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Learn Africa Plc

Profile of Directors

Chief Emeke Iwerebon

Chairman, Board of Directors
(Appointed 7 June 2011)

hief Emeke Iwerebon holds a BSc in Business Administration, MA (Honours) in Economics
Cand a Juris Doctor degree in Law. He was called to the bar in 1989.
He has worked in various fields of human endeavour, including judicial clerkships with Justices
of the Illinois Appellate Court, prosecutorial work and extensive work in the finance department of
Longman, USA. He has been Chairman of other companies operating in key sectors of the nation’s
economy.

Alhaji Hassan S. Bala

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
(Appointed 1 April 2016)

lhaji Hassan Bala was appointed Managing Director of Learn Africa Plc on 1 April 2016. He
Ajoined Longman Nigeria Plc in 1996 as a Sales Canvasser in Zaria and later became the Senior
Sales Representative in charge of Borno/Yobe States; Area Manager of North West District and later,
District Manager, North West at different times.
Until his appointment as the Managing Director in 2016, Alhaji Bala was the Head of Sales,
North from 2013. Alhaji Bala holds a Certificate in Marketing and a Diploma in Purchasing and
Supply Management from Kaduna State Polytechnic (now Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic) Zaria, and
a BSc in Business Management and Entrepreneural Studies from the National Open University of
Nigeria.

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