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Guinness’ MD’s First Official Outing To The NSE

…conducts closing gong ceremony

John O'Keeffe, Diageo Ireland.The recently appointed Managing Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc., a prime player in the brewery industry in Nigeria, Mr. John O’Keeffe, will on Tuesday 24th March 2015 lead his Executive Team and other officials of the company to the prestigious Nigerian Stock Exchange, where he is expected to conduct the closing gong ceremony.
The gong closing ceremony is an event that is used to signify the end of the day’s trading activities at Stock Exchanges across the globe and an invitation to beat the gong is considered by many to be an honour and an acknowledgement of a corporate’s market standing and achievement.
Mr. O’ Keeffe has remarked on the import of the occasion, “Guinness Nigeria has been invited to beat the gong to signify the close of the day’s trade and we are pleased that the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has deemed it fit to honour us in such a manner”.