Board Of Directors

MANAGEMENT PROFILE

JKN Limited has a workforce of various disciplines in its Head Office and Branch Offices throughout the country, comprising executive, top management and others, including:

Chief (Dr.) John Agboola Odeyemi MFR, FCA

Chief Odeyemi is The Obasewa of Ife, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive of JKN Limited and Chairman, JAO Investment Company Limited and Obafemi Awolowo University Investment Company Limited. He is a member of the Governing Board of UNESCO Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He was the Chairman of Ecobank Nigeria Plc from September 2006 to March 2010 and currently a Director of Oasis Insurance Plc, Multimalt Limited, Emzor Pharmaceutical Company Plc, Sowsco Well Services Limited and Kinley Securities Limited.

Chief Odeyemi has had numerous public appointments, some of which are:

■  President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI);
■ National President, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and       Agriculture (NACCIMA);
■ Member, National Council on Privatization October 2004 – October 2006;
■ Member, Presidential Committee on the Assessment and Monitoring of the Millennium
     Development Goals (MDGS) June 2005 – October 2006;  
■ Delegate to the National Political Reform Conference  February – July 2005;
■ Chairman, Nigerian Accounting Standards Board 1990 – 1995;
■ Vice President, Bank Directors’ Association of Nigeria.
     
 Engr. (Nze) Aaron Ogo Nwodika  MNSE, MNIM           
 
He is the Deputy Managing Director. He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Institute of Management. He is also registered with the Council on the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.  He has over 30 years experience in electrical engineering installation and project management.  Before joining the company, he had worked for NEPA( now Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)) and Mobil Oil( Nigeria )Plc.
 
Mr.Akinola Odeyemi  AMNIM, AM.IoD

He is the Executive Director (Business Development). He worked in Lead Bank Plc where he gained extensive experience in financial control, asset management and investment banking.
 
He is also on the Board of JAO Investment Company Limited –An Investment Holding Company with diversified portfolio in Engineering Services, Real Estate, Oil and Gas Services, Banking and Financial Services. He is a graduate of Business Administration from Coventry University, United Kingdom and an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and the Institute of Directors.

Mr. Gbenga Ebenezer Agboola B.Sc,ACA

He is a graduate of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida and a B.Sc(Accounting )degree holder from the University of Lagos.He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.  He worked with Ondo State Water Corporation, Akure,Ondo State Ministry of Rural Development and Water Resources and Eternal Oil and Gas Plc, Lagos before joining the company in 2002. He is the Accountant/Admin Manager

Engr. Emmanuel Adekola Adedeji Bsc Eng, MBA

He is a graduate of the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and the University of Lagos, Akoka as well as  a registered member of  both Council on the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria and the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

He worked with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power and Siemens Nigeria Limited (now Eltec Nigeria Limited.).  He has served the Company diligently as the Executive Director( Business Development).  He has over 30 years post-graduation experience and is now a Business Development Consultant to the company.

Mr.Samuel Akintunde Olumuyiwa Odejayi FCA,F.IoD,mni.

A former Executive Director(Business Development & Commercial Management), he is a fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria(ICAN) and the Institute of Directors of Nigeria where he serves as a member of the Governing Council. He is a member of the National Institute for Strategic Studies,Kuru,Jos.
He has worked in different organizations at Executive Director and Chief Executive levels, among which are Stabilini Visinoni Limited and Agbara Estates Limited. He is now one of the company’s Business Development Consultants.
        

Engr. Olatunji Adewunmi Elugbadebo H.Dip,  MNSE

This member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is the Regional Director (North).  He studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (combined) at both Hackney College, London and Willesdon College, London.  Before joining the company he worked with Photographic Limited (London) as Electrical Engineer.  He has more than 29 years of experience in engineering installations and services.

Engr. Clement Ileola Aishida  HND,  MNSE

He is a graduate of Ibadan Polytechnic and Yaba College of Technology.
He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Council  on the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).  He is an engineer with over 30 years  experience.

