10/23/2019
Deutsche Bank Wealth Mgt names new head of global products & solutions for EM
He is currently global South Asia group head of Middle East for Deutsche Bank Wealth Management
Executive Moves
10/20/2019
Standard Chartered appoints Regional Chief Information Officer for Africa and the Middle East, Islamic banking
Mohamed Abdel-Hamid Abdel-Razek will play a strategic role in driving the bank's technology strategy across the region
10/18/2019
Jersey firm picks ex-JP Morgan head to lead Nairobi wealth unit
Mr Musoke, an ex -JP Morgan Chase executive, will be the firm’s business development director based in Nairobi.
10/18/2019
KCB axes 6 directors from National Bank board
NBK Company Secretary Habil Waswani said following the completion of all regulatory processes for the takeover, six former directors of the struggling lender have been replaced by a new team to be overseen by a new chairman.
10/18/2019
Atwoli out after 16 years as KCB names new National Bank board
The board shakeup means Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary-general Francis Atwoli becomes the latest highest-ranking victim of the takeover after serving on the NBK board for 16 years.
10/16/2019
Investec Asset Management appoints new SA Equity and Balanced strategies co-portfolio manager
On her appointment, Khan said, "I am excited to join Investec Asset Management at such an important juncture."
10/15/2019
JOBS: These large companies are looking for new staff – including Mr Price, Sanlam, and Nedbank
Several companies in South Africa are hiring large numbers of people right now.
10/15/2019
Reshuffle at the top for UniCredit
Barisaac joined UniCredit in 2015 and will maintain his current position as global co-head of trade and working capital solutions in his new role, which the bank hopes will improve interactions between the two teams.
10/15/2019
Akin Gump appoints Africa-focused private equity partner in London
Qualified in both England and Wales and New South Wales, Australia, Mr. Popo received his LLB from Bristol University in 1995.
10/11/2019
Mackey to head levfin at UBS
She joined in 2015 as co-head of leveraged finance origination
10/07/2019
Igbiti joins Niger Insurance as MD/CEO
He is a Certified Insurance practitioner with the Chartered Insurance Institute of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria.
10/07/2019
New CEO at FirstRand asset management arm
Nxedlana said that his focus will be on working with the existing teams to scale Ashburton Investments by leveraging more of the group’s capabilities.
10/04/2019
Schlechter named new CEO of Welwitschia Insurance Brokers
Schlechter brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her new position.
10/02/2019
Commonwealth Trade Bank names trade finance head
The bank was created earlier this year following GFG Alliance’s acquisition of Diamond Bank UK, the UK subsidiary of Diamond Bank of Nigeria.
10/01/2019
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.
10/01/2019
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.
09/25/2019
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
09/24/2019
eVestment Appointed Managing Director - Head of EMEA
Quittot has been with eVestment for over 10 years
09/24/2019
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.
09/24/2019
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