08/02/2016
Central African States appoint Mahamat Tolli as Apex Bank governor
The appointment of the Chadian ex-minister follows the principle of rotation adopted in Bangui in 2010.
Executive Moves
07/29/2016
Northern Trust Names Chief Diversity Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa
She has more than 13 years of experience in the legal, professional services, banking and insurance sectors.
07/29/2016
Sakkie Leads Agribank
Designated to follow him up is Old Mutual stalwart, Mr Sakaria Nghikembua.
07/26/2016
HSBC Middle East annoounces MENA Chief Executive
New role is the latest promotion at HSBC since joining the lender back in 2005.
07/25/2016
Agribank appoints Nghikembua as new CEO
Widely regarded as a highly effective and transformational business leader, Nghikembua previously led the transformation of Namibia Post Ltd as its Chief Executive Officer
07/21/2016
UBA Ghana appoints Soni Anwal Deputy MD
It said prior to his accreditation from Bank of Ghana and subsequent appointment as Deputy Managing Director, Mr Anwal was the Regional Bank Head for United Bank for Africa Plc in Lagos, Nigeria.
07/20/2016
African Bank Names New Non-Executive Director
Mhlarhi is a founding member and director of Tamela Holdings, a black-owned investment holding and advisory company with interests in the manufacturing, mining services and health-care sectors.
07/19/2016
Mozambique Hires Lazard, Legal Advisers to Assess External Debts
The southern African country, one of the world’s poorest, is struggling to repay its debt after a commodity slump reduced export revenue and a depreciation of the metical.
07/19/2016
BNY Mellon's Hani Kablawi Named New Head of Investment Services for EMEA Daron Pearce to Head up Asset Servicing for EMEA
Formerly Head of Asset Servicing for EMEA, Kablawi will lead the business strategy for Investment Services in the region and will continue to be based in London.
07/18/2016
Vingirai’s grand return to banking
Some board members will depart at some point while there may be changes at management level in order to steer the ship in a new direction.
07/14/2016
Simmons takes leading arbitration lawyer Dutson from Eversheds
He spent a decade at Linklaters
07/12/2016
UBS names Gibson-Smith to corporate client services role
He has served on UK government advisory committees on aviation and oil and gas.
07/12/2016
MTN Group Effects New Management Changes
He has over two decades of experience in financial services.
07/12/2016
AfDB Announces the Appointment of Dr. Celestin Monga As Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management
He graduated with a Master's degree from the University of Sorbonne in Paris
07/12/2016
JP Morgan poaches Merrill Lynch exec for African banking ops
Kevin Latter to join as head of investment banking for Sub-Saharan Africa.
07/07/2016
Atlas Mara appoints former Standard Chartered Bank executive to head Zambia acquisition
The London-listed financial services provider said in a statement that FBZ and BancABC Zambia, which it also owns, would eventually be merged into one commercial entity, without giving a timeframe.
07/05/2016
Nigeria’s apex bank appoints new board for Skye Bank
He added that the CBN intervention is to ensure that it does not get into a position that it cannot be rescued while depositors will risk losing their monies.
07/04/2016
MTN Hires Barclays Africa’s Van Coller for M&A as CFO Quits
MTN is moving to shore up its management team following a months-long battle with Nigerian authorities over the company’s failure to disconnect unregistered users amid an insurgency in the country.
07/03/2016
Seni Adetu, Quintessential Business Executive, Joins Fidelity Bank
He boasts of 30 years of distinguished private sector experience, having worked with various multinational companies at home and abroad.
07/01/2016
Does it matter that the new CEO of Africa’s largest telecoms company isn’t black?
A 2015-2016 report by the Commission for Employment Equity report showed that white South Africans still dominate the top tier of management, despite only making up 9% of the population.