03/01/2019
Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority appoints new CEO
Mwangi has had a successful career in several financial institutions within investment and a commercial banking.
Executive Moves
02/27/2019
Family Bank appoints Rebecca Mbithi as new CEO
Thuku has been at the bank for the last five and a half years.
02/27/2019
Robeco hires head of EMEA Institutional
The arrival of Preininger also enables teams to increase cross-border sharing of knowledge
02/26/2019
Afreximbank appoints Nwugo Regional Manager, Southern Africa
He also worked, as Assistant Banking Officer, Corporate Finance, at Citizens International Bank Limited, Lagos, from 2000 to 2003.
02/26/2019
Afreximbank appoints Nwugo head of S/Africa regional office
He is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, United Kingdom, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He is also an Associate Chartered Accountant.
02/20/2019
Balaji Vaidyanathan is Franklin Templeton’s Marketing Director for Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Balaji will be based in Dubai and report to Sandeep Singh.
02/19/2019
Citi names head of regional operations
Prior to CBA, he was CEO and managing director for Citibank Zambia Limited, a position he was appointed to in November 2014.
02/19/2019
Neuberger Berman hires head of portfolio solutions
McDonnell will be responsible for designing and overseeing multi-asset mandates and engaging with strategic partners.
02/15/2019
Emma Mugisha Appointed Stanbic’s Head Of Corporate, Investment Banking
Emma previously served in the capacity of Head of Transactional products and services for 5 years in Stanbic Uganda.
02/13/2019
Michael Jordaan joins Clickatell board as chairman
The appointments come at a time when Clickatell plans to build on a 30% year-on-year organic growth across its regions of global operations, the company said.
02/12/2019
Goldman names Stefan Bollinger co-head of EMEA private wealth management
Bollinger will join Chris French
02/11/2019
Managing Director Of Republic Bank To Retire In April
Farid is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and holds a Diploma in Banking from the Institute of Banking.
02/08/2019
Atlas Mara Banks on planned digital bank to accelerate growth
“The process includes a review of each banking operation to ensure that top five market leadership is practicably achievable in the near term, or to explore transactions that will reduce risk exposure where such leadership is unlikely on a stand-alo
02/06/2019
Absa enters aviation finance to challenge Investec, Nedbank
The lender is encroaching on territory dominated by local competitors Investec and FirstRand, and international banks like Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas SA.
02/06/2019
Bob Diamond steps down as chair of African banking group Atlas
Investment vehicle founded by former Barclays chief undertakes strategic review
02/05/2019
Banker to head CDC's small business investment
He will also lead the newly established capital partnerships team, which CDC said will be responsible for “efforts in mobilisation
02/01/2019
Pension affairs minister needed
The Minister for Pension Affairs should be supervising the National Insurance Commission
01/30/2019
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
01/30/2019
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.
01/29/2019
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.