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The Board of Directors of Nigerian
Breweries Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Johan Antonie Doyer as the
Company’s new Managing Director/CEO. Mr. Doyer’s appointment takes effect on
June 16 on an interim basis pending the appointment of a substantive Managing
Director/CEO.
Mr. Doyer will succeed Mr. Nicolaas who has been appointed as the
Managing Director of Heineken Asia Pacific Region.
A statement by Corporate Affairs
Adviser Kufre Ekanem said Doyer joined Heineken Netherlands in 1978 as
Product Manager and subsequently held senior Marketing management positions in
different regions.
He became the General Manager in
Vietnam followed by La Reunion, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile
and the Sedibeng Brewery in South Africa. Mr. Doyer retired from Heineken in
July 2015 as the Managing Director of Heineken Ethiopia.
While in Ethiopia, he was
responsible for building the new company, integrating two acquired breweries,
building a new brewery, launching new brands and overseeing the tripling of
that company’s volume. He set the stage for the growth Heineken Ethiopia has
recorded.
The Board is confident that Mr.
Doyer’s wealth of experience stands him in a very good position to help the
Company continue its twin strategy of Cost Leadership and Market Leadership
towards sustaining the Company’s leadership position in the market and its
philosophy of Winning with Nigeria.
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