Jacques Piekarski is the Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director of BUA Cement Plc. He is a graduate of the Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland, and holds an MBA from the Robert Kennedy College, Zurich, Switzerland.
A seasoned finance professional with over 30 years’ experience, Jacques has held several C-suite finance roles across Europe and Africa in various industries including FMCG, Cement, Trading, and Mining. Over the course of his career, Jacques has had significant achievements in setting-up finance and operational strategies, re-organizing finance functions, financing (loans, bonds, rights issue, debt restructuring), M&A, leading transformation, revenue and cost optimization projects, various expansions and projects including ERP implementations.
Prior to joining BUA Cement, Jacques was Group CFO for TGI Group Nigeria – one of the largest Food and Agric privately owned conglomerates in the country. Earlier on, he was the Group CFO of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc.