MR. ABDUL AKHOR BELLO

MR. ABDUL AKHOR BELLO, Born on the 8th of November 1960, Abdul joined Grand Cereals Limited (GCL), a subsidiary of UAC of Nigeria PLC (“UACN”), on 23rd October 1989 as Chief Accountant. Prior to joining UACN, he started as Management Trainee in Inlaks PLC in August 1984. He was Chief Accountant of Inlaks PLC, Lagos from January 1987 to September 1989. A Chartered Accountant, Abdul holds an HND degree in Accountancy from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

MR. ABDUL AKHOR BELLO has held various management positions across UACN Group. Between August 1997 and February 1998, he was Senior Accountant at Accounts Headquarters, UACN PLC. He was appointed Finance Director & Company Secretary of Chemical & Allied Products (CAP) PLC on 1st April 1998. He was appointed the Managing Director of CAP PLC on 1st February 2003 and later appointed Managing Director of UPDC PLC on 1st November 2007.

Since his appointment as Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer (UAC) in January 2010 (with responsibility for Finance, IT, Risk & Compliance and Investor Relations), he has redefined the role of finance in the group, emerging as a strategic Business partner of the CEO’s office to strengthen risk management, controls and as Mergers & Acquisitions team lead in period of UAC Restructuring.

He has attended numerous executive development courses at the following institutions: Harvard Business School, USA; IMD Global Board Centre, Switzerland; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Said Business School, Oxford University, UK; Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK; Ashridge Business School, UK.