Kenneth Irabor is the Group Head, Risk Management of Dangote Cement Plc. He leads the risk management function overseeing the implementation of the Company’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework. He is a risk management professional with over 20 years experience spanning consulting, Big Four advisory, banking and manufacturing. Prior to joining Dangote Cement Plc, he worked closely with the executive management teams and boards of various companies across multiple sector, designing and implementing risk management frameworks and policies.

Kenneth was a Senior Consultant in the Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Solutions set of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led risk consulting engagements and advised clients on GRC matters. He was the pioneer Head of Operational Risk Analysis and Profiling at Diamond Bank Plc, where he brought analytical rigour and consulting insight to deliver on effective risk mitigation strategies for the bank’s operational risk exposures. He also had a stint at H. Pierson, where he played advisory risk management roles for clients and facilitated training programmes for the training arm of the business.

Kenneth holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and has attended executive trainings at the University of Stellenbosch Business School Cape town South Africa and the Lagos Business School. He is a Certified Climate Change Risk Manager.