Complete List of Nigerian CEOs Running NSE-listed Companies
One of the things our readers keep searching for is a comprehensive list of Nigerian Chief Executive Officer (CEOs). Now, as you may well know, there are so many of such CEOs. Therefore, we have decided to start with a list of Nigerian CEOs for all the companies that are listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE. This list comes in no particular order.
Do note that this list will be updated from time to time, as some CEOs may retire, resign or die, even as new ones will be appointed.
CEOs of Companies Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
- 11 PLC: Adetunji O.yebanji. He became the company’s Managing Director in 2008.
- A.G. LEVENTIS NIGERIA Group PLC: Michail Oikonomakis. He has served as the company’s Vice Chairman and CEO over the past ten years.
- ABBEY MORTGAGE BANK PLC: Madu Hamman was appointed the company’s MD/CEO in June 2020.
- ACADEMY PRESS PLC: Olugbenga Ladipo became the Managing Director of the company in 2006.
- ACCESS BANK PLC: Herbert Wigwe became the tier-1 bank’s Group Managing Director on January 1st, 2014.
- AFRICA PRUDENTIAL PLC: Obong Idiong has been the M.D/CEO of Africa Prudential since July 1st, 2018.
- AFRICAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY PLC: On September 3rd 2020, Olabisi Adekola was appointed CEO of African Alliance Insurance Plc.
- AFROMEDIA PLC: Mr Akin Ire Olopade assumed his current role as Group M.D/CEO in 1992.
- AIICO INSURANCE PLC: Babatunde Fajemirokun became the company’s CEO in August 2019.
- ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION INDUSTRIES PLC: Veeraraghavan Ganesh was appointed CEO of Aluminium Extrusion Industries in November 2015.
- ARBICO PLC: Alkimos Makaronidis has been Arbico’s Managing Director since January 2013.
- ASO SAVINGS AND LOANS PLC: Adekunle Demola Adedigba (Acting M.D & CEO)
- ASSOCIATED BUS COMPANY PLC: Mr. Frank Nneji has been the company’s MD since January 2009.
- AUSTIN LAZ & COMPANY PLC: Austin Asimonye serves as Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director since February 2018.
- AXAMANSARD INSURANCE PLC: Kunle Ahmed has been on this position since February 2012.
- B.O.C. GASES PLC: Ayodeji Oseni became CEO of B.O.C Gases July 2016.
- BERGER PAINTS PLC: Anjan Sircar’s appointment as the Managing Director of the paint manufacturing company became effective on April 30, 2019.
- BETA GLASS PLC: Darren Bennett-Voci has been Managing Director since March 2016.
- C & I LEASING PLC: Andrew Otike-Odibi has been Managing Director since January 2016.
- CADBURY NIGERIA PLC: Oyeyimika Adeboye became Cadbury Nigeria’s MD in 2019.
- CAP PLC: David Wright’s appointment as this company’s MD took effect on August 1st, 2019.
- CAPITAL HOTEL PLC: Robert became CEO in April 2017.
- CAPITAL OIL PLC: Jerome Ikhine was appointed in February 2014
- CAVERTON OFFSHORE SUPPORT GRP PLC: Olabode Makanjuola (Executive Vice-Chairman, CEO & MD)
- CEMENT CO. OF NORTH.NIG. PLC: Ibrahim Aminu (MD/CEO)
- CHAMPION BREW. PLC: Georgios I. Polymenakos was appointed Managing Director in January 2020
- CHAMS PLC: Gavin Young became the company’s Group CEO in September 2019.
- CHELLARAMS PLC: Aditya Chellerams became CEO in 2018.
- CONOIL PLC: Kheterpal Hardeep Singh has been Acting Managing Director since August 2018.
- CONSOLIDATED HALLMARK INSURANCE PLC: Eddie A. Efekoha was appointed in August 2010.
- CONTINENTAL REINSURANCE PLC: Olufemi Oyetunji was appointed MD in January 2011
- CORNERSTONE INSURANCE COMPANY PLC: Ganiyu Musa became the company’s CEO in September 2012.