He had worked with Drake and Scul Limited and Edison and Group Partnership in the past.  Presently, he is the General Manager (Commercial Services) of the company.

Mr. Rasheed Aremu Adeyeni
He has been a registered member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers of the United Kingdom since 1975 and has had extensive site exposure spanning over 30 years both locally and in the United Kingdom. He is the General manager .

Mr. Clement Sunday Banjo  HND

He holds a Higher National Diploma in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from Yaba College of Technology. Having worked with Cazzo Nigeria Ltd, Accme Construction Company Ltd, Uren Nigeria Ltd and Nigeria National Paper Mill,Iwopin, Ogun State, he joined the company in 1983 and is presently the Senior Contracts  Manager.

Mr. Samuel Jimoh Ajayi, B.Eng.

A 1986 graduate of University of Benin with B. Eng( Production Engineering), is the Business Development Engineer. He has worked with  Nigerian Paper Mill Limited, Jebba, PRL Productions Limited, Satellite Town, Lagos, and Eleganza Industries Limited, Ikeja before joining the company.

He has experience in procurement, installation, maintenance and servicing of pumps, compressors, elevators, water treatment plant, heat exchangers, process equipment etc, as well as maintenance and supervision of factories. He is the Senior Commercial Manager.

Mr. Gabriel Sijuwade Adeniran

He has a C&G(Final) Certificate in Plumbing.  He is a member of the London Education Association for Plumbing.  He has had about 30 years comprehensive exposure under both expatriates and Nigerian experts. He is the Senior Contract Manager.

Mr. Isaac Olufemi Elemese HND

He holds the HND (Electrical Engineering) having graduated from the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
He worked in International Breweries Limited, Ilesha, the Directorate of Foods, Roads and Rural Infrastructure and Dazoja Engineering Company Limited, Isolo, before joining the company in 1993.  He works as a Commercial Engineer.

Olu-Aina M.Mercy

Our Human Resources manager, a graduate of University of Ibadan teacher education (Language Art/Religious study). Having served as Training Manager at the JKN Limited Training school for several years, she was deployed to JKN limited in 2007.

Mr. Jeremiah Adewuyi Adegbaju HND, PGD

The company’s Contract Assessor, graduated from Osun State Polytechnic, Esa-Oke, Osun State; Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo and Federal University of Technology Akure, where he obtained his National Diploma, Higher National Diploma (HND) and Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) respectively in Quantity Survey. He is a graduate member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

Mr. Awokunle Ganiyu Alabi HND

He graduated from Federal Polytechnic, Offa, where he obtained HND( Electrical/Electronics Engineering).He worked in Kandelite Engineering Company Limited, Agbara and Nigerian Railway Corporation where he gained experience in Electrical, Mechanical and Air Conditioning installations, services and design. He joined the company as an Estimator.

Balogun Obafemi Rilwan B. Eng

He gratuated from federal University of Technolgy Minna where he obtain Btech in industral technology (Electrical / Electronic). He join the company in 2008 as the project engineer (Telecom). Presntly handle the ICT of the company.

Mr. Monsuru Hassan Olatunde HND

He graduated from Yaba College of Technology in 2004 with an HND(Mechanical Engineering).  He also has WAEC Technical Craft and Advanced Certificates in Plumbing, and passed Trade Tests III, II and I.

Having worked with Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Lagos, for several years, he has experience in mechanical services, project design and management.  Currently, he serves as Mechanical Supervisor in Operations Department of our Company.

Mr. Lekan Ogunlela B.Tech,GNISP

He is the company’s Safety/project Engineer. A 2004  B.Tech(Electrical & Electronic Engineering) graduate from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and, having  obtained different certifications in Health, Safety and Environment, he is a certified member of the Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals. He worked with Citymatrix Nigeria Limited and had experience in Business Development, Tendering/Estimating and Site Supervision, before joining our company in 2008.