UAC of Nigeria PLC has appointed communications and sustainability professional, Chinwe Okpala as its new Group Head, Communications and Sustainability.
Prior to her appointment, the seasoned leader who has experience and expertise in sustainability programmes as well as corporate marketing and communications, was the Head, Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainable Development at the Chemical And Allied Products Plc.
Some of her remarkable works within the sustainability space include: development and execution of a corporate recycling programme for waste management and creation and execution of community support and education intervention initiative.
She started her career at Topbrass Aviation Limited as Finance and Administration and afterward moved to Diamond Bank Plc as Public Relations and Communications Specialist where she was elevated to the position of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, Corporate Communications Division.
At the bank she was responsible for designing and managing the organizations sustainability framework, sustainability and responsibility policies, and the Environmental and Social Risk Management Framework (ESRMF).
Thereafter, she moved to FBNQuest as Team Lead, Corporate Sustainability and Strategic Projects before joining British American Tobacco. At British American Tobacco she started her career as Head, Corporate Sustainability and Strategic Projects and was later elevated to the position of Internal Communications and Sustainability Manager West Africa and Internal Communications and Sustainability Manager West and Central Africa.
Chinwe holds a B Sc. in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of Lagos and also hold several licenses and certifications which includes Associate Registered Practitioner in Advertising at the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, Environmental and Social Risk Analysis (ESRA) at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI); ISO 27001 Foundation – Information Security Certification at the PECB, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Option B: Building Resilience at LinkedIn and Certified Member (CIIC) at the Institute of Internal Communication.
