Finn Heyerdahl Arnoldsen is a Non-Executive Director of BUA Foods. He holds various executive and board roles across a number of companies that operate under the BUA brand. He holds a master’s degree in Mechanical and Combustion Engineering from Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway in 1977. He has completed several Executive Management Development Programmes at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Lausanne, Switzerland (1996) and Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) Fortainebleau, France (2000). His entire working career has been in the cement Industry and mainly within the African Continent. He started his career in 1983 in Ghana as the Work Manager for Heidelberg Cement (Scancem International Ltd.) where he worked for 25 years from 1983 to 2008. He was member of the Executive Management in Heidelberg Cement Africa for 10 years as Senior Vice President, responsible for West Africa and Southern Africa. He was also Chairman and member of several Boards across the continent, also including Ghana Cement Works Limited, Nova Cimangola SA, and Tanzania Portland Cement Limited. He joined Cement Company of Nigeria PLC in 2009, where he served as Commercial Director and an Executive Board member. Furthermore, he was appointed Managing Director for Edo Cement Ltd in 2012 and Group Chief Operating Officer, BUA Cement PLC in 2017. He was appointed to the Board of BUA Foods in 2021.
