British Executive Chairman and CEO Clement Aghayere [ Landed Gentry , Benin Kingdom Nigeria ] with The former President of Nigeria .
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BRITISH BANKING FAMILY [ THE AGHAYERE FAMILY ]
CITY OF LONDON , LONDON THE UNITED KINGDOM
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1st generation British banking family , The Aghayere children of prominent British Chartered accountant Clement Aghayere Senior have worked with and or for in senior executive positions of the Top 100 Largest Global financial institutions | The Aghayere's are a third generation British certified and qualified chartered accountants ACCA - registered in England and wales, an Ivy leagued educated lineage Harvard | M.I.T and Duke Alumni | and one of the most educated family lineages on the continent of Africa | private school educated , city of London senior investment banking senior executive was Founder of emerging markets merchant bank Mayfair London where he secured all corporate mandates across Africa equated to hundreds of millions of united states dollars and British banker generated all income for the firm an exit that saw the firm lose its biggest rainmaker , British born banker has been described by British financial industry experts as one of the worlds most successful African focused investment bankers responsible for some of the largest debt capital raises fro the largest conglomerates on the - African continent
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BRITISH FOUNDER, CLEMENT AGHAYERE
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British Banker, Clement Aghayere , Protege to the former President OPEC , Vienna appointed secretary general | recently appointed board of trustees World Peace Tract UK Chapter , for 22 years of dedication and efforts of steering Global capital into the continent of Africa region
1st generation British banking family , The Aghayere family are one of the most esteemed banking and finance family dynasties continent Africa
British Born Clement Aghayere is a product three of the most distinguished Nigerian families and most successful banking families in -Africa .
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1st generation British banking family , The Aghayere family are one of the most esteemed banking and finance family dynasties continent Africa
British Born Clement Aghayere is a product three of the most distinguished Nigerian families and most successful banking families in -Africa .
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THE AGHAYERE FAMILY HISTORY
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The Aghayere Family Landed Gentry Benin Kingdom | Pa Aghayere Uwadiae was British banker Clement Aghayere grand father , a Multi Millionaire from Benin city , Nigeria a Timber Merchant with the British - Sapele Timber company | he owned prime real estate mainly two significant mansions opposite each other 41 and 52 Arousa street - prime properties in the centre of Benin city and numerous Sawmills and hectares of Farmland and commercial land on the outskirts of Benin city | He had 13 sons whom of which graduated " ALL" graduated in Ivy league universities | Clement Aghayere Snr , was a British certified and qualified chartered accountant and amongst the first wave of British certified and qualified chartered accounts to arrive in Nigeria to operate and manage Govt parastatals | The Aghayere Family are a third generation British certified and qualified chartered accountants and an ivy league family lineage Harvard | M.I.T and Duke Alumni | The Aghayere family are generational leaders of the Nigerian financial services sectors | Aghayere senior was Audit director Nigerian National Petroleum corporation and Audit Director National Electric Power Authority and in addition Chairman and CEO , of Bendel Insurance one of the largest insurance companies in sub Saharan Africa | The Aghayere Family are Nigerian financial services institution and pioneering leaders of the finance sector | British Born , private school educated Clement Aghayere is Globally the most prominent British banker on the continent of Africa
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Founder : Clement Aghayere British Banker, Former Barclays Bank PLC, City of London IB senior executive is also a qualified microsoft systems engineer and was in the frontiers of E-commerce having worked with The Boston Consulting Group ex partner Amsterdam for the Benelux region at Boo.com | clement was lead on Benelux region infrastructure roll -out E-pearle and worked with Andersen consulting firm Paris and Netherlands Office . City of London based IB Senior executive, Clement Aghayere, oversees an $11.27bn portfolio , and currently exclusively mandate for $3.7bn British Banker was a commodity and financial derivatives expert [ IB ] for Credit Suisse City of London and Mitsui Bussan commodities City of London originating and providing bespoke Hedging solutions for African National oil companies and Indigenous oil companies namely : NNPC | Aiteo Group | Taleveras Group & investment grade financial institutions Nigeria & across selected African countries .______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Founder : Clement Aghayere British Banker, Former Barclays Bank PLC, City of London IB senior executive is also a qualified microsoft systems engineer and was in the frontiers of E-commerce having worked with The Boston Consulting Group ex partner Amsterdam for the Benelux region at Boo.com | clement was lead on Benelux region infrastructure roll -out E-pearle and worked with Andersen consulting firm Paris and Netherlands Office . City of London based IB Senior executive, Clement Aghayere, oversees an $11.27bn portfolio , and currently exclusively mandate for $3.7bn British Banker was a commodity and financial derivatives expert [ IB ] for Credit Suisse City of London and Mitsui Bussan commodities City of London originating and providing bespoke Hedging solutions for African National oil companies and Indigenous oil companies namely : NNPC | Aiteo Group | Taleveras Group & investment grade financial institutions Nigeria & across selected African countries .