The board of UAC Nigeria Plc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Vitus Chidiebere Ezinwa as the Group Human Resources Director.
Dr. Ezinwa is a seasoned business manager and human resource professional with experience gained in leading multinational corporations.
He holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), an MBA in Management from the Lagos Business School, a MBA in Applied Business Research, and a PhD in Business Administration, both from the Swiss Business School, Zurich, Switzerland.
He worked as Group Human Resources Director for Promasidor Africa; Human Resources Director, Coca-Cola for Nigeria and Equatorial Africa with responsibility for 10 countries, and Human Resources Director for British American Tobacco, West and Central Africa, covering Ghana, Benin, Niger and Togo.
He was also the Group Human Resources Director for Tropical General Investments (TGI).
Ezinwa is a member of the Advisory Board of Afterschool Graduate Development Centre and the Institute of Directors, as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK. He is a co-founder and Director of HR Network Africa and was until 2014, a member of the Lagos Business School’s Advisory Board.