Mr  Olayinka Akinkugbe, born 4th November 1957, Studied in Kings College in Nigeria and in the UK. Clifton College and started as a  law student at the London School of Economics before leaving to pursue an interest in aviation and Qualify as a Private Pilot. His varied working career began in book publishing with Spectrum Books Nigeria Limited and Nitro Atlasco Nigeria Limited a company supplying explosive material and expertise to the mining and construction industry. 

 He left to take on a role as General Manager in RT Briscoe Nigeria PLC whilst retaining a seat as non executive director of Nitro Atlasco. Working in RT Briscoe from  1991 - 2000, Mr. Akinkugbe, was a General Manager of Atlas Copco division in charge of sales, service and Maintenance sections and subsequently  General Manger of the business development unit of the company. His departure from Briscoe was to manage a start up company RTB Marine Limited and at the same time take on a  role as Managing Director of Nitro Atlasco Nigeria Limited.

Mr. Akinkugbe was appointed Non Executive Director of Fan Milk Nigeria Plc  in 2001 and has remained on the board until his current appointment as  Chairman in September 2019 Mr Akinkugbe has served as Non Executive Director of several companies notably a near 10 year stint as a Non-Executive Director of Prudent Merchant Bank from 1991; resigning from the Board after recapitalisation of Bank in 1999. Prudent Bank after mergers became Skye Bank and now Polaris Bank. He has also served as Independant Director of Banque Internationale de Credit, a subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria PLC in DRC Congo; now known as FBN DRC. in 2011 he was appointed Chairman of FBN DRC bank in 2013 and retired from the board in 2017.

 

Mr Akinkugbe was Invited to join the Governing Council of Ondo State University of Science and Technology in 2019 and  currently a director and shareholder of Linkup Investments Limited, a Family Office, a role he has had since 2011 Mr Akinkugbe has been a Polo player and served as Secretary and also President of the prestigious Lagos Polo Club. He was also Elected Assistant Secretary of the Nigerian Polo Association in November 2000 and Secretary in November 2002. 

He has served as a Committee member of the Lagos Motor Boat Club and is a member of the Metropolitan Club.

Herve Barrere started his career in the banking industry for 8 years prior to joining Nestlé. During his 12 years at Nestlé, he held various positions including Managing Director in the Congo and Central Africa regions. Hervé joined Danone in 2017 to lead the Fan Milk Plc in Nigeria as Managing Director. He then became Managing Director of the Danone Algeria business unit in 2019. 

 

He has been holding the position of Managing Director of Danone Southern Africa since the beginning of 2023.

Herve was the Manging Director of Danone Sub-Saharan Africa comprising the Fan Milk business in West Africa and Danone business in South Africa, before proceeding to manage the Danone business in Morroco.

Dr Babatunde Ajibade (SAN) is the managing partner of S. P. A. Ajibade & Co, a leading corporate and commercial law firm with offices in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja, Nigeria. He is a dispute resolution specialist and has substantial expertise in various aspects of commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration, especially in the fields of company law, insolvency law, energy law, labour law, hospitality law and investment treaty law.

 He has acted as counsel in institutional arbitration proceedings involving complicated shareholder disputes and damages claims arising from alleged breaches of hotel development and management contracts. Babatunde also sits as an arbitrator.

He is a Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Africa Regional Forum, Vice-President of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Commission’s Steering Committee, a member of the ICC’s Africa Commission, a Director of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre (LACIAC), a member of the LCIA’s African Users Council, a member of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) and a member of the African Arbitration Association.

Dr. Ajibade was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989. He obtained a LLM degree in corporate and commercial law in 1990 and a PhD in private international law in 1996, both from King’s College London. He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in December 2007. He was awarded the International Practice Fellowship of the International Bar Association in Madrid in October 2009 and became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK in January 2015.

Kayode holds a B. Sc. (Hon), 1st Class degree in Agric Economics from the University of Ibadan and Special Executive MBA from Metropolitan School of Business & Management London. He has over 24 years’ experience in General management and Sales from Multinational organizations where he contributed significantly to revenue and profitability growth

Kayode was at different times, Managing Director PZ Cussons Consumer at PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, Sales Director – FanMilk Ghana, Sales Director- FanMilk Nigeria, Sales Director - GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Plc, Head of Sales - Diageo Brands Nigeria/Guinness Nigeria Plc, General Manager – Globacom, Channel Development Manager West & Central Africa - British American Tobacco and Unit Manager – Procter and Gamble Nigeria.

He assumed the position of Managing Director, FanMilk Nigeria on 1st December 2022.

He has attended many local and international trainings and Management development programmes including ASFP from Kellogg Business School, Northwest University Chicago, USA.

Olakunle was appointed as the Company Secretary & Legal Adviser by the Board in February  2015  where he currently oversees the corporate structure, legal Strategy, litigation portfolio management, external and regulatory stakeholder management, corporate affairs, shareholders and investors engagement.

He started his legal career in the law firm of JK Gadzama (SAN) and Co thereafter he worked in the law firm of Akomolafe Owasanoye & Co before joining Guinness Nigeria Plc  as Contracts Manager. He also had a stint of legal practice as an Associate Secondee from Diageo Africa to Addleshaw Goddard LLP in London where he worked on a wide spectrum of projects  across Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique Angola and Ghana) for Diageo. He previously worked as Legal Contract Manager in Guinness Nigeria Plc (Diageo Nigeria) prior to his secondment from Diageo Africa to Addleshaw Goddard LLP. London

He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2007. He obtained a  Bachelors Degree from Olabisi Onabanjo  University in 2006.  He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School and has various certifications from London School of Economics  LSE and University of Navara IESE Business School Barcelona Spain

He is a member of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, Institute of Directors, Institute of chartered Secretary and Administration and the International Association of Contract Commercial Management

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