The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced the appointment of Juliet Anammah as the substantive chairman.

Anammah’s appointment becomes effective January 1, 2025. She succeeds Sijbe Hiemstra, who has been acting as the board chairman in an interim capacity since January 2024.

Anammah’s appointment, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Company Secretary/Legal Director, Uaboi Agbebaku, was announced after the board of directors meeting held on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Agbebaku added that the board will now be composed of Anammah – Chairman; H. Essaadi (Dutch) – Managing Director/Chief Executive; A.O. Aroyewun; S. Hiemstra (Dutch); S. Ojekwe-Onyejeli; I.M. Omoigui Okauru, J.A.A. Overmars (Dutch); R. Pirmez (Belgian); I.A. Puri; B.A. Wessels Boer (Dutch).

Prior to her appointment as the chairman of the board, Anammah was the Chairman of the Governance and Ethics Committee of the company.

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She joined the board on January 1, 2022, bringing “three decades of professional experience in consulting, consumer goods, sales, marketing, e-commerce, and sustainability to the board.”

Until the latest appointment, Anammah was the immediate past Chairman and Chief Group Sustainability Officer of Jumia Nigeria, having previously held the role of Chief Executive Officer with Jumia.

She also served as the Managing Director of Accenture LLC in charge of the firm’s consumer goods practice, retail, and transportation practice in West Africa.

She also served on various boards of local and international organisations, including Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc.

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