Dangote Cement appoints Philip Mathew as Deputy Group MD

Dangote Cement Plc has announced the appointment of Philip Mathew as its Deputy Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from Wednesday.

Edward Imoedemhe, Dangote’s Deputy Company Secretary said Wednesday that the new appointee comes to the role with over 34 years of working experience in large global and regional cement industries

The statement read, “Dangote Cement Plc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip Mathew as the Deputy Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from September 15, 2021.

“Mathew is a professional with 34 years of working experience in large global and regional cement industries and has been involved in project management from feasibility to commissioning and stabilisation.”

The Industrial giant stated that Mathew has worked with multicultural teams in different countries and held several roles, including Process Engineer, Optimisation Manager, Plant Manager, Technical Director, Director Performance and Progress, Chief Manufacturing Officer, and recently, Head of Cement Excellence Manufacturing for the AsiaPacific region; defining the strategic goals and ambitions for cement manufacturing at regional level for a global cement company.

Dangote Cement Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading cement company, with a production capacity of 48.6 million tonnes per year across ten countries..

The company is the biggest firm on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in teens if market capitalisation, which currently stands at N4.174 trillion and its share price trading at N245 per share.