Managers of Wealth Africa

Pension affairs minister needed

The Minister for Pension Affairs should be supervising the National Insurance Commission

Absa CEO to retire after steering split from Barclays

Ms Ramos, who will turn 60 in February, led the Johannesburg-based lender for 10 years

UK’s CDC hires former StanChart exec as new MD to focus on South Asia, Africa

CDC has invested over $4.7 billion in the South Asian and African regions through 166 funds, supporting over 1,250 companies.

Bank of Ghana ‘outdoors’ Felix Addo as NIB Advisor

The central bank defines Mr. Addo’s role as “to help restructure NIB through governance and management reforms as well as streamlining its business model to help refocus it as a bank to industrialisation.

Amundi expands executive committee

He was appointed CEO for EMEA in 2011 and became a member of Russell Investment's Global Executive Committee.

EFInA appoints Diei as CEO

He is an alumnus of Ecole Superieure de Commerce d’Abidjan

Ghana Amalgamated Trust names management team

It said Messrs Essien and Otoo will leverage their track records to build a team that would lead the transformation process in the five banks that GAT would be supporting.

Renaissance Capital appoints Chairman of South Africa board

As Head of Investment Banking, Africa, he will be in charge of client coverage as well as deal origination and execution, and will report to Acting Global Head of Investment Banking Dmitry Gladkov.

Eskom pension fund's chief executive resigns for 'personal reasons'

She previously worked at, among others, Old Mutual and the Public Investment Corporation.

Sanlam appoints Roostee as Marketing and Communications Manager

During this time she acquired relevant knowledge through online courses and trainings in both Namibia and South Africa, that has enabled her to truly understand the Namibian financial services landscape.

Citi Private Bank adds three to EMEA investments teams

He started his career at Société Générale Private Banking in Luxembourg.

Microsoft South Africa appoints a new managing director

Barnard currently serves as the director for the public sector at Microsoft and has over 20 years of ICT experience in leadership roles both locally and internationally.

One of Africa’s most innovative fintech startups lost six colleagues in the Nairobi attack

Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group, claimed the assault and killed 21 Kenyan and foreign nationals

Stanbic IBTC appoints Barend Kruger as Non-executive director

He recently retired as an executive director on the boards of SBG and Standard Bank of South Africa on 31 December 2018.

Ecobank Group: Arunma Oteh appointed Non-Exec director

The bank publicly disclosed this on Friday via a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, as mandated by law.

Julius Baer Announces Middle East, Africa Team Leads

Bank Julius Baer has announced the creation of two dedicated sub-regions for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, and the appointment of the new leadership for them.

Citigroup names new chief executive in EMEA

David Livingstone is a seasoned investment banker who has previously worked at Credit Suisse, HSBC and Goldman Sachs

Nigerian mogul employs ex-World Bank boss after resignation

Shortly after tendering his resignation, there were talks that the former World Bank leader was in discussions to join the global private equity firm based in the United States.

Jamii Bora Bank boss Sam Kimani calls it a day

Mr kabiru previously held several positions in ABN, AMRO Bank, Cooperative Bank and Kenya Commercial Bank before joining Jamii Bora in 2011.

MetLife Names Khalaf CEO, Kandarian to Retire

The new CEO takes over at a time when insurers are bracing for elevated payouts to owners of long-term care policies

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