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Annual Report 2015
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JEAN DE FONDAUMIÈRE
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 12 January 2007
Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant
(Scotland)
Jean acquired experience in the field of
Merchant Banking with Kleinwort Benson
in Australia between 1984 and 1991 before
joining the Swan Group in 1992. He retired as
Chief Executive Officer of the Swan Group in
December 2006. He is a Director of a number
of companies involved in various economic
activities such as finance, tourism, agriculture
and commerce in Mauritius and in the region.
Four of those companies are listed on the
Stock Exchange of Mauritius. He was the
Chairperson of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
from 2002 to 2006 and is a member of a
number of Corporate Governance and Audit
Committees.
Committees:
Board of Directors
Audit Committee (Chairperson)
Conduct Review Committee
CATHERINE MCILRAITH
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 8 February 2011
Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant
(South Africa)
Catherine, a Mauritian citizen, holds a Bachelor
of Accountancy degree from the University
of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South
Africa and has been a member of the South
African Institute of Chartered Accountants
since 1992. She then joined the investment
banking industry and has held senior positions
in corporate and specialised finance for Ridge
Corporate Finance, BoE NatWest and BoE
Merchant Bank in Johannesburg. She returned
to Mauritius in 2004 to join Investec Bank
where she was Head of Banking until June
2010. Catherine is a Fellow Member of the
Mauritius Institute of Directors and is currently
working for her own account as a Financial
Advisor. She is a non-executive director of a
number of public and private companies in
Mauritius. Catherine McIlraith is a director of
one listed company in Mauritius.
Committees:
Board of Directors
Audit Committee
Risk Committee
Conduct Review Committee