Abidemi Ademola Resigns from Unilever After 27 Years

The Board of Directors of Unilever Nigeria PLC has considered and approved the resignation of Abidemi Ademola as an Executive Director with effect from 31st May 2023.

According to a disclosure signed by Afolashade Olowe on the NGX, the resignation becomes effective from 31st May 2023.

The Board of Directors however wishes Ademola all the very best in her future career and expresses their sincere gratitude to her for the many valuable contributions and legal expertise she brought to the Company over a distinguished 27-year career at Unilever.

The company also noted that her replacement on the Board of Directors of Unilever Nigeria will be announced in due course.

Ademola’s profile

Ademola has over 27 years of experience practicing commercial law and corporate governance in Nigeria and West Africa. She is a qualified and seasoned corporate counsel, governance professional, and executive business leader.

Her specialty is to proactively identify legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance risks to business and develop creative mitigation to enable seamless business operations and sustainability. She is passionately driven by a personal purpose to create a lasting legacy by shaping capability in Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

Abidemi has played a key role in the development of powerful legal teams and the accomplishment of numerous monumental legal transactions and initiatives throughout West Africa. Since more than ten years ago, she has assisted the Unilever Nigeria Board in putting world-class Corporate Governance policies and procedures into place, which has enhanced the effectiveness of the Board.

She has a law degree from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, a master’s degree in law from the University of Lagos in Akoka, and a leadership MBA from Walden University in the United States. She is a member of the Governing Council and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). She is a Fellow of the WIMBIZ/IE University, Madrid Executive Education Programme for Women on Boards and the WIMBOARD Institute.

Bidemi participates actively in the Nigerian Institute of Directors, the Society for Corporate Governance, and the Nigerian Bar Association. Abidemi served as the first chair of the NBA Section on Business Law’s Corporate Counsel Committee and is currently an officer on the NBA Women Forum’s Corporate Counsel Committee.