Nigeria: Dangote Cement has appointed Gbenga Fapohunda as its Group Financial Officer.
Fapohunda holds over 22 years of experience in financial management. He has worked for Dangote Cement since 2021 first as Regional Chief Financial Officer and then as the Acting Group Financial Officer from 2022. Before this he was the Executive Finance Director (West Africa) at Japan Tobacco International, Finance Director at United Parcel Service (UPS), Executive Finance Director at British American Tobacco. Earlier in his career, he was a manager within the financial advisory team at PricewaterhouseCoopers and worked at KPMG Professional Services within the Assurance Team. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration (Strategic Management) from the Rome Business School, a master’s of business administration (MBA) in finance from the London Business School and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Lagos. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
