NIGERIA – Nestle Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Jagdish Kumar Singla to the position of Finance & Control Director effective 1 January 2018.

Mr. Singla will be taking over from Mr. Syed Saiful Islam, the current Finance & Control Director who is being transferred to Nestle Pakistan with effect from 1 January 2018.

Mr. Singla who has been the Country Controller of Nestle Sri Lanka since 2014 joined Nestle India in 1990 and served in various roles at the company’s Moga Factory and in Management Accounting at Nestle’s Head Office in Switzerland.

He also worked as Nestle’s Factory Controller in Shuangcheng, China from 1997 and later as Business Controller for Nestle Milks and Nutrition for Greater China Region.

In 2004, he returned to the Moga Factory in India and in 2008, was appointed the Head of Internal Audit where he played a crucial role in preserving internal control and transforming audit control processes.

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