At 30 June 2018, the Board of Directors comprised 5 Independent non-executive Directors, 1 Nonexecutive Director and 2 Executive Directors.
The Independent and Non-Executive Directors bring a wide range of experience and skills to the Board. The Executive Directors are involved in the day-to-day management and are in the full-time salaried employment of the Group. The Board is responsible for providing effective corporate governance. It determines the Company’s purpose, strategy and values and ensures that the Company and its controlled entities are properly managed. It monitors and evaluates the implementation of strategies, policies, management performance criteria and business plans.
The role and function of the Chairman, who is an independent director, and of the Chief Executive Officer, are separate. The Chairman presides over meetings of directors and ensures the smooth functioning of the Board. The management of the Group is carried out by the Chief Executive Officer who also develops and recommends to the Board the long-term vision and strategy for the Group, as well as formulates annual business plans and budgets to support the long-term strategy approved by the Board.
Jean-Claude Béga is presently the Group Head of Financial Services and Business Development at IBL Ltd. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Mauritian Eagle Insurance Company Ltd, DTOS Ltd, The Bee Equity Partners Ltd and Anahita Estates Limited. He is also Director of a number of Companies including IBL Ltd, Phoenix Beverages Limited and Lux* Island Resorts Ltd.
Kishore Sunil Banymandhub is director & Chairman of the Audit Committee of MCB Group Ltd. He is a director of New Mauritius Hotels and a member of its Corporate Governance Committee. He is also Chairman of BlueLife Ltd and director in Fincorp Investment Ltd. He served as President of the Mauritius Employers Federation in 1987. He was member of the Presidential Commission on Judicial Reform (1996), headed by Lord Mackay of Clashfern. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Mauritius.
Marc Kitten is a Visiting Professor in finance at Imperial College London and a founding partner of Candesic, a strategy consultancy focused on technology and healthcare. He has over 15 years of strategy consulting experience at McKinsey and Candesic, with a 10-year career at Deutsche Bank as a Vice President in the Global Markets division in Germany.
Jason Harel is the co-founder and partner of BLC Robert & Associates which is ranked as a top tier business law firm by all leading legal directories. He leads their corporate and M&A practice which includes noncontentious restructuring and taxation. Jason’s practice involves mainly the real estate (including construction & hospitality) and financial services sectors (including the banking and global business sector). He is a director of IBL Ltd.
Sanjana Tharangany Singaravelloo heads Aon’s Global Benefits Africa Unit. She has over 20 years’ experience gained internationally with Old Mutual (Cape Town), Hymans Robertson Actuaries and Consultants (Glasgow), PwC (London and Amsterdam), ABN Amro (Amsterdam) and the UK Pension Regulator (UK). She has been recently appointed as an independent director on the Board of IBL Ltd and is a member of its Audit and Risk Committee. She has been recently appointed as independent director of MCB Group Ltd.
Liliane Li Chiu Lim holds a BSc (Hons) in Accounting from the University of Mauritius and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She started her career at Price Waterhouse and subsequently worked for more than 14 years at State Bank of Mauritius Ltd where she was Team leader (Finance) / Financial Controller during the last 7 years. She joined Anglo African in 2014 and is the Chief Finance Officer.
Ali Jamaloodeen is presently the CEO of Anglo African, with business, technology and project management skills and experience. He has 15 years of project leadership experience, having worked previously as the first Mauritian Turnkey Project Manager of Huawei in Mauritius, upon their local set up, as well as Project Consultant in Australia. Ali joined Anglo African as its first employee in 2007.
Sanjeev Manrakhan was appointed Head of Marketing and International Roaming for Mauritius Telecom’s Mobile division in 1995. He was part of the consulting team of France Telecom Mexico and joined Gemalto in 2000 as Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa looking after various sectors such as telco, banking and ID, before being appointed as Senior Advisor to the President of Huawei SSA in 2008. He founded the Anglo African Group.
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Jean-Claude Béga is presently the Group Head of Financial Services and Business Development at IBL Ltd. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Mauritian Eagle Insurance Company Ltd, DTOS Ltd, The Bee Equity Partners Ltd and Anahita Estates Limited. He is also Director of a number of Companies including IBL Ltd, Phoenix Beverages Limited and Lux* Island Resorts Ltd.
Kishore Sunil Banymandhub is director & Chairman of the Audit Committee of MCB Group Ltd. He is a director of New Mauritius Hotels and a member of its Corporate Governance Committee. He is also Chairman of BlueLife Ltd and director in Fincorp Investment Ltd. He served as President of the Mauritius Employers Federation in 1987. He was member of the Presidential Commission on Judicial Reform (1996), headed by Lord Mackay of Clashfern. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Mauritius.
Jason Harel is the co-founder and partner of BLC Robert & Associates which is ranked as a top tier business law firm by all leading legal directories. He leads their corporate and M&A practice which includes noncontentious restructuring and taxation. Jason’s practice involves mainly the real estate (including construction & hospitality) and financial services sectors (including the banking and global business sector). He is a director of IBL Ltd.
Marc Kitten is a Visiting Professor in finance at Imperial College London and a founding partner of Candesic, a strategy consultancy focused on technology and healthcare. He has over 15 years of strategy consulting experience at McKinsey and Candesic, with a 10-year career at Deutsche Bank as a vice president in the Global Markets division in Germany.
Sanjana Tharangany Singaravelloo heads Aon’s Global Benefits Africa Unit. She has over 20 years’ experience gained internationally with Old Mutual (Cape Town), Hymans Robertson Actuaries and Consultants (Glasgow), PwC (London and Amsterdam), ABN Amro (Amsterdam) and the UK Pension Regulator (UK). She has been recently appointed as an independent director on the Board of IBL Ltd and is a member of its Audit and Risk Committee. She has been recently appointed as independent director of MCB Group Ltd.
Ali Jamaloodeen is presently the CEO of Anglo African, with business, technology and project management skills and experience. He has 15 years of project leadership experience, having worked previously as the first Mauritian Turnkey Project Manager of Huawei in Mauritius, upon their local set up, as well as Project Consultant in Australia. Ali joined Anglo African as its first employee in 2007.
Liliane Li Chiu Lim holds a BSc (Hons) in Accounting from the University of Mauritius and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She started her career at Price Waterhouse and subsequently worked for more than 14 years at State Bank of Mauritius Ltd where she was Team leader (Finance) / Financial Controller during the last 7 years. She joined Anglo African in 2014 and is the Chief Finance Officer.
Sanjeev Manrakhan was appointed Head of Marketing and International Roaming for Mauritius Telecom’s Mobile division in 1995. He was part of the consulting team of France Telecom Mexico and joined Gemalto in 2000 as Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa looking after various sectors such as telco, banking and ID, before being appointed as Senior Advisor to the President of Huawei SSA in 2008. He founded the Anglo African Group.