Following the voluntary retirement of the Group Managing Director/CEO of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Dr. Adebayo Jimoh, who has been at the helms of affairs for good nine years, a new Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Adewale Raji has been appointed to steer the ship of the conglomerate.

Raji who emerged through a thorough, competitive and transparent selection process carried out by KPMG Advisory Services, is expected to assume office on June 2, 2014.

The Corporate Affairs Manager, Odua Investment Company Limited Victor Ayetoro, said in a statement in Ibadan on Sunday that the new Group Managing Director/CEO who hails from Ogun State graduated from the University of Jos in 1985 with a first degree in History and was in the pioneer MBA class of Lagos State University (LASUMBA) that graduated in 1997 with specialization in Marketing. 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Logistic Management (FILM) and has attended a number of Executive Management Training Courses locally at NIM, LBS, Poise and Unilag and internationally at Cranfield and Manchester Universities.

Raji who has over 28 years working experience, served predominantly with PZ Cussons Nigeria Group where he rose to become the Managing Director-Distribution Services, overseeing the conglomerate’s Strategic Business Unit (SBU) responsible for Outbound Logistics and Customer Services.

He started his career with the then PZ Industries Ltd.as a Management Trainee in January 1987 with various responsibilities in Admin, Factory Services and Procurement.

He was elevated to the position of Central Purchasing Department Manager in 1998. In 2003, he had a brief stint with Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria Limited as Planning Procurement & Logistics Manager, but was recalled back by PZ within the same year based on his track record of performance. On return, Mr. Raji rose from Depot Services Controller in November 2003 to become the Director of Distribution

Services, in June 2005 and was appointed into the Executive Board of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc Group in 2006.

Mr. Raji will be bringing into the Group, his wealth of experience especially in the area of Human Resources Management, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, and Problem –solving skills to bear on the fortunes of the ever rising Conglomerate.

On assumption of office in June, 2014, Mr. Adewale Raji and the outgoing Group Managing Director, Dr. Adebayo Jimoh will embark on a working visit to all Odu’a Subsidiaries and the Associated Companies.  He is expected to meet with some of the Stakeholders before the outgoing Group Managing Director embarks on his terminal leave.