- COURTEVILLE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PLC: Adebola Akindele has been Group CEO since 2005.
- CUSTODIAN INVESTMENT PLC: Oluwole B. Oshin has been serving as the company’s CEO since 1994.
- CUTIX PLC: Mrs Ijeoma Agnes Oduonye was appointed CEO on November 1st, 2018.
- CWG PLC: Adewale Adeyipo became this company’s CEO in January 2019.
- DAAR COMMUNICATIONS PLC: Anegbe Anthony Akiotu assumed this position in June 2010.
- DANGOTE CEMENT PLC: Michel Puchercos was appointed this company’s CEO in January 2020.
- DANGOTE SUGAR REFINERY PLC: Ravindra Singhvi was appointed to this position in October 2020.
- DEAP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT & TRUST PLC: Joel Omole has been serving as this company’s CEO since June 2019.
- DN TYRE & RUBBER PLC: Mohammed Jimoh Yinusa has been on this position since August 2006.
- E-TRANZACT INTERNATIONAL PLC: Niyi Toluwalope was appointed CEO in June 2018.
- ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATED: Ade Ayeyemi took up this position in September 2015.
- EKOCORP PLC: Ademolu Owoleye took up this position in November 2020.
- ELLAH LAKES PLC: Chuka Mordi was appointed to this position in May 2019.
- EQUITY ASSURANCE PLC: Morufu Olakunle Apampa (MD, CEO & Director)
- ETERNA PLC: Mahmud Bamanga Tukur
- EVANS MEDICAL PLC: Wale Oyenuga was appointed in 2010
- FBN HOLDINGS PLC: Urum Kalu Eke became the Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc in January 2016.
- FCMB GROUP PLC: Ladipupo O. Balogun has been on this position since March 2017.
- FIDELITY BANK PLC: Nnamdi Okonkwo assumed this role in January 2014.
- FIDSON HEALTHCARE PLC: Fidelis Akhagboso Ayebae (CEO/M.D)
- FIRST ALUMINIUM NIGERIA PLC: Callistus Udualor became this company’s CEO in May 2019.
- FLOUR MILLS NIG. PLC: Paul Miyonmide Gbededo (CEO, Group MD & Executive Director)
- ARDOVA PLC: Olumide Adeosun took up this position in 2019
- FORTIS MICROFINANCE BANK PLC: Tiko Emmanuel Okoye has been Fortis’ Managing Director since February 2013.
- FTN COCOA PROCESSORS PLC: Abiola A. Aderonmu (Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director)
- GLAXO SMITHKLINE CONSUMER NIG. PLC: Dayanand Thandalam Sriram (MD & Director)
- GLOBAL SPECTRUM ENERGY SERVICES PLC: Colm Doyle (Managing Director)
- GOLDEN GUINEA BREW. PLC: I.G. Idika ( Chief Executive Officer)
- GOLDLINK INSURANCE PLC: Gbolahan Olutayo (CEO)
- GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC: J. Agbaje (Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director)
- GREAT NIGERIAN INSURANCE PLC: Cecilia Olapeju Osipitan (MD, Chief Executive Officer & Director)
- GREIF NIGERIA PLC: Olukunle Adebayo (Managing Director and Executive Director)
- GUINEA INSURANCE PLC: Isioma Omoshie-Okokuku (Acting Managing Director)
- GUINNESS NIG PLC: Peter Waititu Ndegwa (M.D/CEO)
- HONEYWELL FLOUR MILL PLC: Olanrewaju Bamidele Jaiyeola (Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Director)
- IKEJA HOTEL PLC: Alexander Gassauer (G.M)
- INFINITY TRUST MORTGAGE BANK PLC: Olabanjo Obaleye (M.D/CEO)
- INTERLINKED TECHNOLOGIES PLC: Olusegun Layode (MD CEO)
- INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES PLC: Michael Oerleman (CEO)
- INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INSURANCE COMPANY PLC: Peter Irene (CEO)
- JAIZ BANK PLC: Hassan Usman (M.D/CEO)
- JAPAUL OIL & MARITIME SERVICES PLC: Akinloye Daniel Oladapo (Group Managing Director)
- JOHN HOLT PLC: Richard Hargrave (M.D)
- JULI PLC: Oludare Olubamise (M.D)
- JULIUS BERGER NIG. PLC: Wolfgang Kollermann (M.D/CEO)
- LAFARGE AFRICA PLC: Khaled El Dokani assumed this position in January 2020.
