Mrs. Omolara Iswat Elemide joined UAC of Nigeria Plc (UAC) on October 4, 1983. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, she holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. She has worked in various capacities within the UAC group.
She was on a six-month attachment with the Unilever International Audit Departments in United States of America, Germany and United Kingdom in 1991, after which she became the Senior Group Manager, Unilever International Audit, Lagos. At the divestment of Unilever from UACN in 1994, she assumed the position of Audit Manager for the UACN Group. She was at different times between 1997 and 2005, the Divisional Commercial Director and Finance Director of G B Ollivant/MDS Division and UACN Property Development Company Plc, respectively.
Mrs Elemide joined the Board of Chemical and Allied Products PLC (“CAP PLC”) as Finance Director/Company Secretary in February 2005, a position she held until May 4, 2009 when she was appointed the Managing Director of the company.
She has attended various training programmes within and outside the country amongst which are International Management Seminar at the Four Acres UK, Unilever International Audit Seminar, USA, Strategy and Finance at the Ashridge Business School, UK and the Bullet-Proof Manager Training Series by Crestcom International, Colorado, USA.
She was appointed the Executive Director, Corporate Services of UAC of Nigeria PLC with responsibility for Human Resource, Marketing and Strategy & Innovation on the 1st of January, 2018. She was the Acting Group Managing Director/CEO of UAC of Nigeria PLC until 31st March 2019 and currently the Acting Managing Director of Chemical and Allied Products PLC, a subsidiary of the Company. She also serves as a Director on the Boards of UAC Foods Limited, Livestock Feeds PLC and MDS Logistics Limited.