Festus Boniface Oha ODIMEGWU

Nsukka, 1974; Overall best graduate one year diploma course, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1989; Winner, National Prize of the Nigerian Institute of Management, 1986; 2001/ 2002, one of the most outstanding CEOs in Nigeria, Vanguard annual award for managerial excellence, 2002; piloted Nigerian Breweries Pic most profitable business organization in Nigeria with a profit before tax in excess of N10 billion and 29 billion respectively in 2001-the highest ever by any quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange; This was repeated in 2002 with a turnover of N39.4 billion and an operating profit of N14.1 billion; Under his Leadership, Heineken, the World's most International brewing group, made amassive direct foreign investment of 500 million Euros in Nigeria, 1999-2003; Built the biggest and most modern brewery in sub-Saharan Africa, Enugu State - a project, which has boosted International confidence in Nigeria; Pioneer, Key Partnership Scheme, (Key Transporters, Key Distributors, Key Hotels, Key Hospitals, Key Suppliers of Packaging and Raw Materials); Under him, the company has won various awards, Heineken Business Challenge Award; Nigerian Stock Exchange Quoted Company of the year award; hd: Doctorate Degree, University of Calabar, 2004, Honorary Doctorate Degree in Business Administration, by Imo State University, 2004; Doctor of Business Administration, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2006. nh: Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 2002; Commander of the Order of the Niger, by President Olusegun Obasanjo, 2005; hob. football; off. Nigerian Breweries Pic Head Office Iganmu House, 1 Abebe Village Road, Iganmu Industrial Estate, Iganmu; P.O.Box 545, Lagos; tel:.01-5801340-9; fax:01-774227, 2646624; e-m:[email protected].