MeyerPlc names Goodwill Asade as MD/CEO effective March 3
Meyer Plc appointed Engr. Goodwill Sunday Asade as Managing Director and CEO, effective March 3, 2026. The company announced the decision to the Nigerian Exchange Limited, shareholders, and the public. Asade, a long-serving operations executive, brings deep expertise in procurement and supply chain management to address Nigerian industrial firms' challenges with rising input costs, foreign-exchange constraints, and efficiency pressures. His background includes a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Ilorin, MBA from University of Lagos, and Harvard Business School exposure. He spent 18 years at Cadbury Nigeria in manufacturing and operations roles, then served as Group Procurement Director at A.G. Leventis before becoming COO in 2018 overseeing sales, logistics, and QHSE across multiple sectors. His SAP-based source-to-pay transformation experience and 30+ years in reliability engineering, procurement strategy, and business process optimization position him to drive operational transformation. The appointment signals a strategic focus on supply chain resilience and cost efficiency for Nigeria's manufacturing sector.