Executive

Mr Christos Giannopoulos (Greek)

Chief Executive Officer(Born 22/04/1965)

A thorough PZ individual, Christos joined the Group in July 1988 armed with a degree in Business Administration specializing in Marketing from Derby University, UK. He worked in several managerial roles in the UK, Australia, Kenya and
Indonesia before joining the Nigerian subsidiary in 2002. He held the position of Managing Director (Soap & Detergent), Managing Director (Supply Chain) as well as Chief Operating Officer before his recent elevation as the Chief Executive Officer in June 2009.

Mrs Yomi Ifaturoti

Corporate Affairs Director(Born 26/07/1960)

Yomi Ifaturoti has wide experience in the field of Marketing and General Administrative Management which has improved immensely with over 25 years working experience; 18 of which she has spent with PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. An alumnus of the University of Ibadan with a BSc degree in Pharmacology and Diploma in Sales she became a director of the company in 2004; appointed to the Board in 2006. She is  currently the Group Corporate Affairs & Admin Director and a Fellow of the Chartered National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria.

Mr Adewale Raji

Managing Director, Distribution Services (Born 24/02/1963)

Adewale Raji is a Humanities Graduate of the University of Jos and a pioneer student of Lagos State University MBA programme (LASUMBA) with specialisation in Marketing. He joined PZ Cussons over 2 decades ago and has worked in Ikorodu Manufacturing, Procurement / Planning, Thermocool Engineering Company (TEC) and later in the Logistics Dept as Head of Purchasing. Adewale became the Director of Distribution Services in 2005, appointed to the Board in 2006 and subsequent attained the position of Managing Director - Distribution Services SBU in June 2008.

Mr Anders Kristiansson (Swedish)

Chief Financial Officer (Born 09/05/1968)

Anders Kristiansson is a Swedish citizen who started his career with Procter & Gamble in Scandinavia and thereafter worked for P&G in South Africa. He has been a Global Divisional Controller for Eaton Automotive and he was prior to joining PZ, Director of Financial Operations for Celtel (now Zain) covering for all African operations.He has a Master of Science from the Gothenburg School of Economics and Law.

Mr Alex Goma

Managing Director, Family Care SBU (Born 13/12/1967)

Mr. Goma is a Biochemistry graduate of the University of Port Harcourt. He is an experienced business manager with significant expertise in sales and trade marketing of Fast Moving Consumer Goods spanning six countries in Africa. Before he joined the Company as Commercial Director in 2010, he had worked for Procter & Gamble in Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt, British America Tobacco in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania and Guinness Nigeria Plc where he was the Sales Director.

Ms Joyce Coker

Executive Director, Human Resources (Born 16/04/1975)

Ms. Coker, a seasoned human resources practitioner is a University of Lagos graduate of History. She also holds a Master of Arts in Human Resources Management from the University of Westminster, London. Prior to joining the company on July 1 2011 she had worked in Universal Commercial Plc, London, as Human Resources Manager, Accenture as Human Resources Analyst, Heirs Alliance as Head, Human Resources Management and the Unilever Group based in Kenya where she was the Human Resources Business Partner for the Central Africa region.