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Chris Smyth


Residential address: House 33A Road 12, Victoria Garden City, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address:   Ark Towers, 3rd Floor, 17 Ligali Ayorinde, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Citizenship: South African

Position: Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Nigeria


Chris has 26 years of finance experience since qualifying as a registered Chartered Accountant in South Africa.
He served as Group Finance Director and a Member of the Board of Directors of Kenya Airways from 2001 to 2004, during which time the airline was turned around from a near-loss position to the most profitable airline within Africa and the 5th most profitable airline in the world.
He was also the Group Finance Director of National Airways Corporation and has held a variety of senior finance roles in several other industries, including telecoms, manufacturing, hospitality, printing and publishing.
Chris graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and a Postgraduate qualification in Accounting from the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa.


Key Management Personnel




Adefunke Adeyemi


Residential Address: 1, Idris Alooma Close, Off Kosoko Drive, University of Lagos, Akoka Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Ark Towers, 17 Ligali Ayorinde street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Citizenship: Nigerian

Position: Manager, Legal Services and Company Secretary


Prior to joining Virgin Nigeria, Adefunke was a Senior Associate with legal firm F.O. Akinrele & Co., one of the leading Nigerian law firms, where she gained experience in commercial, corporate and employment law.
Funke is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society, won the Cambridge Commonwealth Scholarship award 2000-2001 and was also awarded the Distinguished Student’s Award by the Law Society University of Lagos.
She was a member of the Review Committee of the Nigerian Maritime Lawyers Association on the Domestication of the Hamburg Rules into Nigerian Law in 2004 and a Member of the Legal Defense and Development Project (LEPAD).
She obtained her LL.B. in Law from the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1999. She went ahead to study International Commercial Law at the University of Cambridge, where she obtained a Masters of Law (LLM). She also has a diploma in Data Processing from the University of Lagos

Jimoh Akadiri


Residential Address: 2 Alafia Street, Olambe Akute, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Ark Towers, 17 Ligali Ayorinde Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Citizenship: Nigerian

Position: Financial Controller


He was previously with Guinness, where he spent 6 years, eventually becoming Finance Controller of Guinness Nigeria Plc where he developed, or implemented a number of automated business processes / corporate governance initiatives including the Diageo global reporting system and Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Compliance Framework in addition to being the tax manager for Guinness Nigeria for over four years. He moved from Guinness Nigeria into consulting as the managing director of Odusoft Consults (an Associate of Procept Associate, Canada) in the fourth quarter of 2004.
He started his career with UAC / Unilever Nigeria a well known Nigerian multinational, where he spent 5 years.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, an Associate of the Chartered Taxation Institute and a member of the Project Management Institute of Nigeria.
Jimoh did a degree in management (majoring in accounting) from University of Calabar in 1984.

Toyin Agoro


Residential Address: Flat 2, Plot 7 Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Off Lekki Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Ark Towers, 2nd Floor, 17 Ligali Ayorinde Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Citizenship: Nigerian

Position: Head of IT


Ms. Agoro has 15 years of IT management experience including 12 years in senior management positions. She is a seasoned manager with a proven track record in the successful development and implementation of IT and Telecoms strategies with a Masters in Business Administration and an MSc with Distinction in Information System Engineering.

Alastair Henry

Residential Address: Flat 5, 5 Alshonny Highway, Sam Shonibare Estate, G.R.A. Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Virgin Nigeria, 3rd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos

Citizenship: British

Position: Quality Assurance Manager
Alastair is an Engineer with nearly 30 years’ experience.
Prior to joining Virgin Nigeria Airways, Alastair was with Virgin Atlantic where he held senior posts such as Certifying Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer and Senior Airworthiness Surveyor.

He started his career training with the Royal Navy and later obtained his City & Guilds Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering in 1981. After his certification of Competency to supervise Aircraft Maintenance, he became Technical Instructor with the British Aerospace for Airframes & Engines.


