Managers of Wealth Africa

BlackRock overhauls EMEA business

Along with merging its mutual fund and ETF sales team, the firm is creating an EMEA wealth business led by Gruener.

Joburg exec swaps Nedbank for Export Development Canada

EDC opened its first African representative office in Johannesburg, with Ruggieri at the helm, at the end of 2015.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Appoints Benedict Peters To Advisory Board of The U.S.-Africa Business Center

Mr. Peters will join CEO’s from many Fortune 500 companies who have a strong presence in Africa

eVestment Appointed Managing Director - Head of EMEA

Quittot has been with eVestment for over 10 years

Fidelity Bank appoints 2 Deputy Managing Directors

His career with the Bank started from the Fidelity Discount House where he joined as a Finance Officer in 2002 from CDH Insurance.

Ecobank announces appointment of new senior fintech advisor

Prior to joining the Ecobank Group, Djiba was the head of innovations at Microsoft4Afrika, where she built the strategy to identify, support and attract major African fintech start-ups and partners to the Microsoft Cloud platform and oversaw 50 countries

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Announces Appointment Of New Senior Fintech Advisor

A large part of Djiba’s role will focus on growing the bank’s flagship annual fintech initiative

KCB Group confirms Paul Russo as new NBK boss

KCB commenced the integration process two weeks ago after receiving approvals.

Paul Russo takes over as NBK boss after Central Bank nod

I have full confidence that Mr Russo will steer NBK in the right direction

Old Mutual director resigns as fight over Moyo drags on

Moyo and Old Mutual have filed various legal actions against each other, in a dispute about whether the CEO's services have been legally terminated.

Barclays Hires Private Wealth Head for «Growth Markets»

The role at Barclays appears to be a new one and could potentially foreshadow previous commentary by finews.asia about a possible re-entry into private banking in Asia.

Bank One seeks to expand corresponding FI network with newly-created role

At Bank One, Kasuyi will be tasked with expanding the bank’s corresponding FI network to support its various products.

Hawkamah announces the appointment of board member

Philip Armstrong, Director of Governance at Gavi Alliance in Switzerland, has been appointed as a member of the Hawkamah Board effective September 15th, 2019

Stephenson harwood recruits MEA partner from Winston & Strawn

Sharratt's practice focusses primarily on international arbitration, on which he advises clients across jurisdictions in the Middle East, Europe and Africa

Goldman Sachs tech head to step down

Goldman has also announced the departure of its chief financial officer, Marty Chavez, who preceded Wiesel as technology chief.

Airtel Africa appoints new director for East Africa

Airtel Africa CEO Raghunath Mandava said Mr Ferrao will take charge of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda.

Intrigues in NBK C-suite as new boss hired to drive transition after buyout

He joined NBK in September 2015 as the director responsible for retail and premium banking before being appointed managing director in April, 2016 following the controversial exit of Munir Ahmed

Columbia Threadneedle EMEA investment chief to step down

Global head of equities, William Davies, will replace Mark Burgess as EMEA CIO at Columbia Threadneedle later this month.

African Development Bank Group appoints Chinelo Anohu to head Africa Investment Forum

She also has expertise in the development of innovative asset classes, spanning pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity and private family wealth funds.

Pension to be largest sector in Uganda

In 2018, sector assets grew 26.1% from Shs9.2trillion in 2017 to Shs11.6trillion in 2018.

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