The board of Okomu Oil plc has appointed Mr. Khalil Korim as the company’s new Finance Director of the Company with effect from 28 February 2026.
Mr. Khalil Korim
Mr. Korim is a seasoned senior finance executive with over twenty (20) years of international experience across agribusiness, logistics, manufacturing, and multinational environments in Africa and the United
Kingdom.
He currently serves as the Financial Controller of the Company. Prior to this role, Mr. Korim held senior finance leadership positions in the United Kingdom, including Head of Financial Controlling at GEFCO UK (now part of CMACGM) and Interim Finance Director/Financial Controller at Widdowson Group, where he delivered significant cost savings and led key financial transformation initiatives.
Mr. Korim holds professional affiliations with ANAN and ICMA, and brings extensive experience in financial control, reporting, budgeting, audit, and enterprise financial systems.
Board Resignations
Mr. Julien Bastrup-Birk has also resigned from the Board of the Company with effect from 12 December 2025 while Mr. Arnaud Arhainx resigns with effect from 28 February 2026.
About Okomu Oil
Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc is a leading Nigerian agribusiness company engaged in the cultivation of oil palm and the production of palm oil and its derivatives.
Established in 1976, the company operates large-scale plantations and processing facilities primarily in Edo State, Nigeria. Okomu’s core activities span the entire value chain, from plantation development to the processing of fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil, palm kernel oil and other palm-based products used in food manufacturing and industrial applications.