He holds technical qualifications for the Boeing 747-100/200 CRS & PW JT9D, Boeing 747-400 & CF6-80C2 CRS, the Rolls Royce RB211-524D4 CRS and Airbus A340 & CFM56-5C CRS.

Captain Jason Holt

Residential Address: Flat 5, 5 Alshonny Highway, Sam Shonibare Estate, G.R.A. Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Virgin Nigeria, 3rd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos

Citizenship: British

Position: Director, Flight Operations
Jason spent 11 years with Virgin Atlantic Airways, responsible for the operational troubleshooting of its network and fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. He is now responsible to for the establishment of Virgin Nigeria’s operating Boeing aircraft on international and domestic routes.
Prior to that he spent 13 years with the Royal Air Force as a pilot, Squadron Leader Flight Commander (principally Middle East and Gulf war), and advising the Government, Air Force Board members, and senior managers on operational strategic policy.
Jason holds a UK Airline Transport Pilot’s licence. Captain qualified on the A340, Shorts Sc7 100 Skyvan, VC10 C Mk 1, VC10 K Mk 2/3, BAe 1-11 500 Series, BAe 748. BAe Jetstream Mk1, Brittan Norman Turbine & Piston Islander, Hawk T Mk 1, Jaguar T Mk 2, Hunter T Mk 7, Jet Provost T Mk 5a, Bulldog T Mk 1, Cessna 206 and PA38. Royal Air Force Flying Scholarship.
Jason holds degrees in Law, Psychology, as well as an MBA from London Business School. Jason also trained at the formerly military Empire Test Pilots' School.

Michael Igbodipe

Residential Address:

Office Address: Virgin Nigeria, 3rd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos

Citizenship: Nigerian

Position: Security Manager
Michael is an experienced commercial security professional. Prior to joining Virgin Nigeria, he served as the Head of Security for the first on-line National Sport Lottery and as regional security manager for MTN Nigeria, an International Telecommunications company.
Michael holds a B.SC in political science from Ogun State University and an LLB from the University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. He served 14 years as an Inelligence Officer in the State Security Service.

Captain Horace Miller-Jaja

Residential Address: Plot 8 Block 4, Admiralty Road, Lekki Phase 1, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Virgin Nigeria, 3rd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos

Citizenship: Nigerian

Position: Chief Pilot
Prior to joining Virgin Nigeria, Horace was Captain with Sosoliso Airlines of Nigeria. He has been a pilot with various Airlines such as Imani Aviation, Nigeria Airways, Air Foyle, Bellview Airlines, Okada Air, Ghana Airways and Pacific Airways in Vietnam.
Horace has 23 years of piloting experience. He trained as a Pilot at the Oxford Air Training School Kidlington UK and has over 10,000 total jet flying hours (including 6,500 hours of command time).
He holds various licenses including Nigeria NCAA ATPL 3294, Uganda ATPL, TA830, US FAA ATR2456779, UKCAA ATPL AT/204814l/A, JAR ATPL AT/204814L/A, Seychelles DCA ATP223 and Ghana CAA ATPL 477. Over the years his piloting experience extended to numerous aircraft types including MD 81, DC9-31/32/51, A300-600R, BAC1-11, Bae 146-200/300, B737-200 and Dassault Falcon 20.
Colin Symes

Residential Address: Flat 2, 26 Cameron Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria

Office Address: Virgin Nigeria, 3rd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria

Citizenship: British



Position: Engineering Director
Colin was previously with Virgin Atlantic where he spent 16 years acquiring a wealth of experience across different engineering functions and holding various technical and management positions with Virgin Atlantic at various airports in Europe and the USA.
He has a 23-year engineering career, starting as an apprentice Engineer with British Airways where he spent 7 years, eventually moving to Heavy Maintenance.
He holds approvals for Boeing B747-100/200/400 JT9/RB211/CF6, Airbus A340-200/300 CFM56 and Airbus A320-200 V2500/CFM56.
He has a B Tech Diploma in Aerospace Studies and an MBA from the University of Sussex.

VNA-005

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