On Thursday, 31st December, 2020, Guinness Nigeria Plc informed the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the investing public and other stakeholders of the resignation of Mr. Bismarck Jemide Rewane from the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc with effect from 31st December, 2020.
This was contained in a corporate release on the NSE signed by Rotimi Odusola, the company secretary.
Mr. Bismarck Jemide Rewane, who until his resignation served as the Chairman of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Board, was appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc as a Non-Executive Director in 2008.
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The Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc expressed its appreciation to Mr. Bismarck Jemide Rewane for his leadership, focus and commitment to the success of the Company and wish him the best in his future endeavours.
About Guinness Nigeria Plc
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a public Company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, was incorporated in Nigeria on 29 April 1950, as a trading company importing Guinness Stout from Dublin.
The Company has since transformed itself into a manufacturing operation and its principal activities continue to be brewing, packaging, marketing and selling of of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Guinness Smooth, Malta Guinness, Guinness Gold, Harp Lager, Smirnoff Ice, Satzenbrau Lager, Dubic Malt, Snapp, Orijin Spirit Mixed Drink, Orijin Bitters, Smirnoff Ice Double Black with Guarana, Orijin Zero and Orijin Herbal Gin, Baileys Delight, Gordons Moringa among others.
The address of the Company’s registered office is at 24 Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.
About Mr. Bismarck Rewane (Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Bismarck Rewane graduated from the University of Ibadan with a Bachelors and Honours degree in Economics (1972). He worked at several blue-chip financial institutions within Nigeria and abroad holding various senior management positions.
Between 1981 and 1989, he was with International Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited and held positions as General Manager, Assistant General Manager, Head of Development Finance Manager and Divisional and Credit Manager. He was also with the First National Bank of Chicago, Barclays Bank of Nigeria and Barclays Bank International Plc, United Kingdom.
An Associate of the Institute of Bankers, England and Wales, Mr. Rewane has served on the Board of several organisations, including Navgas (a Vitol Group subsidiary), NLNG Prize Award Foundation, UNIC Insurance Plc, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, UBA Custodian Limited, Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited, Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc and Top Feeds Nigeria Limited.
Bismarck Rewane joined the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc as a Non – Executive Director in 2008. He is a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Board. He resides in Nigeria.
By; Nnamdi M.