Bella Disu is a Nigerian business executive, arts enthusiast, and philanthropist with over 16 years of professional experience across industries. She provides strategic leadership as the Executive Vice-Chairman of Globacom, a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company. Before this position, she was the telecom’s Group Executive Director from June 2004 to January 2019.
In January 2021, Bella Disu was appointed Chairman, of the Board of Directors of Abumet Nigeria Limited and was earlier named a Non-Executive Director at Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. As well as her role in Globacom, Abumet and Julius Berger, Bella is also currently Chief Executive Officer of Cobblestone Properties and Estates Limited, a leading property development company in Nigeria.
A philanthropist, Bella is the founder and president of Bella Disu Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides education and employment skills for less privileged children. She is listed as a benefactor of music by the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) Wall of Fame for her contributions to encouraging a better environment for musical learning. Also, representing the Mike Adenuga Foundation (MAF), she donated N1.5 billion to the new Federal Government of Nigeria and the Lagos State government to support the country’s fight against the global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
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Bella was one of the youngest recipients of the French National Honor, Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres in December 2019 for her contributions to preserving arts and culture, especially for coordinating the construction of the Alliance Francaise Mike Adenuga Centre in Ikoyi, Lagos State. The Alliance Française Mike Adenuga Centre offers numerous facilities including a world-class Art gallery, French restaurant & daily fresh bakery, a state-of-the-art Cinema, Artists’ studios, an outdoor Amphitheatre, a Library and e-Library, nine fully-equipped French language classrooms, Nigerian (Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo) language classes, translation and interpretation service.
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