Nigeria: Lafarge Africa has appointed Lolu Alade-Akinyemi as its group managing director and chief executive officer with effect from 1 July 2023. He succeeds Khaled El-Dokani, who has been in post since 2020. Following his resignation El-Dokani will continue to work as a non-executive director of the company.
Alade-Akinyemi previously worked as the chief financial officer and the supply chain director of Lafarge Africa. Before joining the cement producer in 2014, he was the finance director for PZ Cussons Nigeria. Prior to this he worked for Coca-Cola Company for 16 years with positions in finance, business development, supply chain and sales in the UK, Belgium, Ghana and Nigeria. Alade-Akinyemi started his career as a trainee at ExxonMobil. He is a certified accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Essex and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Edinburgh Business School in the UK.
