01/12/2015
Nigeria’s Oteh Leaves as Head of SEC After Five Years at Helm
Arunma Oteh left her position as head of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission after five years leading market regulation in Africa’s biggest economy.
Executive Moves
01/08/2015
Geoffrey Odundo appointed NSE boss
He has been instrumental in the setting up of Co-op Trust Investment Services, Co-op Consultancy Services Limited and Kingdom Securities Limited.
01/07/2015
Ex-Malawi Finance Minister Appointed CEO Of New Development Bank
The development bank was established to offer loans to Small and Medium Enterprises at affordable interest rates.
01/07/2015
Ugandan Stanbic boss good news
This appointment is particularly significant because Stanbic remains the largest bank in the country
12/12/2014
AngloGold Ashanti Announces Changes to the Board of Directors
He formerly led Lazard’s corporate finance practice. Garner became a general partner in 1989 and is now Vice Chair, US Investment Banking.
12/12/2014
New Land Bank chair, CEO appointed
Mabotha Arthur Moloto has been appointed chairman of the Land Bank board and Tshokolo Petrus Nchocho CEO, the National Treasury said on Thursday.
12/12/2014
South Africa’s investment corp rings in changes
The PIC was a key critic of Cynthia Carroll when she was chief executive of Anglo American, which PIC is the largest single shareholder.
12/12/2014
Nomura appoints Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa
His previous roles at Nomura included CFO for the Wholesale Division and CFO, EMEA. From 1996 to 2008, he worked for Bear Stearns International, where he was a Senior Managing Director in Finance.
12/12/2014
South Africa names Matjila as head of the state pension fund
South Africa has named Dan Matjila as chief executive of its 1.6 trillion rand government employee pension fund
12/10/2014
Nedbank boosts group executive committee
Priya Naidoo will succeed John Bestbier, group executive for strategic planning and economics, on his scheduled retirement date of 30 June 2015.
12/09/2014
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi hires Citi exec for EMEA role
Citigroup Inc.’s head of debt capital markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa, left for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, according to two people familiar with the matter
12/09/2014
BancABC Begins Management Restructure As Atlas Mara Takes Over
Sub-Saharan African banking group, ABC Holdings Limited, says Group CEO Doug T. Munatsi, CFO Beki Moyo, and COO Francis M. Dzanya, will be stepping down from their roles at BancABC at the end of the year.
12/04/2014
Ecobank appoints new Board members
The Ecobank Transnational Inc. has announced the appointment of new members to its Board.
12/03/2014
PPC agrees with investors to switch board members
Board will consist of 12 non-exec directors and shall not include any current or former permanent exec directors.
12/02/2014
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management hires Roger Bootz from UBS
Bootz will be responsible for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region
12/02/2014
JP Morgan adds four to its EMEA advisory council
JP Morgan has made four appointments to its advisory council in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region
11/28/2014
VAM hires ex-Barclays Wealth marketing head for wealth push
Based in Mauritius, Kevan has been hired as part of VAM’s expansion plans into the wealth management industry, travelling to UK on a regular basis.
11/27/2014
Why Sanlam created a position for Hubert Brody
The group obviously takes its emerging market expansion plans very seriously.
11/24/2014
Standard Chartered names senior heads in retail clients division
Both bring a wealth of professional experience in the banking industry which will help the Bank realise its aspiration to be the leading international retail bank in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
11/23/2014
South Africa: Cadiz gets new blood
Blackstar heavy-weights join board.