Mariya Dangote, daughter of billionaire Aliko Dangote, has been appointed an executive director at Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc.
The board of directors disclosed this in a statement signed by the company secretary Temitope Hassan which was sent to the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX).
The statement said, “The Board of Directors of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (the Company) wishes to announce the appointment of Mariya Aliko Dangote as an Executive Director on the Board of the Company.
“Her appointment was approved by the Board at its Meeting held on July 28, 2023, effective the same day and subject to the ratification of the Members of the Company at its next General Meeting.”
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Mariya holds an LL.B and BL, and an MBA from Coventry University, United Kingdom. She is currently attending the Cambridge senior management programme and has attended various courses on business strategy, advanced management, alternative dispute resolution, sugar processing, and productivity optimisation.
Before joining the company in 2019, she served as a business strategy and corporate risk specialist in the holding company, Dangote Industries Limited.