- LASACO ASSURANCE PLC: Segun Balogun (M.D/CEO)
- LAW UNION AND ROCK INS. PLC: Akinjide Orimolade (CEO)
- LEARN AFRICA PLC:Alhaji Salisu Bala (CEO)
- LINKAGE ASSURANCE PLC: Pius Apere (CEO)
- LIVESTOCK FEEDS PLC: Solomon Ohiolei Aighavboa ( M.D/CEO)
- MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC: Nnamdi N. Okafor (M.D/CEO)
- MCNICHOLS PLC: Chimaraoke Ekpe (M.D)
- MEDVIEW AIRLINE PLC: Muneer Bankole (CEO)
- MEYER PLC: Bamidele Tunde Akinnola (MD)
- MORISON INDUSTRIES PLC: David T. Potts (CEO)
- MRS OIL NIGERIA PLC: Andrew Oghenovo Gbodume (CEO)
- MULTI-TREX INTEGRATED FOODS PLC: Oladimeji O. Owofemi (CEO)
- MULTIVERSE MINING AND EXPLORATION PLC: Ayedun Fasina (CEO)
- MUTUAL BENEFITS ASSURANCE PLC: Olusegun Ayo Omosehin (M.D/CEO)
- N NIG. FLOUR MILLS PLC: Paul Miyonmide Gbededo (CEO, Group MD & Executive Director)
- N.E.M INSURANCE CO (NIG) PLC: Tope Smart (CEO/Managing Director)
- NASCON ALLIED INDUSTRIES PLC: Paul Farrer (Managing Director)
- NCR (NIGERIA) PLC: Harold N. Anumihe (CEO)
- NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC: Chris U. Mmeje (Interim CEO & Managing Director)
- NESTLE NIGERIA PLC: Dharnesh Gordhon (Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Director)
- NEWREST ASL NIGERIA PLC: Laurent Moussard (MD, Chief Executive Officer & Director)
- NIGER INSURANCE CO. PLC: Dauda Kolapo Adedeji (MD, CEO & Executive Director)
- NIGERIA ENERYGY SECTOR FUND: Gaventa Otono (M.D/CEO)
- NIGERIA-GERMAN CHEMICALS PLC: Stephen Le Bouder (CEO)
- NIGERIAN AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC: Idris Yakubu (M.D/CEO & Director)
- NIGERIAN BREW. PLC: Nicholaas A. Vervelde (CEO, MD, Executive Director)
- NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE PLC: Philip Tung (M.D/CEO)
- NPF MICROFINANCE BANK PLC: Mohammed Akinwunmi Lawal (CEO/MD)
- OANDO PLC: Jubril Adewale Tinubu (Group Chief Executive)
- OMATEK VENTURES PLC: Flowrence O. Seriki (CEO/MD)
- OMOLUABI MORTGAGE BANK PLC: Ayodele Olowookere (CEO/MD)
- P Z CUSSONS NIGERIA PLC: Christos Giannopoulos (CEO/MD)
- PAINTS AND COATINGS MANUFACTURES PLC: Michael Hugh Thompson (CEO)
- PHARMA-DEKO PLC: Adekunle Abibu (CEO)
- PORTLAND PAINTS & PRODUCTS NIGERIA PLC: Adedamola Olusunmade (CEO)
- PREMIER PAINTS PLC: Ade Yusuf (CEO/MD)
- PRESCO PLC: Felix Onwuchekwa Nwabuko (MD/CEO)
- PRESTIGE ASSURANCE CO. PLC: Balla Swamy (MD/CEO)
- R T BRISCOE PLC: Bukola Oluseyi Onajide (M.D)
- RAK UNITY PET. COMP. PLC: James Ogungbemi (MD)
- RED STAR EXPRESS PLC: Obabori Peter Olusola (MD/CEO)
- REGENCY ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY PLC: Olubiyi O. Otegbeye (CEO/MD)
- RESORT SAVINGS & LOANS PLC: Olayemi Rabiu (MD/CEO)
- ROADS NIG PLC: Jimoh Makanjuola Dansu (MD)
- ROYAL EXCHANGE PLC: Alhaji Auwalu Mukhtari (General Managing Director)
- S C O A NIG. PLC: Massad Boulos (General Managing Director)
- SECURE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY PLC: Odunlami Kola-Daisi (CEO)
