By Peter Egwuatu

PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, has appointed Dr. Anthony Ikemefuna Idigbe, SAN, as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

In a notice the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, ALSEC Nominees Limited, Company Secretary of PZ Cussons stated: “This is to notify our esteemed shareholders, the investing public and the NGX that the Board of Directors of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc has approved the appointment of Dr. Anthony Ikemefuna Idigbe, SAN as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company effective Thursday, 27 March 2025 and subject to ratification at the next Annual General Meeting”.

According to the statement from PZ Cussons,Dr. Anthony Ikemefuna Idigbe is a Senior Partner at PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors.

He has over forty (40) years of experience in corporate governance, insolvency, business restructuring, arbitration, dispute resolution, privatization, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and oil and gas.

He was licensed to practice law in Nigeria in 1983 and Ontario, Canada, in June 2016.

He was appointed Notary Public in 1989 and elevated to Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in July 2000. In 1982, he got his LL. B from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, LL.M from the University of Lagos, Akoka (1988), and MBA from Enugu State University of Science and Technology (1997). He holds another LL.M. in Construction and Arbitration Law from Robert Gordon University, Scotland (2012), and a GPLLM from the University of Toronto in 2015. He also has a doctorate in cross-border insolvency from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2022).