The board of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC, has announced the appointment of Mrs Adenike Aboderin as its new managing director/chief executive officer with effect from February 1, 2024.
The appointment following the expiration of the tenure of the erstwhile occupant of the position, Mr Basil Agboarumi who has moved to the parent company, Sifax Group
Aboderin is a seasoned finance professional with many years of executive leadership, financial and management experience in both private and public sectors.
Her skills include policy/strategy formulation, financial advisory, oil and gas, infrastructural, marine and transport development, business/risk management and public policy.
She has held many senior executive management positions in both the public and private sectors.
Untill December 2023, she was the director of finance and accounts at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
She had served as the special adviser to the executive of Ogun State on trade and investments and also oversaw the state’s Economic Planning Department between 2011 and 2014.
In 2015, she was the chairman, sub – committee on social issues of the presidential transition committee
Prior to her public service engagements, she held different senior management position at Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank Limited), Citibank Nigeria, Premium Securities Limited and Commerce Bank for over 20 years.
In banking and financial advisory, she led various teams and groups in the following sectors of the economy – trading, investment, manufacturing, commodities, marine, oil and gas, transport and steel. She was also a consulting partner at Novateur Consulting Limited, a financial advisory firm and has held positions on various boards.
The SAHCO MDCEO holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Lagos.
She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (FCNA) and an AMPAP Certified International Airport Professional (IAP).
She attended postgraduate courses in Global Strategic Management (GSM) at the Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Programme (AMP), Lagos Business School, and several other courses covering trade, investment, energy and infrastructure financing, credit, risk, treasury, transaction banking, operations, sales and marketing.
She is presently pursuing another Master’s degree in Sustainable Development at the University of Sussex, UK.
She is a motivator with high proficiency in business and transportation, marine, energy management, policy formulation and strategic thinking.
She is passionate about industrialisation and job creation, and continuously strives to proffer solutions to the Nigeria’s development, social and unemployment issues.