______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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British Founder and British executive Chairman and CEO | Clement Aghayere British , Born in the city of London , UK | Private school educated City of London based - senior Investment banker | British senior Banker , Former Barclays Bank PLC St Swithins House, 11-12 St Swithins Lane, City of London, EC4N 8AS. Barclays Bank PLC is a major retail clearing bank with numerous branches around the UK . City of London - based IB senior executive former Co Founder, Partner senior Vice President for Africa, Emerging Markets Merchant bank Brigg Capital Mayfair London renamed Brigg Macadam an exit that saw the firm lose its biggest and only rainmaker | City of London based Investment banking senior executive The UK, most accomplished Africa Focused senior Investment banker | stems from the most successful banking Family in - Nigeria
British Founder and British executive Chairman and CEO | Clement Aghayere British , Born in the city of London , UK | Private school educated City of London based - senior Investment banker | British senior Banker , Former Barclays Bank PLC St Swithins House, 11-12 St Swithins Lane, City of London, EC4N 8AS. Barclays Bank PLC is a major retail clearing bank with numerous branches around the UK . City of London - based IB senior executive former Co Founder, Partner senior Vice President for Africa, Emerging Markets Merchant bank Brigg Capital Mayfair London renamed Brigg Macadam an exit that saw the firm lose its biggest and only rainmaker | City of London based Investment banking senior executive The UK, most accomplished Africa Focused senior Investment banker | stems from the most successful banking Family in - Nigeria
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THE AGHAYERE FAMILY LONDON
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1st generation British Banking Family , The Aghayere family have worked with and or for The Top 100, Global financial institutions based in the city of London [ Fortune 100 ] 1st Generation British Banking Family | The Aghayere Family are generational leaders and pioneers of the banking and Finance sector of the Largest economy Africa | Aghayere Snr , held positions Audit Director NNPC | NEPA and Chairman and CEO Bendel Insurance PLC | The premier financial services Coy in Nigeria | Third generation British certified and qualified chartered accountants registered in England and Wales [ ACCA ] Family members [ Founders Mayo Associates | Ascot Offshore ] accredited as the foundational father's of the banking industry of the largest economy in Africa | having set up numerous banks and are responsible for the Largest M & A transactions in the history of the African continent British Born , Chief executive has been described by British industry experts as the most accomplished Africa focused banker city of London, British Banker , Clement Aghayere Former Barclays Bank PLC | Co Founder Emerging Markets , Africa Focused Merchant Bank Brigg Capital Mayfair London [ renamed BriggMacadam ] Former senior Partner and senior Vice President for the entire continent of Africa | city of London based Investment Banking senior executive Family members and Founders Berkeley Group Plc
PROFILE
Berkeley Group Plc is a proprietary investment company with significant investments in the Nigerian economy and a track record of successful strategic investing. It has operated like a quasi-Private Equity Firm for over 20 years specializing in frontier sectors and turnaround management. Some of these investments include the following:
Ocean & Oil Holdings Limited
This company acquired control of Unipetrol Plc from the Nigerian Government under its privatization programme. Ocean & Oil Holdings acquired Agip Nigeria Plc, which was merged with the privatized Unipetrol. The name of the merged entity was changed to Oando Plc. Oando has become the second largest oil marketing company in Nigeria and the first Nigerian company to be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In addition to its oil marketing business, Oando is building a portfolio of businesses across the oil value chain including a strategic alliance
with Halliburton in the oil service business, equity stakes in oil producing blocks and refining and power generation businesses. Berkeley stakes in Oando has been sold down.
Vee Networks Limited
This company acquired a license to provide GSM mobile services during the first license auction in Nigeria in 2001. Mr Imasekha was a key member of the team that promoted the company and drove the bidding, license acquisition and start-up process. He joined the Board of Directors on inception and was instrumental in the process of executing the company’s financing plan. He was also a key member of the Investment Committee of the Board that negotiated the sale of a 65% stake in the company valued at $1.005bn to MCI/Celtel Group. The company is presently known as Airtel. Bromley Asset Management, a subsidiary of Berkeley Group sold a 5% stake worth over $75million in this transaction.
Notore Chemical Company Limited
In 2007, Ascot Offshore, a subsidiary of Berkeley, acquired the West African assets of Willbros Group Inc., an oil and gas EPCI contractor based in Houston for $155m. This gave Ascot a strong foothold in the lucrative oil field services of the Energy Sector of the Nigerian economy. The company had built strategic pipelines across the West African sub-region including Cameroun, on land, swamp and water. At acquisition, it had contracts with virtually all the IOCs that operated in
Nigerian oil industry. Due to political exposure, Ascot Offshore suffered incalculable damage to its image and had to be taken over by AMCON. Berkeley still holds a 5% stake in Ascot through one of its directors.
