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Kola Karim Appointed Director Of A.G. Leventis

By on December 27, 2012
A.G. Leventis (Nigeria) Plc notified The Exchange of the appointment of two new Directors,Messrs Kola Karim and Michail Oikonomakis effective from December 06, 2012.

Mr. Kola Karim has been the Managing Director/CEO, (Shoreline Group) Shoreline Energy International Limited from 1994 to date. He has overall responsibility of the group operations and also building the overall strategy for the growth of the group and overseeing the businesses throughout Africa and the UK.

From 1990 to 1992, he managed H.K. Beaumont & Associates UK. He was responsible for managing pension and investment for institutional and personal clients. He was at Koda Trading Company Limited where in was in charge of operations of the company in shipping, trading, bulk feed stock raw material and importation of heavy duty machinery. Mr. Karim obtained Management Diploma FSA Royal Exchange at City University, Uk in 1988. Between 2002 and 2003 he was at Harvard Business Schoo, Boston, Manssachussets, USA. In 2008 he attended Company Directors Programme at Lagos Business School. Mr. Karim is a member of Institute of Directors, Nigeria (IoD). He is both members of Ikoyi Club 1938 and Lagos Polo Club as well as Lagos Motor Boat Club.

Mr. Michail Oikonomakis started his career 33 years ago, in CC Hellenic (the 2nd biggest bottler of The Coca Cola Company in the world, operating in 28 countries) in sales, holding variety of Sales Filed positions in the first years of his career. He then progressed throughout his career into ever-increasing roles of responsibility within CCH that included: Commercial Manager, General Manager, Rhodian Bottling Company (CCH subsidiary), General Manager, West Greece and General Manager for all mainland Greece operations of CCH. End of 2003 he was assigned Managing Director of Tsakiris S.A., Coca Cola Hellenic‟s snack food business in Greece, which was acquired by CCH that year. During next year Coca Cola Hellenic acquired a distribution company “ELXYM S.A.” which was also assigned under his management. As of 2006 up to 2009, he was Managing Director of Pivara Skopje AD, a JV Company (CC Hellenic, Heineken), located in Balkan Region, being responsible for the operations of CC Hellenic and Heineken. In Q2 of 2009, he was assigned CEO of Nutriart S.A., focusing on the financial and operational restructuring of the company.

Mr. Oikonomakis is a member of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive Committee of Leventis Foods Ltd. In addition, he is a member of the Board of GNCCT (Greek-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Technology), and member of the Advisory Board of CEO Association Greece.