Union Dicon salt plc yesterday notified the esteemed shareholders, Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of its decision to appoint Mrs Florence Iroye as the Managing Director of the company.
Following the death of retired Col. H. I. Mgbemena on the 30th of January 2021, Mrs. Florence Iroye has been appointed as the Acting Managing Director of the Company with effect from 1st March 2022.
According to the notice signed by the acting Managing Director, Mrs. Florence Iroye joined Union Dicon Salt Plc in January 2008 as Legal/Documentation and Compliance Officer.
Thereafter, the same year, she was appointed as the Company Secretary of the Company. In carrying out her duties, she ensured that the Company complied with financial and legal requirements as well as maintained the standard of Corporate Governance in the Company and liaised with Regulatory Bodies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), among others in addition to dealing with Board and Board related matters.
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and registered with FRC.
However, Barr Alfred E. James also has been appointed as the Company Secretary with effect from 1st March 2022.
Alfred E. James has been in active legal practice both privately and corporately. He served as an associate in the firm of F. Okey Ogbu & Co. Legal Practitioners and Solicitors where he specifically managed the Corporate and client’s property portfolios of the firm.
He cut his teeth in Corporate Governance and Corporate Legal Services from 2006 – 2008 when he worked in the firm of Pheola Caulcrick and Co. who were the Company Secretaries to Berger Paints Plc, Kajola Investment Company and Protea Hotels.
