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Julie Browne

Non-Executive Director
Julie Browne is an accomplished corporate banker with more than 40 years’ experience gathered from working in a range of different roles within corporate and institutional banking for major international banks in London, South East Asia and Africa.  She joined Standard Chartered Group in January 2005 and occupied various roles including Senior Credit Officer and Head, Policy & Process. She is currently appointed as Chief Credit Officer, Africa and her responsibilities include leading a team of credit managers responsible for the evaluation and approval of credit exposures to large and medium sized corporate clients across Africa, periodic portfolio analysis and stress testing, providing input into risk appetite and other risk and portfolio management tools, product governance and engagement with regulators.

Yuvraj Thacoor

Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman of Audit Committee
Yuvraj is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman of Audit Committee, a member of the British Institute of Management and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACiArb). He is licensed as an auditor and an insolvency practitioner and he is a member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants. Yuvraj is the Managing Director of Quantuma Mauritius and Thacoor Advisory Services Ltd following his retirement from Grant Thornton where he served as Managing Partner from October 1999 to July 2016. Prior to that, he was an audit partner at PwC Mauritius. In his last two years at Grant Thornton, Yuvraj served as Regional Head – Member Firm Development Team for Grant Thornton International in Africa.

Bongiwe Gangeni

Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 20th December 2024, Bongiwe is a seasoned senior executive with over 20 years banking experience. She is currently Head, Wealth and Retail Banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Standard Chartered Bank where she is responsible for setting and delivering strategy, commercial outcomes and risk management across nine markets. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Bongiwe worked at ABSA bank where she held various positions including Deputy CEO, Retail and Business Bank with direct accountability for Relationship Banking (Business Bank, Private and Wealth Segments as well as the Financial Advisory unit). She has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). Bongiwe studied for a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of the Witwatersrand for her undergraduate.

Mark Price

Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 15th November 2024, Mark Price is a senior executive, thought leader and banking specialist with a wealth of experience in the financial & banking industry. Mark currently lives and works in the UAE, where he heads the bank’s Markets business for the Middle East & Africa. He is also Joint Chief of Staff for the bank’s global Corporate Investment Bank business.

Mark spent his first few years at Standard Chartered as the Chief Operating Officer of Financial Markets. Based in Singapore, Mark was responsible for all of FM’s global business operations. This included developing and executing the business strategy, ensuring exemplary control and governance through functional alignment and engagement and enabling business growth in a productive and disciplined way. Mark started his career with Ernst & Young in the UK, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving into Banking. Since then he has taken on progressively more senior roles within Finance, COO and Operations, culminating in his current roles.

Danny Balluck

Chief Financial Officer, Mauritius & Southern Africa and Executive Director
Danny Balluck joined Standard Chartered Bank Mauritius as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director in February 2014 and has over 25 years’ experience in various sectors of the Mauritian economy including banking and investment. Danny is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK and Member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Mauritius Institute of Directors and current Chairman of the Financial Reporting Monitoring Panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Mauritius and alternate Director at the Mauritius Bankers Association.

Nashreen Rojoa 

Head of Legal and Company Secretary
Nashreen, a qualified barrister with 13 years of experience in the banking sector, joined Standard Chartered Mauritius in 2024. Her extensive experience has seen her specialise in the areas of banking, international corporate and commercial law in addition to compliance, company secretarial matters and corporate governance issues. Prior to Standard Chartered, Nashreen worked at BCP bank (Mauritius) Ltd and SBI (Mauritius) Ltd. She holds an LLM in International Corporate & Commercial Law from King’s College, London and an LLB from the University of Buckingham. She was called to the UK Bar in 2007 and Mauritius Bar in 2008.  

Keshow Khulputeea

Chief Technology and Operations Officer
Keshow Khulputeea joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2003 and has over 30 years’ experience in the banking industry. In his various roles in Operations and Technology, have been key responsibilities in the transformation agenda, operational excellence, digitisation, efficiency, risk reduction, and client satisfaction, amongst others. In addition to his governance responsibilities, Keshow also oversees the cash operations function for the Bank’s Southern Africa countries. Keshow holds a Degree and MBA in Financial Services from the University of Mauritius.

Ayaz Panchoo

Head of Audit Mauritius and Group Regulatory Reporting West
Ayaz Panchoo is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). He has over 20 years proven financial services experience, both locally and internationally, with 13 years in senior management roles, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of Risk Management, Compliance and Auditing in the banking industry.

Safia Timol

Chief Compliance Officer
Safia Timol holds a Bachelor of Science Honours in Politics with Economics from the University of Bath and a Masters in Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance from the University of Reading. She has over 12 years of experience in Compliance and Financial crime across various markets namely the UK, UAE, and Mauritius. Safia started her career in 2011 as a Compliance Analyst at Standard Chartered Bank, London in the Group Regulatory Compliance function catering for UK and Europe. In 2014, she joined Standard Chartered Bank, Mauritius as Regulatory Compliance Manager supporting the Head of Compliance. In August 2018, she was appointed as Chief Compliance Officer.

Stephen Gomba

Head, Human Resources
Stephen was appointed Head of Human Resources of Standard Chartered Mauritius in May 2023. Stephen joined Standard Chartered in Zimbabwe in 1997 where he held various roles in Operations and Finance before transitioning to the Human Resources function. In 2021, he was appointed Head of Human Resources in Zimbabwe. He holds a professional qualification from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Zimbabwe (ICSAZ).

Christine Matambo

Head Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing (Acting)
Christine is Acting Head of Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing Mauritius. She joined the Bank in Zambia in 2013 and also spent 15 months (STA) at Group (London) as Business Planning Manager to the Group Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing.

Christine started her career with the United Nations (UN) in Zambia, where she headed the UN Resident Coordinators Office. She also worked for former Mayor of London (Boris Johnson – also former UK Prime Minister) where she managed a portfolio of the key private sector relationships between the Mayor’s Office and financial services companies in the City of London.

Christine has a MSc Economic Development from the London School of Economics (LSE), where she won a LSE scholarship for academic excellence. She also holds a BA Economics (with merit) from the University of Zambia.

Koomara Singaravelloo

Country Chief Risk Officer (Designate)
Koomara Singaravelloo has 22 years of experience in the banking sector in Mauritius with previous experience at Standard Bank Mauritius (6 years in Risk, IT and Operations) and HSBC (2 years in Operations). Since joining Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) in 2011, Koomara has performed various role starting from Operations (including first line risk management) before moving into Second Line Operational Risk at Country and Southern Africa level. Since October 2024, Koomara is double hatting as Africa Cluster Head and Country Head of Operational, Technology and Cybers Risk (OTCR). Koomara is part of the Group OTCR Leadership team and the Africa Risk Leadership team. Part of this role, Koomara oversees the 20 OTCR staff across the 10 markets in Africa.