Nigerian Breweries Plc- Nigeria’s foremost brewing company, has announced the
appointment of Uzodinma Odenigbo as the Corporate Affairs Director of the company.
Odenigbo succeeds Sade Morgan who has been elevated to a global role as Heineken’s
Corporate Affairs Director, Africa, Middle East and Africa.
The appointment, which takes effect from May 1, 2025, was recently announced by the
Managing Director of the company, Hans Essaadi.
Since joining NB in 2017, Odenigbo has been responsible for Public, External & Government
Affairs, first as Public Affairs Manager for the South of Nigeria. He has subsequently led the
critical public affairs agenda pan-Nigeria while also providing strategic direction for the
Regional Corporate Affairs Managers.
Significantly, he delivered a comprehensive stakeholder engagement and communications
framework as part of the project team for implementation of the 2024 Nigerian Breweries
business recovery plan, achieving zero business disruption and negative media coverage
amongst other critical outcomes.
As part of his personal development plan, he was in July 2024 selected for an important Short
Term Assignment (STA) as Corporate Affairs Director, Brarudi, where he joined the local
Management Team. Between July 2024 and March 2025, he successfully led the Corporate
Affairs agenda for Brarudi, driving the launch of a reputation campaign anchored on
sustainability, elevated internal communications with positive impact on climate scores,
championed the Optimal Business Climate agenda with concrete results on export, local
sourcing and the ongoing advocacy to avoid negative excise impacts from tax harmonization
in the EAC region.
Over the period in Burundi, he further enhanced the CA team capabilities and operationalized
the 2025 CA playbook to position the team to meet critical deliverables even after his return
to Nigeria.
Uzo holds an MBA and a PhD in Mass Communications with a passion for building
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