Guinness Appoints Yvonne Ike Non-Executive Director

The Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria at its meeting of Thursday, 26 April 2012 accepted the resignation of Mrs. Ifeoma Mafeni from the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from 13 April   2012. Until her resignation, Mrs. Mafeni was Human Resources Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc.

The Board also approved the appointment of Mrs Yvonne Ike as a Non-Executive Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc. effective, 26 April 2012.

Ike holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. She started her career as an auditor with Ernst and Young International and has been an FSA registered representative since 1994. She was a Managing Director at JP Morgan, where she spent 15 years of her career until 2009. MS Ike is an internationally regarded investment banker credited with pioneering a number of ground -breaking transactions in West Africa region.  She has more than 18 years’ experience in financial services, including capital markets operations and fixed-income, derivatives and equities products. Over the course of her car eer, she has led senior teams in New York, Geneva, Hong Kong, Nigeria and South Africa.

She is presently the CEO West Africa, Renaissance Group (Investment Banking).

With the above changes on the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc. now comprises of the following notable individuals

Mr. Babatunde Abayomi Savage

Dr. Nick Blazquez

Mr. Devlin Marc Hainsworth

Prof. Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu, SAN,

Mr. Bitrus Gwadah,

Mr. Bismarck Jemide Rewane

Mrs. Zainab Abdurrahman

Mr. Rory John O’Keefe

Mr. Philip John Jenkins

Mrs. Yvonne Ike