (UK) before becoming the operations manager in AFROX in 2009.

He is a board member of the Afrox Medical Aid Scheme and a member of the AFROX Insurance and Risk Committee and has attended numerous relevant courses in German and Sweden.

Mabelane was the general manager of AFROX prior to this appointment, BOC added.