Mr. Olumuyiwa Olumekun has been named the group managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), replacing Mr Indranil Gupta whose tenure expired December 31, 2024.
The company said in a release by its spokesman, Mr Olutayo Ajakaye that Olumekun’s appointment took effect from January 1, 2025.
According to the statement, the company secretary, Mr Bello Abdullahi, had in a notice to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) dated 27 December, 2024 disclosed that “the board has approved the appointment of Mr Olumuyiwa Olumekun as the group managing director/chief executive officer of the company with effect from 1st January 2025.”
“The same notice also announced the retirement of Mr Indranil Gupta, the group managing director/chief executive officer of the company on 31st December, 2024 upon completion of his service contract tenure as the GMD/CEO and also retiring from the board of directors of the company accordingly,” the statement added.
A seasoned business executive with over three decades of leadership experience across various industries, Olumekun retired as group executive director, corporate services, nacho in February 2022.
During his tenure, he held multiple strategic roles, including acting managing director (August 2021 – February 2022) and executive director of corporate services, where he provided leadership to key functions such as human resources, learning and development, IT, administrative services, infrastructure, and procurement and was part of the team that successfully implemented the company’s transformative 2019–2023 strategic plan, which resulted in over a 300% increase in profitability.
In 2019, he spearheaded NAHCO’s commercial and business development efforts before transitioning to the corporate services directorate.
Since 2022, he remained as a non-executive director on the board of NAHCO subsidiaries including NAHCO Free Trade Zone, NAHCO Commodities Limited, NAHCO Travels and Hospitality Limited and Mainland Cargo Options (now NAHCO Logistics).
The GMD/CEO holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ibadan (1985) and he is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School, where he completed the chief executive and advanced management programmes.
Prior to joining NAHCO, Olumekun spent 23 years at Red Star Express PLC (FedEx), where he retired as executive director in 2015.
At Red Star, he managed the FedEx brand and oversaw core functions, including sales, marketing, operations, strategy and business development, customer service and it and was a member of the board of directors for a decade.
A distinguished professional, Olumekun is a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and a registered professional with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (RCN).
