Nigerian Breweries Appoints Johan Doyer New MD/CEO
Following the resignation of Nocolaas Vervelde as the Managing Director /CEO of Nigerian Breweries Plc, the Board of Directors has appointed Johan Antonie Doyer as the new Managing Director/CEO of the company.
The appointment takes effect from June 16, 2017, the same day the resignation of Mr. Vervelde takes effect. Meanwhile, Mr. Doyer is on interim basis pending the appointment of substantive MD/CEO. Mr. Doyer replaces Nocolaas Vervelde, who resigned last week to take up another appointment within the Heineken Group, the parent company of Nigerian Breweries.
A statement issued by the company and addressed to the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday stated that the Board of Directors is confident that Mr. Doyer will help drive the strategic growth of the organization, considering his reputation and wealth of experience in the brewery industry.
“The Board is confident that Mr. Doyer’s wealth of experience stands him in a very good position to help the company with its twin strategy of Cost Leadership and Market Leadership towards sustaining the company’s leadership position in the market”, the statement read.
Mr. Doyer joined Heineken Netherlands in 1978 as Product Manager and subsequently held senior marketing management positions in different regions. He was the General Manager in Vietnam followed by La Reunion, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile and the Sedibeng Brewery, 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 brand and oversaw the tripling of that company’s volume. He set the stage for the growth Heineken Ethiopia has recorded.
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