Industry veteran Bernard assumes leadership of CASS Nigeria Local Consultative Council

Bankole Bernard, the Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, parent company of six travel and aviation-focused businesses, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems (CASS), Nigeria Local Consultative Council (LCC).

His appointment was confirmed recently by the Directorate of CASS in a statement to the public.

CASS Nigeria, through its Local Consultative Council (LCC), is a crucial pillar in the nation’s aviation industry, responsible for ensuring transparency and strengthening the financial settlement framework between airlines, logistics partners, and cargo operators. As the industry navigates rising demand for efficiency, data integrity, and system-wide collaboration, the Council’s leadership has become even more pivotal.

Bernard’s appointment comes at a defining moment for CASS Nigeria, one that requires a steady, experienced hand capable of unifying stakeholders, guiding reforms, and advancing a more resilient and future-ready cargo settlement environment.

Prior to this new appointment, Bernard served as Chairman of the Agency Programme Joint Council (APJC), where he worked with global and regional partners to drive improvements that enhanced the effectiveness of agency–airline relationships.

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His leadership helped shape policy conversations, promote transparency, and champion initiatives that reinforced confidence in the industry’s commercial processes.

With extensive experience across aviation, travel management, and industry governance, Bernard is positioned to drive meaningful dialogue, promote innovation, and advance initiatives that will strengthen the settlement system and elevate Nigeria’s cargo and aviation ecosystem.

As Chairman, he will work closely with airlines, regulators, cargo operators, and financial settlement partners to advance reforms, enhance collaboration, and ensure that CASS Nigeria continues to support a seamless, secure, and accountable operating environment.

His transition to the LCC is widely viewed across the sector as a continuation of the progress achieved under his leadership in previous roles, bringing the same strategic clarity, stakeholder-focused approach, and commitment to reinforcing Nigeria’s aviation framework.

As CASS Nigeria begins its next chapter, stakeholders across the aviation community express confidence that this appointment will support meaningful advances and long-term stability within the nation’s cargo settlement ecosystem.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.