Nestlé Appoints Oyebode as Board Chairman as Ifezulike Retires.

 Nestlé Appoints Oyebode as Board Chairman as Ifezulike Retires.

Oluwatoyin Mathnuel

INSIGHT GLOBAL NEWS 

The Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC has appointed Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR, as the 

new Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from May 18, 2023.

The appointment announced to shareholders and other stakeholders at the Annual 

General Meeting of Nestlé Nigeria PLC, held at the MUSON Center on May 17, 

2023, follows the retirement of Mr. David Ifezulike as a Director and the Chairman 

of the Board of the Company with effect from May 18, 2023.

Mr. Oyebode qualified as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria 

in 1980. He holds a Master of Laws degree and is the co-founder of the law firm 

of Aluko & Oyebode. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) 

and the Nigerian Leadership Initiative. He is the Chairman of Okomu Oil Palm PLC, 

Teach for All, and the African Philanthropy Forum. He is also a Director of both 

CFAO Nigeria and Lafarge Africa PLC as well as a member of the Board of Trustees 

of the Ford Foundation. 

Mr. Oyebode was first appointed to the Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC on February 

24, 2014, and has served on the Statutory Audit Committee, Nomination, 

Governance and Remuneration Committee as well as the Board Audit and Risk 

Management Committee of the Company. 

Mr. Ifezulike who holds a Masters in Management Science and a Diploma of 

Imperial College, London, was appointed to the Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC on 

December 22, 2000. He became the Chairman of the Board on May 10, 2013 and

served the Company meritoriously during his tenure. 

He joined Nestlé Nigeria PLC on January 1,1980 and worked for over 26 years in 

various capacities and locations including Nigeria, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, 

Switzerland, and Ghana. He was on an international exchange program as Factory 

Manager of Nestlé Ghana between May 1999 and April 2003. 

He retired from Nestlé Nigeria PLC as the Executive Director, Industrial 

Development in October 2006. 

The Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC thanked Mr. Ifezulike for his contributions to the 

growth of the Company and wished him success in his future endeavours.

The Board of Nestlé Nigeria PLC also expressed confidence in the ability of the 

new Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Oyebode, to further contribute to the 

development of the Company and wished him personal satisfaction in his new  role.