08/06/2019
Seema Arora appointed Head of Execution Sales for EMEA
Richard Parsons, CEO of Instinet Europe, said: “Seema brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Instinet, with her broad expertise in both market execution and global trading.
Executive Moves
08/02/2019
Renaissance Capital strengthens Investment Banking and Research teams in South Africa
Nkumbula will be focused on increasing execution and coverage capabilities in South Africa and beyond and will report to Risana Zitha, Head of Africa Investment Banking.
08/02/2019
Lori hires Nigerians to lead strategic expansion
She also worked at Citi for eight years as an Investment Banker, where she managed the bank’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) fund and was involved in structuring the bank’s agriculture lending initiative.
08/02/2019
Francois Groepe appointed deputy CEO of Discovery Bank
Former SA Reserve Bank deputy governor says SA’s financial services landscape is undergoing significant structural change
08/01/2019
Egypt's CBE chosen as AACB vice-president for North Africa
The association groups around 40 African central banks
07/31/2019
Moyo back at the Old Mutual offices in Johannesburg
The court found that Moyo’s dismissal in June was unlawful
07/30/2019
Lori Systems announces new appointments to expand across Africa
She also worked at Citi for 8 years as an Investment Banker where she managed the bank’s SME fund and was involved in structuring the bank’s agriculture lending initiative.
07/29/2019
Stanbic Bank targets 200 employees in layoff plan
The early retirement plan presented to the staff shows that those taking up the severance option will get an "ex-gratia payment calculated at the rate of 1.5 month’s salary for each completed year of service in recognition of the service render
07/26/2019
PIC Names Khoza as Chairman of Africa’s Biggest Fund Manager
Khoza says board’s first priority is to recruit new CEO
07/26/2019
MTN appoints ex-Minister, ex-FIRS boss, ex-NBA President as Pascal Dozie retires
The Board of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc would like to express its appreciation to the six directors for their commitment, leadership and extensive contributions to the success of the Company since their appointment in 2002.
07/25/2019
Victor Asante is new Managing Director of FBNBank in Ghana
It said prior to his appointment, the new MD was the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking with oversight responsibility for Commercial Banking Business at First National Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of the First Rand Group of South Africa.
07/25/2019
Sanlam appoints finance director as CEO of Sanlam Emerging Markets
The executive changes, the company said, are part of its succession planning.
07/24/2019
PwC Southern Africa appoints its first woman CEO
She has a particular interest in how business is led and organises itself within the context of what feels like continual change.
07/24/2019
These companies are looking to hire SA employees
Local companies like Discovery and FlySafair as well as international firms like Barclays and JP Morgan are looking to hire South Africans.
07/23/2019
Interswitch hires advisers to look anew at listing plan
London and Lagos are the preferred stock exchanges for an initial public offering
07/23/2019
Franklin Templeton names senior director & head of institutional sales, EMEA
Williams joined Franklin Templeton in April 2013 as head of Defined Contribution
07/23/2019
Practice heads join HSF and Baker McKenzie in South Africa
Ross Lomax was head of corporate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at NRF, working in on deals in the mining and renewable energy sectors, with particular reference to black economic empowerment (BEE) issues.
07/23/2019
SANNE appoints new business development director
With more than 12 years’ of industry experience, Varounen joins SANNE from the Juristax Group
07/22/2019
Afreximbank Appoints Compliance Director
Prior to joining Ecobank, he worked for 10 years in Luxembourg, holding Senior Compliance Manager positions within such financial institutions as Schroders Investment Managers Luxembourg and Amundi Luxembourg (Credit Agricole Group).
07/22/2019
MTN Group appoints new Investor Relations executive
Before working at Absa, Motlanthe held positions at STANLIB Asset Management, Citigroup Global Markets and UBS Investment Bank over a period of 16 years.