Who is Emmanuel Ikazoboh, Aliko’s successor in Dangote Cement?
Aliko Dangote retired on Friday as the chairman of Dangote Cement after over 22 years of leading its board of directors.
His successor, Emmanuel Ikazoboh, has been on the board of the company since January 30, 2014
Ikazoboh has over 40 years of experience in senior management roles in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and South Africa.
He was the Group Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Inc., the pan-African banking group, between 2014 and 2020.
He started his professional career at Akintola Williams Deloitte. He first became the Managing Partner for francophone offices in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire and later became the Managing Partner of the Deloitte firm in West and Central Africa until 2009.
In 2010, he was appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Interim Administrator to carry out capital market reforms of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Central Securities Clearing System Plc. (CSCS).
He serves on several corporate boards as chairman or non-executive director.
He obtained an MBA in Financial Management and Marketing from Manchester University Business School in 1979, a Certified Accountant in the United Kingdom, and a fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Chartered Accountants.
