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Emmanuel Ikazoboh has over 40 years of experience in senior management roles in Nigeria, United Kingdom, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and South Africa. He was formerly the Group Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Inc., a leading pan-African banking group.

He started his professional career at Akintola Williams Deloitte, where he rose to become the Managing Partner for francophone offices in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire, and later became the Chairman and Managing Partner of Deloitte in West and Central Africa until 2009. In 2010 he was appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Interim Administrator to implement capital market reforms for the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Central Securities Clearing System Plc. (CSCS).

He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Dangote Cement Plc on 25th July 2025 and holds several corporate board positions as Chairman or Non-Executive Director internationally and locally. Emmanuel is a Certified Accountant of the United Kingdom and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He also graduated with an MBA in Financial Management and Marketing from Manchester University Business School.

Arvind Pathak is an experienced business leader who worked as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Birla Corporation Ltd before his appointment to Dangote Cement Plc. Prior to this role, he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc until 2021.

With over 44 years of professional experience, he has spent most of his tenure turning around businesses, overseeing plant operations and maintenance, and leading important greenfield projects. Mr Pathak also worked at Reliance Cement as Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2015 and was previously the Regional Chief Executive Officer of Associated Cement Company Limited.

He obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1980 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, and a postgraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in 1982 from NITIE, Mumbai. He has also received training from a number of international institutions and is a Fulbright scholar.

Olakunle Alake was appointed to the Board of Dangote Cement Plc on 22 July 2005 and is Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), with responsibility for the non-oil and gas businesses across the Dangote Group.

Prior to his appointment as Vice President in 2024, Mr Alake served as Group Managing Director of Dangote Industries Limited. He was appointed to the Board of Dangote Industries Limited in 2001 as Group Executive Director.

Mr Alake holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He began his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1984 and later joined the then Liberty Merchant Bank Limited, a financial services institution within the Dangote Group, where he served as Financial Controller.

In 1993, he was appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Merchant Securities Limited and subsequently played a key role in the Dangote Group’s acquisition of International Trust Bank Plc in 1996. He has extensive experience in strategic planning and financial control, having worked across the financial services, audit, consultancy and manufacturing sectors. Mr Alake has been instrumental in the growth and transformation of the Dangote Group into a diversified conglomerate operating in 11 African countries.

D.V.G. Edwin holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Engineering from the University of Madras, India, and is a Chartered Engineer. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from IITM, Holland.

He began his career in 1978 and advanced to Managing Director by 1989 in India. With a solid foundation in industrial management, he also delivered industrial projects funded by the World Bank.

Mr. Edwin joined the Dangote Group in 1992 as General Manager, rose to Group General Manager in 1994, and became Executive Director (Projects) in 1998. He led major Group projects, including cement terminals, cement plants, the fertiliser plant, and the petroleum refinery & petrochemical complex.

He was appointed Executive Director (Industries and Projects) in 2000 and Group Executive Director (Business Development) in 2002. He later became Group Managing Director & CEO of Dangote Cement in 2011 and subsequently Group Executive Director (Capital Projects and Portfolio Development). Following the completion of the Refinery and Petrochemicals Project, he assumed the role of Group Vice President (Oil & Gas) in February 2024.

Having joined the Dangote Group when it was on the threshold of entering into manufacturing activities, Mr. Edwin deployed his wealth of experience to the Group, in its growth.

Abdu Dantata is a Non-Executive Director in Dangote Cement Plc and an Executive Director in Dangote Industries Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Agad Nigeria Limited, a trading and transportation company operating throughout Nigeria.

He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Shipping. He obtained an Executive Programme Certificate in Sales and Marketing from the Kellogg Senior Management School at Northwestern University, Chicago in 2005.

Ernest Ebi is a seasoned professional whose experience in the banking and finance industry spans more than four decades. He served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from June 1999 to June 2009 and also held several executive positions in the banking industry in Nigeria and the USA. He was Deputy Managing Director of Diamond Bank Ltd. In 1995, he was appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation as the Managing Director, CEO of New Nigerian Bank Plc.

He held senior positions at the International Merchant Bank, as the Assistant General Manager (Credit & Marketing Department) and Assistant General Manager (Loan Review & Audit). He served as Board Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc (2016–2020) and AIICO Pension Managers (2010–2021), and currently sits on the Board of several blue-chip companies.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria. He took several leadership courses at Ivy League Schools and was awarded the National Honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007.

Douraid Zaghouani is EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), Dubai’s sovereign wealth fund — a diversified and international fund with over $430 billion in Total Assets. He oversees Corporate Affairs, including Finance, Corporate Strategy, ESG, Governance, Legal, Risk & Audit, Technology, and Communication, ensuring efficiency and optimal performance.

He serves as the Chairman of ICD’s Risk Management Committee and ICD’s ESG Management Committee. He also leads the ICD Group ESG Network, which provides guidance and support to ICD portfolio companies on key sustainability topics such as climate risk, decarbonisation, community engagement, regulation, and reporting. He serves on several boards, including International Hotel Investments (IHI), Dangote Cement and SmartStream.

