Managers of Wealth Africa

BACB makes double appointment in Côte d’Ivoire

Having joined BACB’s Abidjan office in April 2018, he moves over from his role as regional manager for West and Central Francophone Africa.

Nelisiwe Magubane appointed new chairperson of Strategic Fuel Fund

She will oversee the fund's court action to invalidate the controversial sale of SA's strategic oil stocks in late 2015.

Prudential Bank appoints new Board Chairperson, Directors

Mrs Edusei worked with National Investment Bank in various positions for eighteen years from 1977, retiring as Head of Foreign Operations in 1995.

Standard Chartered appoints new Head of Corporate Finance for Africa and the Middle East

Along with his new responsibilities as Head of Corporate Finance, AME, Abbas’ will also expand his role as Head of Project & Export Finance

Standard Chartered appoints head of global Wealth Management business

He brings deep experience of the banking industry, including running global products that support both Bank of Singapore’s private banking and OCBC’s retail clients, corporate strategy and business transformation.

MSCI appoints Head of EMEA Client Coverage

The EMEA Coverage leadership team will report directly to Kilian.

South Africa: Abel Sithole new boss of Africa’s largest asset manager

The date of his actual appointment is yet to be determined, although he is already involved in the recruitment of the rest of the public company’s senior management.

D. K Mensah set to retire from Ghana Association of Bankers

D.K. Mensah was employed as a Research Economist by the National Investment Bank in 1985.

JP Morgan DCM syndicate head departs for Citi

Nick Darrant will co-head the DCM syndicate business in EMEA at Citi after five years in a similar role at JP Morgan.

Credit Suisse appoints head of AM investment strategy Switzerland & EMEA

He has worked at Credit Suisse since 2002.

John Awuah appointed Deputy CEO of Ghana Association of Bankers

John will lead all strategic initiatives of GAB

Lawyer Wafula Nyongesa sworn in as Tax Appeals Tribunal Chair

In their letter to Yattani, LSK termed his appointment as unlawful and unconstitutional demanding a competitive recruitment process or the position of the chairperson.

JPMorgan Fills Senior Leadership Roles After February Makeover

Aloke Gupte and Alex Watkins will become co-heads of equity capital markets in EMEA and Keith Canton will become global head of private placements.

Blue Bank Appoints New Business Banking Relationship Managers

The appointments are effective 1 May.

Steinhoff Chairperson Heather Sonn has resigned

Sonn was appointed the scandal plagued retailer's acting chairperson in mid-December 2017, following the resignation of billionaire Christo Wiese.

Balogun Olalekan assumes office as MD/CEO of UBA Ghana

UBA Ghana is the biggest subsidiary operation of UBA Plc outside of Nigeria in the twenty (20) countries.

SANNE strengthens its Management Company business with senior appointments

Matthew has exceptional industry knowledge of markets, risk and regulations in addition to SANNE’s processes and product offering having successfully managed the Market Risk team prior to the promotion.

Finantix appoints Executive Director, EMEA

Based in Switzerland, one of Finantix’s strategically important markets and home to many of its existing clients, Iselin will continue to report to Finantix Chief Commercial Officer, Christine Ciriani.

Willis Towers Watson appoints Mark Calnan as Head of Investments, EMEA

Mark succeeds Ed Francis, who remains with the business and has decided after seven years in the role to resume client-facing duties as a senior investment advisor.

BACB continues expansion of Anglophone Africa team

My new role will also provide opportunities to expand my focus to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

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