Capcom Telecoms Limited
Capcom is the company that sought to establish a broadband internet business in Nigeria by spectra aggregation strategy in the last quarter of 2012. It achieved that by acquiring the combined spectrum licenses of Multi-links Telecommunications Ltd and Cyancom Ltd (formerly known as MTS Wireless Ltd) to launch the 4G/LTE technology, towards its pursuit of providing high speed, high capacity internet services to the Nigerian telecoms market. It also acquired a 5,500 km of Optic fibre ring that belonged to one of the acquired companies – Multi-Links. Due to strong head winds, occasioned by very competitive telecoms market, this project was aborted and Avenue Partners of UK, led by Kevin Maxwell took over Berkeley’s stake in Capcom.
Management
Berkeley is owned and managed by Henry E. Imasekha, a highly respected former investment banker. He left banking as Executive Director, Investment Banking Sector, UBA Plc, in 1999 to set up Bromley Corporation that metamorphose into Berkeley. He is the Chairman of Berkeley. The day to day business is ran by his protégé, Emma C. Nwachukwu, the Group Executive Director.
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PROFILE
Berkeley Group Plc is a proprietary investment company with significant investments in the Nigerian economy and a track record of successful strategic investing. It has operated like a quasi-Private Equity Firm for over 20 years specializing in frontier sectors and turnaround management. Some of these investments include the following:
Ocean & Oil Holdings Limited
This company acquired control of Unipetrol Plc from the Nigerian Government under its privatization programme. Ocean & Oil Holdings acquired Agip Nigeria Plc, which was merged with the privatized Unipetrol. The name of the merged entity was changed to Oando Plc. Oando has become the second largest oil marketing company in Nigeria and the first Nigerian company to be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In addition to its oil marketing business, Oando is building a portfolio of businesses across the oil value chain including a strategic alliance
with Halliburton in the oil service business, equity stakes in oil producing blocks and refining and power generation businesses. Berkeley stakes in Oando has been sold down.
Vee Networks Limited
This company acquired a license to provide GSM mobile services during the first license auction in Nigeria in 2001. Mr Imasekha was a key member of the team that promoted the company and drove the bidding, license acquisition and start-up process. He joined the Board of Directors on inception and was instrumental in the process of executing the company’s financing plan. He was also a key member of the Investment Committee of the Board that negotiated the sale of a 65% stake in the company valued at $1.005bn to MCI/Celtel Group. The company is presently known as Airtel. Bromley Asset Management, a subsidiary of Berkeley Group sold a 5% stake worth over $75million in this transaction.
Notore Chemical Company Limited
- This company, which has a capital of $120million, recently acquired the assets of the liquidated National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria Limited (NAFCON) for $152million under a recently completed privatization transaction. The NAFCON plant was built at a cost of over $750million in the 1980s by Kellogg and is the largest fertilizer plant in sub-Saharan Africa. Subsequent to the acquisition, Notore raised $170million from local financial institutions, to finance plant rehabilitation and ramp-up of production. Brisbane Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Berkeley, still holds a significant stake in Notore.
In 2007, Ascot Offshore, a subsidiary of Berkeley, acquired the West African assets of Willbros Group Inc., an oil and gas EPCI contractor based in Houston for $155m. This gave Ascot a strong foothold in the lucrative oil field services of the Energy Sector of the Nigerian economy. The company had built strategic pipelines across the West African sub-region including Cameroun, on land, swamp and water. At acquisition, it had contracts with virtually all the IOCs that operated in
Nigerian oil industry. Due to political exposure, Ascot Offshore suffered incalculable damage to its image and had to be taken over by AMCON. Berkeley still holds a 5% stake in Ascot through one of its directors.
Capcom Telecoms Limited
Capcom is the company that sought to establish a broadband internet business in Nigeria by spectra aggregation strategy in the last quarter of 2012. It achieved that by acquiring the combined spectrum licenses of Multi-links Telecommunications Ltd and Cyancom Ltd (formerly known as MTS Wireless Ltd) to launch the 4G/LTE technology, towards its pursuit of providing high speed, high capacity internet services to the Nigerian telecoms market. It also acquired a 5,500 km of Optic fibre ring that belonged to one of the acquired companies – Multi-Links. Due to strong head winds, occasioned by very competitive telecoms market, this project was aborted and Avenue Partners of UK, led by Kevin Maxwell took over Berkeley’s stake in Capcom.
Management
Berkeley is owned and managed by Henry E. Imasekha, a highly respected former investment banker. He left banking as Executive Director, Investment Banking Sector, UBA Plc, in 1999 to set up Bromley Corporation that metamorphose into Berkeley. He is the Chairman of Berkeley. The day to day business is ran by his protégé, Emma C. Nwachukwu, the Group Executive Director.
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