The Board of VDT Communications has appointed Steve Elusope as the Group Chief Finance and Strategy Officer to help steer the organization into her next growth phase.

By the appointment, the Board of VDT is entrusting Steve Elusope with the dual strategic roles of Group Chief Finance Officer and Group Chief Strategy Officer. Consequently, he is responsible for supervising Finance & Accounts, Business Intelligence, Business Solutions and Project Monitoring. He works closely with all key stakeholders in the group to ensure consistent achievement of both financial and non-financial business objectives.

Steve Elusope has garnered about 30 years of cognate work experience in banking and finance, pension administration, technology and communication services. Before joining VDT, he has held management level positions in various

organisations for over 20 years, including Executive Director at Spacenet Communications Ltd, GM/Chief Executive at Global Trust Savings & Loans Ltd, Financial Controller at Stanbic IBTC Bank for over 5years, Executive Director, Operations at Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers for over 8years, and Executive Director, Operations (Nigeria) at Cimple Networks Inc, USA.

He also possess strategic skills and competencies in financial control, consultancy, management accounting, taxation, operational risk, IT operations, customer care, back-office operations, administration, and facility management; with proven abilities in defining organizational direction, instituting corporate governance, system optimization, human capacity building and achieving set targets.

Steve Elusope is a 1986 graduate of Accountancy from The Polytechnic Ibadan, Master of Business Administration from Delta State University (DELSU), Fellow (FCA) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Fellow (FCIB) of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.

With this appointment, Steve Elusope will bring his wealth of experience and versatility to bear on accelerating all facets of growth in VDT and the affiliate brands towards attaining their corporate objectives.

For: VDT Communications Limited

David Ese

Senior Marketing Communications Manage