Two EDs Too

Just as it hinted recently about major changes on its board, Nigerian Breweries Plc, on Monday announced the resignation of its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Johan Doyer, a Dutch, after just six months and five days on the job.
No reasons where given for the exit of the CEO from January 21, 2018, in what may make him the company’s shortest serving MD till date, having assumed the position only on June 16, 2017.
He is being replaced by Jordi Borrut Bel, who resumes on January 22, 2018, from his current position as managing director at Brarudi S.A., Burundi, a Heineken subsidiary.
The new CEO, who is also on the board of Bralirwa Limited, another Heineken subsidiary based in Rwanda and quoted on the Kigali Stock Exchange, joined Heineken Spain in 1997 as Sales Representative/Wholesale Manager, from where he moved to higher responsibilities, including in France, Slovakia, The Netherlands and back to Spain. From there, he was seconded to Brarudi S.A, which he led through very turbulent times, successfully launching innovations.
A statement by Uaboi Agbebaku, Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, also announced the exit of Victor Famuyibo, Executive Director, Human Resources, and Hubert Eze, Sales Director, with effect from January.
While Famuyibo, one of the longest serving board members is leaving on January 27, when he would attain the mandatory retirement age of 60, after being on the board for over nine years; Eze is “taking up a higher role in the Heineken organization.”
Famuyibo, who joined the board of Nigerian Breweries on September 8, 2008, is being replaced by Mrs. Grace Omo-Lamai; while Uchenna Unigwe takes the office being vacated by Eze, who was appointed on September 1, 2010.
Omo-Lamai joins the board from Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, where she held similar position, just as Unigwe, who is currently General Manager, Heineken East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, rose through the ranks, having joined NB in 1989 as an Assistant Brewer.