Meet The CEOs Of Top Five Brands In Nigeria

It is almost impossible for a company to survive without a chief executive officer (CEO). 

The Chief Executive Officer is the highest-ranking executive in a company whose primary responsibility is to make corporate decisions and manage the overall operations and resources of a company.

Well, below is a compilation of CEOs of the top five brands in Nigeria:

Hans Essaadi

Hans Essaadi is presently the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries.

Nigerian Breweries is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria which specialises in brewing, marketing and selling lager, stout, non-alcoholic malt drinks and soft drinks.

The company operates over 10 breweries and 2 malting plants in Aba and Kaduna. It also focuses on ancillary business, which includes manufacturing cans, labels, cartons and bottles.

Han Essaadi was appointed as the who was appointed, Managing Director/CEO  of the Nigerian Breweries effective July 31, 2021.

Presently, Essaadi’s net worth is about N243.1 million.

Ebenezer Onyeagwu

Ebenezer Onyeagwu was named Managing Director/Chief Executive at Zenith Bank when he replaced Peter Amangbo, whose tenure expired on May 31, 2019.

Zenith Bank is a leading multinational financial service provider based in Nigeria. 

It is currently the 6th biggest bank in the continent, with more than 500 branches and business offices in all states of the Federal Capital Territory and subsidiaries in the UK, UAE, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia.

Karl Toriola

Karl Toriola is the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, the largest telecommunications provider in Nigeria and is one of the most popular business executives in the country.

He is also one of the top 10 highest-paid CEOs in the country.

MTN Nigeria is a provider of communications services which focuses on the provision of broadband fixed wireless access services, telecommunications services, and mobile financial services in Nigeria. 

Aliko Dangote

Aliko Dangote is also one of the most popular business executives in Nigeria.

He is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa. 

The Dangote Group is a multinational industrial conglomerate.

It is also the largest conglomerate in West Africa and also one of the largest on the African continent as it now owns and operates over 18 subsidiaries, operating in ten African countries.

Roger Brown

Roger Brown is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc.

He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc in August 2020. 

Seplat is a leading independent oil and natural gas producer in the prolific Niger Delta area of Nigeria and a leading supplier of processed gas to the domestic market.