MALLAM SADIQ KASSIM, FNIPR, M.CIoD, DIRECTOR/GROUP HEAD – CORPORATE AFFAIRS, TROPICAL GENERAL INVESTMENTS GROUP
Mallam Abubakar Sadiq Kassim was born in 1962 in the ancient commercial city of Kano in Kano State. He completed his academic pursuit at the Bayero University (BUK) Kano and graduated in 1983. His work experience spanned across the public (FMITI, NEPZA) and private (Kewalram-Chanrai Group, TGI Group) sectors in Marketing, Agriculture, Investment Promotion and Strategy for more than four decades.
He has served the country in different capacities which include the following: Chairman, Federal Government Cotton Revolving Fund Management Committee (CRFMC); Vice Chairman, Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA); Member, technical team of the Presidential Committee on Textile; Member, Cotton Development Committee; Member, Panel on the development of a Vegetable Oil Development Programme (VODEP); Member, Committee on the establishment of a Manufacturers’ Association for Vegetable Oil and later National Coordinator VEOPAN; National Expert & Consultant on Textile to UNIDO; Member, OSAN White Paper and Review committee on Oilseed sector in Nigeria; Member, study group on the activities of the multi-commodity companies; Member, agriculture and food security thematic group of the Vision 20:20:20. He was a member of the AFCFTA Nigeria Strategy work group.
He currently serves on the Council of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), the Nigeria Agri-Business Group (NABG) Exco and Administrative Board and Council of the Nigerian Institute of Soil Science (NISS) representing the Agro-Allied sector of MAN, He was recently elected the President of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) and chairs the implementation of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative.
Mallam Sadiq has attended several seminars, served as a resource person and also presented papers on a wide range of issues both within and outside the country.
He is happily married with children.