NIGERIA – The Board of Directors of Eterna Plc has announced the appointment of new Directors and a new company secretary for the company.

Eterna Plc is a Nigeria-based company engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of lubricating oils and petrochemicals.

The Board has appointed Mr. Akinwande Ademosu as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Benjamin Nwaezeigwe as Executive Director, and Mr. Mandella Golkus as company secretary.

According to the statement, Mr. Akinwande Ademosu was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective 1st of March 2022.

Akinwande is an accomplished entrepreneur with over two decades of banking, finance, retail credit, and consumer finance experience spanning several banks and non-bank financial institutions in Nigeria.

He is currently the Managing Director of Credit Direct Limited, a subsidiary of FCMB Group.

In the same vein, Mr. Benjamin Nwaezigwe joined Eterna Plc as the Chief Operating Officer on the 2nd of December 2021 and was appointed an Executive Director, effective 1st March 2022.

He worked as the Managing Director of BHR International Ventures Limited, a privately owned indigenous downstream company that specializes in the distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG).

He has worked with Fynefield Petroleum Company where he was responsible for coordinating the company’s petroleum products terminal activities and subsequently, worked with Rainoil Limited as a Deputy General Manager.

Mr. Benjamin Nwaezeigwe has over thirteen years of experience in the downstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry.

Mr. Mandella Golkus was appointed the new Company Secretary of Eterna Plc with effect from 1st April 2022 and he takes over the role of the Company Secretary from Mrs. Bunmi Agagu – Adu.

Before joining Eterna Plc, Mandella worked in the Legal Department at Rainoil Limited with the Company Secretary & Legal Adviser.

He worked previously with FBN General Insurance Ltd where he was responsible for regulatory compliance and advisory support.

He had also worked in Total E&P Nigeria CPFA Limited as the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser in the advisory, compliance, legal risk management, and governance sector.

Prior to this, the Board of Eterna Plc comprised five Non-Executive Directors: Dr. Gabriel Ogbechie, Mrs. Godrey Ogbechie, Mr. Anibor Kragha, Barrister Okey Omezi, and  Mr. Emmanuel Omuojine, and one Executive Director, Mrs. Phoebean Ifeadi.

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