WED, NOV 29 2023-theGBJournal| The Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc has appointed Mr Adebayo Alli, a commercially astute and transformative business leader, as Managing Director with effect from 1 January, 2024. Alli becomes the first Nigerian named into the position since 2015.
He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ibadan; and an MSc in Advanced Process Engineering from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
He will be taking over from Kenyan born John Musunga who is moving to a new role within Diageo Africa as the new Managing Director for Southern, West and Central Africa (SWC).
In a statement to the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX), on the appointment, Guinness Nigeria Plc (Market Cap: 148,726.99Nm), described Bayo as a well-rounded executive with almost two decades of broad experience and leadership across supply chain, manufacturing, program management and sales.
He joined Diageo in 2005 as a Packaging Operations Support Manager and has worked in several senior leadership roles across manufacturing, supply and commercial.
In 2013 Bayo moved to Ethiopia on International Assignment to join Diageo’s Meta Abo Brewery Limited’s leadership team as the project lead for a business transformation project.
He was subsequently promoted to Plant Manager in 2014 and appointed Supply Chain Director in 2015. Bayo brought a unique style of leadership displaying a heightened sense of cultural
awareness, an inclusive leadership, and a mission mindset to unlock many breakthroughs while working in Ethiopia.
He returned to Nigeria in 2017 as Operations Director and in pursuit of his general management ambition, he transitioned to commercial taking up several senior commercial sales roles in Guinness Nigeria PLC. Between 2019 and 2020, Bayo was appointed and served briefly as the Director for IPS, Reserve & Modern Trade. In 2020, Bayo was appointed as the Commercial Director Guinness Nigeria.
Guinness said Bayo is known for his deliberate focus on people and his many bold bets across supply and commercial has helped unlock business and personal growth for many of his colleagues thereby ensuring robust succession plans.
”His purpose is to add value to the world by inspiring
others especially Africans to cause the transformations he wants to see and leave everything better than he met it.”
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