Before joining ICD, Douraid spent over 25 years at Xerox, holding board, CEO, leadership and transformation roles across Europe, North America, and globally. His last role at Xerox was Corporate Officer and President of Channel Partner Operations in New York, leading a $10 billion global business.

Passionate about education, health, innovation and ESG, he serves on the board of IPEMED, a Euro-Mediterranean think tank, and delivers Masterclasses at various universities. Douraid attended Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, holds a civil engineering degree from ENTPE, and is a graduate in Business Administration from ESSEC. A multilingual global citizen, he speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian and Arabic, and has lived in France, the USA, Spain, Italy, the UK and Dubai.

Viswanathan Shankar is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Partners, a private equity and alternative investments manager focused on investing across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Shankar previously served as CEO – Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas, and a member of the global board of Standard Chartered Plc. Prior to that, he served as CEO BA Asia and Head of Investment Banking for Asia Pacific at Bank of America.

He is currently a non-executive director of Dangote Industries Limited, Nigeria; Vision Blue Resources, Guernsey; and the Fund for Export Development in Africa, Rwanda. His past appointments in non-executive roles include the boards of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore; Enterprise Singapore; Majid Al Futtaim Holdings; and Vice-Chair of the Future of Banking Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum.

He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and received the Public Service Medal from the Government of Singapore in 2014.

Cherie Blair is a leading international lawyer, arbitrator and mediator, a former judge and a committed campaigner for women’s rights. She is the Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, and the Founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy LLP, an international law firm.

She has been Chancellor of the Asian University for Women since 2011 and is Chancellor Emeritus of Liverpool John Moores University. She is also the President of the Loomba Foundation, Honorary Vice President of Barnardo’s and Patron of Scope, as well as a number of other charities. She was appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Groupe Renault from 2015 to 2019.

She was awarded a CBE in 2013 for services to women’s issues and to charity in the UK and overseas. She graduated with first-class honours in 1975 from the London School of Economics, was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1976, was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1995 and served as a part-time judge between 1996 and 2014.

Berlina Moroole is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and currently serves as the Divisional Chief Executive Officer of the COID business and Group Operations at Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA). She previously held the positions of Group Chief Operations Officer and Group Chief Risk Officer at RMA. Prior to joining RMA, Berlina held several senior leadership roles across prominent organisations, including Motus Holdings Limited, Liberty Holdings Limited, and as a Partner at Deloitte.

She serves on our Board and was recently appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Dangote Cement South Africa. Berlina has also served as an Independent Non-Executive Board Member and member of the Audit and Risk Committee for Emira Property Fund Limited. In addition, she has been a Board Member and Chairperson for both the Audit Committee and Social Ethics Committee, as well as a member of the Risk Committee, at Assupol Holdings and Assupol Life.

Her governance experience further extends to her role as an Advisory Audit Committee member for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Board Member for Legal Aid South Africa.

Halima Aliko-Dangote is an Executive Director at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) and the Dangote Family Office. In her immediate past role as Executive Director (Commercial), she led the development and successful implementation of DIL’s group shared services strategy. Before that, as Executive Director at Dangote Flour Mills, she led the successful turnaround and sale of the business. She also served as Executive Director at NASCON Allied Plc, where she continues to serve as a Non-Executive Director.

Halima is a Non-Executive Director at Dangote Cement Plc, Dangote Refinery, Dangote Fertilizer, Endeavor Nigeria, and The Africa Centre in New York. She is also a Trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation and a member of the Women Corporate Directors network.

Her career began as an Analyst at KPMG. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business with a Major in Marketing from American Intercontinental University, UK, and an MBA from Webster Business School, UK. She has attended several high-profile leadership development programmes at Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management, Columbia Business School, and London Business School.

Alvaro Poncioni Merian is the Founder and Managing Partner of EDNAM Capital. He previously served as Global Head of Building Materials at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking. Over the course of his nearly 20-year career, he was involved in most of the cement sector’s major restructuring and mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Mr. Merian has acted as a trusted adviser to senior decision-makers globally and has advised on completed mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets transactions with an aggregate value exceeding USD 110 billion.

He attended Classes Préparatoires at Lycée Chateaubriand and holds a Master of Science in Management and Finance from HEC Paris, as well as a Master of Arts in Public Affairs and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. He is a laureate of the Concours Général des Lycées.

Mr. Merian was born in Paris and educated in Brazil, Argentina, France, and Portugal. He has a strong interest in mountaineering, history, and literature, is a member of the Royal Philatelic Society, and is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

Mariya Aliko Dangote is the Executive Director, Operations of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc. She was appointed to this role in July 2023, having previously served as Strategy and Business Improvement (BIP) Support Lead, where she built several years of experience in risk management and business strategy.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Bayero University, Kano, and a Master of Business Administration from Coventry University, United Kingdom. Mariya previously served as Group Strategy Lead at Dangote Industries Limited, a position she held until her redeployment to Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc in 2019.

She currently serves on the Boards of Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN), Dangote Packaging Limited, and Al-Ummah Development Foundation, among others. She has also recently been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Dangote Cement Plc.

Mariya is a Fellow of the National Institute of Credit Administration and has attended numerous local and international professional training programmes in leadership, business development, and law.