Eterna Plc has notified the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public that of the appointment of Mr. Mandella Golkus as the Company Secretary effective 1st April 2022. Mr. Golkus replaces Ms Bunmi Agagu who has taken on other responsibilities within the Company.
Mr. Golkus holds a Bachelor of Laws [LL.B] (Second Class Honors Upper Division) from the University of Jos, was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2012, having passed the Council of Legal Education Qualifying Examinations with Second Class Honors Upper Division and is currently undergoing a Master of Laws programme at the University of Lagos.
He has extensive legal, corporate commercial, company secretarial, compliance and corporate governance experience spanning about (11) years.
He is currently the Lead Company Secretariat & Investor Relations at Eterna Plc. Prior to joining Eterna, he worked at Rainoil Limited as Legal Officer assisting the Company Secretary & Legal Adviser in the secretariat, compliance, and legal advisory role. Prior to that, he was Legal & Compliance Officer at FBN General Insurance Ltd, responsible for regulatory compliance and advisory support, and before that, he worked in Total E&P Nigeria CPFA Limited assisting the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser in the advisory, compliance, legal risk management and governance function.
He garnered core criminal and civil litigation, corporate commercial, and legal advisory expertise from serving in the Public Sector (Bauchi State Ministry of Justice) and working in corporate commercial law firms in his formative years in practice.
In the course of a career spanning over a decade, he has garnered invaluable knowledge and experience in the legal aspects of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, corporate governance and company secretarial practice.