- SEPLAT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD: Austin Ojunekwu Avuru (CEO)
- SIM CAPITAL ALLIANCE VALUE FUND:
- SKYE BANK PLC: Peter Falohun (Managing Director)
- SKYE SHELTER FUND PLC: Patrick Ilodianya (Managing Director)
- SMART PRODUCTS NIGERIA PLC: Abiola Aderonmu (CEO/Managing Director)
- SOVEREIGN TRUST INSURANCE PLC: Olaotan Soyinka (M.D)
- STANBIC IBTC HOLDINGS PLC: Yinka Sanni (Chief Executive Officer & Director)
- STANDARD ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC: Bode Akinboye (Chief Executive Officer & Director)
- STANDARD TRUST ASSURANCE PLC: Sakiru Oyefeso (Managing Director/CEO)
- STERLING BANK PLC: Abubakar Suleiman (MD, CEO & Director)
- STUDIO PRESS (NIG) PLC: Roger R. Sherlow (Managing Director and Director)
- TANTALIZERS PLC: Grace Abosede Ayeni (Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Director)
- THE INITIATES PLC: Ossai Reuben M. (Managing Director)
- THOMAS WYATT NIG. PLC: Emman Obinyan (Managing Director/Chief Executive)
- TOTAL NIGERIA PLC: Jean Philippe Torres (Managing Director)
- TOURIST COMPANY OF NIGERIA PLC: David T. Kliegl (General Manager)
- TRANS-NATIONWIDE EXPRESS PLC: Chidinma Iheme (Managing Director/CEO)
- TRANSCORP HOTELS PLC: Valentine Ozigbo (MD/CEO)
- TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION OF NIGERIA PLC: Adim Jibunnoh (CEO)
- TRIPPLE GEE AND COMPANY PLC: Gbade Ganiyu Giwa (MD)
- U A C N PLC: Abdul Akhor Bello (Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer)
- UACN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED: Hakeem Ogunniran (MD)
- UNIC DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS PLC:
- UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC: Ologbaraete Pinnick (Executive Director)
- UNION BANK NIG.PLC: Emeka Emuwa (CEO/Group Managing Director)
- UNION DIAGNOSTIC & CLINICAL SERVICES PLC: Olusola Akinniyi (MD/CEO)
- UNION DICON SALT PLC: Chuka Mordi (MD)
- UNION HOMES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT): Patrick Illodianya (CEO)
- UNION HOMES SAVINGS AND LOANS PLC: Adekunle Demola Adedigba (MD/CEO)
- UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC: Kennedy Uzoka (GMD)
- UNITED CAPITAL PLC: Oluwatoyin Sanni (Group Chief Executive Officer)
- UNITY BANK PLC: Oluwatomi Somefun (Managing Director/CEO)
- UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY PLC: Benedict U.Ujoatuonu (CEO)
- UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC: Samuel Kolawole (MD)
- UPDC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST: Hakeem Ogunniran (Managing Director)
- VERITAS KAPITAL ASSURANCE PLC: Licarp Didam (MD)
- VITAFOAM NIG PLC: Taiwo A. Adeniyi (MD/CEO)
- WAPIC INSURANCE PLC: Rantimi Ogunleye (MD)
- WEMA BANK PLC: Segun Olaniyi Oloketuyi (MD/CEO)
- ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC: Ebenezer Onyeagwu was appointed in June 2019
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