October 19, 2017/NSE
The Board of Dangote Cement Plc. (DCP), hereby announce changes in the leadership of the company. In the circumstance, Mr. Onne Van de Weijde, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company will step down as the company’s CEO at the end of 2017 having completed three years in this position, in order to reurn to his home country, The Netherlands. He will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Dangote Cement PLC, with effect from 1st January 2018.
The Board would like to thank Mr. Onne Van de Weijde for his contribution during his period as CEO in the last three years, in which he managed an important growth phase in the company’s development.
Until a successor is appointed, Eng. J. O. Makoju, Honorary Adviser to the Chairman and former MD of WAPCO/Lafarge, will be acting MD/CEO of Dangote Cement PLC.
