By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Japaul Oil & Maritime Services Plc said last Friday it has appointed  Kayode Tolulope Oluwasegun-Ojo as an executive director to function as the deputy group managing director effective November 23, 2015.

According to the company in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Oluwasegun-Ojo is a known change management expert whose experience to date covers Audit, Assurance, Banking, and Aviation industries.

He was appointed to the board of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) in December 2009 and resumed as executive director, Finance and Strategic Planning in February 2010.

In November, 2010, he was appointed acting managing director and confirmed as the substantive in June 2011, a position he held until October 2014 when he resigned to pursue his passion for organisational and people development through executive coaching, mentoring and public speaking.

The company says as MD  of NAHCO he led the change and business diversification strategy of the company, transforming it to an internationally recognized aviation services company, as it became the first Ground Handling Company in West Africa to attain the prestigious ISAGO status conferred by International Air Transport Association (IATA).

He was part of the management team that repositioned MBC International Bank. While at the bank, he rose to the position of the Company Treasurer.

Oluwasegun-Ojo is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University having studied B.Sc. Economics and graduated in 1985.

He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993 and was admitted as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, while he became a fellow of the institute in 2012.