Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma

Non-Executive Chairman

Senator Udoma, a lawyer, graduated from Oxford University, England in 1976 with Bachelor of Arts (Law).  He obtained a post graduate degree in advanced legal studies, the BCL, from the same University in 1977. He was called to the Nigerian bar in 1978. He had brief stints as a Law Lecturer at the University of Lagos, as an investment analyst with Chase Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited and as an associate in the law firm of Chris Ogunbanjo & Co., before setting up his own commercial law firm of Udo Udoma & Co. (later renamed Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie) in 1983. He is currently the Senior Partner in the Firm. He has served the nation in very many capacities. He was a member of the advisory team of legal experts set up by the Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation (TCPC) to advise on the legal aspects of the privatisation exercise; he was also the legal member of the team set up by the Federal Government to carry out a comprehensive review of the National Policy on Solid Minerals Development and also served as Special Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources He was elected into the Senate in 1999 and served for two terms up till 2007. As part of his contributions to public service, he was the pioneer Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission, and is currently the non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Securities & Exchange Commission.  He joined the Board of UAC of Nigeria Plc. in 1995 and was appointed as the non-executive Chairman of the Board with effect from 2nd January, 2010.

Mr. L. E. Ettah

Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ettah is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  He was appointed on January 1st 2007.  He holds a B.Sc degree in Industrial Chemistry and an MBA (Finance/Marketing) both from University of Benin.  He is also a graduate of the renowned Executive Program of Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America.

Before his elevation to the current position, he held several senior management positions in the Company including Divisional Managing Director of Mr. Bigg’s and UAC Foods Divisions and Head of Human Resources/Executive Director of the Company.

He is the1st Vice President of the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA); Vice President (Multinationals) of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Council Member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).  He joined the Board in 2004.

Mr. J.I.D. Dada

Executive Director

Mr Dada graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a B.Sc (Hons) in Economics. He also holds a Masters of Science Degree in Marketing Management from the University of Lagos. He is a member of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and a Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN).  He is an alumnus of the famous Kellog School of Management, North Western University, Illinois, USA. He joined UACN as a Management Trainee in September 1983. He worked variously as Factory Planning Manager, Brand/Export Manager and Market Research/Media Manager with the then A J Seward Division of UACN. He later worked with UAC Export   as Export Business Manager and subsequently with UAC Foods as Product Group Manager and Fast Foods/Marketing Services Manager. Also at UAC Foods he worked as Divisional Ice Cream Director, Divisional Frozen Foods Director and Acting Divisional Fast Foods Director respectively. In December 1999, Mr Dada was appointed the Managing Director of Grand Cereals Limited, a subsidiary of UACN, a position he held until his elevation to the Board in January 2010 as Executive Director (Corporate Services) with responsibility for Human Resource, Marketing and Strategy.

Mr. A. A. Bello

Executive Director

Mr. Bello holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He has attended Management and Leadership programmes at Ashridge Management College and Cranfield School of Management, UK.  He is an alumnus of Oxford University’s Advance Management and Leadership programme.  Mr. Bello has worked variously as Special Assistant to Group Finance Director Inlaks Group, Chief Accountant, Inlaks Plc, Chief Accountant and Financial Controller, Grand Cereals & Oil Mills Ltd, Senior Group Accountant, UACN, Finance Director & Company Secretary and later Managing Director of Chemical & Allied Products Plc. He was the Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company Plc until his elevation to the Board as Chief Finance Officer in January 2010. 

Mrs. A. Ajumogobia

Non- Executive Director

Mrs Ajumogobia is a Chartered Accountant with 21 years quality experience in external audit, accounting & finance and marketing. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. She graduated from University of Ibadan with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Economics in 1982. She acquired broad professional experience in audit, taxation and consultancy across several industries at the audit firms of Peat Marwick Ani & Ogunde & Co., and Deloittee. She later joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) which she recently left as Finance Director after which she worked on the national vision 20:2020 project as a member of the Consulting team. She joined the Board in July 2009.

Dr Suleyman . A. Ndanusa

Non- Executive Director

Dr. Ndanusa OON is a Banker, a Lawyer, an Economist, a Chartered Secretary and a Stockbroker.  He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a Bsc (Hons) degree in Economics in 1978 and obtained an MBA in 1982 from the same University. He obtained an LLB degree from University of Lagos in 2000 and was called to bar in 2003. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Advanced Management programme of Harvard Business School, USA, and a holder of Doctor of Letters Degree of St. Clements University, UK.

Dr. Ndanusa served variously as special Assistant to the Honourable Minister of Commerce, Director General Securities and Exchange Commission, Lead Consultant in the Central Bank of Nigeria Bank Consolidation Monitoring Team before his appointment as the Managing Director of Spring Bank Plc on an interim arrangement to salvage the crisis – ridden Bank. An Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Dr. Ndanusa has served as a Council Member, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Member, Technical Committee on Privatisation (BPE), National Pensions Reforms Steering Committee and currently amongst others the Chairman/Pro-Chancellor of IBB University Lapai in Niger State. He joined the Board in December 2009.

Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah

Dr Enelamah, 46, first qualified as a medical doctor before qualifying as a chartered accountant. He has an MBA from the prestigious Harvard Business School, Massachussetts, USA and is also a chartered financial analyst.

He is the Chief Executive Officer of African Capital Alliance Limited (ACA), a leading private equity firm - a terrain he was adequately prepared for after working with Zephyr Management L.P in New York and South Africa Capital Growth Fund in Johannesburg.

Dr Enelamah, who also worked for leading outfits - Arthur Andersen and Goldman Sachs - currently serves on the board of several companies including Cornerstone Insurance Plc, Businessday Media Limited, TechnoServe, Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa and Africa Venture Capital Association. He is also the Chairman of the Boards of Flavours Food Limited and Landmark Property Development Company (LPDC), among others.