Fatima Aliko Dangote

Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations


Fatima Aliko Dangote is Group Executive Director Commercial Operations at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL). In this role, she is responsible for driving commercial operations across the various Dangote Business units and oversees the development and delivery of the Holding Company’s commercial brand and communications, strategic procurement and general administration.

Previously, she has worked as the Executive Director, Commercial at NASCON Allied Industries Plc (NASCON), a Technical Specialist in the Strategy Unit and Executive Assistant to the Group Executive Director, Business Development and Portfolio Management at Dangote Industries.

She is a Member of the Nigerian Bar and was previously an Associate at Banwo & Ighodalo. She has also previously run her own independent confectionary business and real estate company. Fatima is passionate about philanthropy and is actively involved in the work of the Aliko Dangote Foundation.

She holds a law degree from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom and has attended leadership executive programs at Columbia University, Wharton School, and Cambridge University.