Managers of Wealth Africa

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Ecobank appoints new Board members

The Ecobank Transnational Inc. has announced the appointment of new members to its Board.

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.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management hires Roger Bootz from UBS

Bootz will be responsible for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region

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

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.

Why Sanlam created a position for Hubert Brody

The group obviously takes its emerging market expansion plans very seriously.

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

South Africa: Cadiz gets new blood

Blackstar heavy-weights join board.

Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank Appoints ZAMCO Board

The decision to establish ZAMCO was a crucial one necessitated by the systemic risks faced by the Zimbabwean banking sector due to high levels of non-performing loans (NPLs).

Sanlam Appoints Former Imperial CEO As Group Strategy Head

Sanlam Group has announced the appointment of former Imperial CEO, Hubert Brody as its chief executive of group strategy and projects.

HSBC’s prime brokerage chief has left the bank

Matthew Kiraly will continue to handle HSBC’s Asia Pacific prime brokerage effort, and Paul Busby its Americas business

BNY Mellon announces new leadership team in Middle East & Africa

He has been appointed senior executive officer, Dubai branch

Boom-time dealmaker returns to JP Morgan

He will be based in London and will report jointly to Carlos Hernandez and Jeff Urwin, co-heads of global banking.

JPMorgan rehires former M&A head

His stint at the Africa fund proved short, with Mr Skattum jumping ship back to JPMorgan within months, according to an internal memo sent by Daniel Pinto, head of corporate and investment banking and seen by fastFT.

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