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AfrAsia Bank Limited and its Group Entities
Annual Report 2015
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KAMBEN PADAYACHY
Executive Director
Appointed: 14 February 2011
Resigned: 23 September 2015
Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Monetary
Economics from the University of Paris
Dauphine and a post-graduate degree in
Banking and Finance
Kamben was one of the Founding Executives
of AfrAsia Bank Limited since its inception in
May 2007. He has over 20 years’ experience in
banking, having successively worked with BNP
Paribas (BNPI), Barclays Bank and Standard
Bank prior to joining AfrAsia Bank Limited.
He has held senior management roles at both
retail and corporate levels throughout his
career and has originated investment banking
transactions from debt capital markets to
structured trade finance. Kamben was the
Deputy CEO and Head of Global Banking,
Treasury and Markets at AfrAsia Bank
Limited. He is a Director of AfrAsia Special
Opportunities Fund, a company listed on the
Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
Committee:
Board of Directors
(Resigned 23 September 2015)
JEAN-CLAUDE BÉGA
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 28 October 2011
Qualifications:
Fellow of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants
Born in 1963, Jean-Claude was appointed
as Alternate Director to J. Cyril Lagesse in
June 2007 and as Non-Executive Director in
October 2011. He joined GML in 1997 and is
presently the Chief Financial Officer of GML
Management Ltée. He is the Chairperson of
Phoenix Beverages Limited and of Anahita
Estates Limited. He is also Director of a
number of companies including LUX Island
Resorts Ltd, Alteo Limited and Abax Corporate
Services Ltd. Jean-Claude is a director of three
listed companies on the Stock Exchange of
Mauritius.
Committee:
Board of Directors
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED)
NICOLAS WEISS
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 1 November 2013
Qualifications:
ESSEC – Ingénieur Telecoms –
MBA Cranfield University (UK)
Nicolas Weiss is a Telecommunications
engineer. He is an Essec Business School
graduate and holds an MBA from Cranfield
(UK). Nicolas Weiss started his career in
1988 at Deltabanque, where he developed
an interest rate risk management system.
He later developed portfolio insurance and
market arbitrage models. In 1991, he joined
M.Philippe Oddo and helped raise the clientele
of Institutional Investors for mutual funds
actions, bonds and derivatives. In 1993, he
joined Mr. Le Baron Edmond de Rothschild
and was General Manager and Shareholder
to the creation of AssMgt subsidiaries of
the Rothschild Group in Europe: Rothschild
Asset Management (EUR20bn), E.de AssMgt
Rothschild Investment Services (USD4bn),
and Rothschild Multi Management (EUR5bn).
Nicolas Weiss was also director and treasurer
for ‘Rothschild Fundations’ since 1997.
He left the Rothschild Group in 2010 to settle
in Mauritius. Nicolas Weiss has been teaching
finance at ESSEC, at Paris Dauphine and at
Arts et Métiers. He is a jury member at ESSEC
since 1987
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Committees:
Board of Directors
Corporate Governance Committee
DIRECTORS’ PROFILES (CONTINUED)