Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Plc’ formerly known as Nigerian Bottling Company has replaced former Director, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability , Ekuma Eze with the former Unilever Nigeria & Ghana, Director, Corporate Communications & Sustainability, Mrs Oluwasoromidayo George.
George resumed in the position in April 2023 immediately Eze left his position on March 31st, 2023.
George is a top-performing Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Business with extensive experience in sustainable business and development, ESG/sustainability/corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate communications, external relations, policy advocacy, campaign planning and implementation. She has a proven track record of spearheading innovative initiatives, and developing strategies to help reposition companies to maintain growth within a sustainable development framework.
Highly skilled in communicating with executive teams to outline overarching strategies, policies, procedures, and best practices. She is adept in evaluating operations within businesses to implement strategic process improvements.
George, UN Global Compact Network Nigeria Chairperson, is also a Co-Chair of the CEO Water Mandate Council, representing the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), and the Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Export Group(MANEG).
‘Soromidayo was the first female Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Business Director, Unilever, West and Central Africa (including Franco-phone Africa), the first female Executive Director of the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN Foundation) and the Head of Corporate Affairs, British American Tobacco (BAT) in West & Central Africa.
She is the co-founder of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance Institute. In 2016, she set up the Heart of Ruth Fund (now the Heart of Ruth Foundation) to help rehabilitate women and children who are abused or economically disadvantaged.
She is a DBA candidate at Walden University, researching Bottom of the Pyramid strategies in emerging markets. ‘Soromidayo is a member of AIESEC Nigeria, Board of Advisors, a Fellow of the WIMBOARD Institute, a WIMBIZ/IE University, Madrid Executive Education Programme for Women on Boards, and was a member of the WIMBIZ Executive Council. She was an adjunct member of the faculty at the School of Media and Communication Pan-Atlantic University. She also sits on the Ministry of Environment’s committee on Plastic Waste Management in Nigeria and on the Board of the Nigerian Business Disability Network.
