BOARD OF DIRECTORSMelanie Faugier
Chairwoman
Melanie Faugier, born in 1980, holds a degree in Economics from University of Paris 1 – Pantheon Sorbonne and an MSC in Management from EM Lyon School of Management. In the past, she worked as Trading Manager at Thon Des Mascareignes, and built up working experiences in Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar. She is presently the Managing Director of Cottons Trading Ltd, a dealer in ready–made textile and fashion accessories. Melanie Faugier also sits on the Board of Mauritius Union Assurance Co. Ltd.
Lakshmana (Kris) Lutchmenarraidoo
Executive Director
Kris (59) worked for the State Bank of Mauritius from 1973 to 1986. He was promoted to management level in 1978 and was the Assistant General Manager of the bank from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, he joined the Mauritius Leasing Company Ltd as General Manager before being appointed Managing Director in 1997 and President of the Financial Services arm of the British American Group from 1999 to 2002. He joined the Mauritius Post Ltd in July 2002 as Executive Chairman and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Mauritius Post and Cooperative Bank Ltd in May 2003. In September 2005, he left the bank to join Mauritours Ltd as General Manager. He joined La Prudence (Mauricienne) Assurances Ltée in September 2007 as General Manager of the General Insurance department and was appointed to the board on 28 May 2010. Kris was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company in January 2011 and to the board in April 2011. He is also a director of La Prudence Leasing Finance Ltd.
Gilbert Poisson
Executive Director, Company Secretary
Gilbert (57) became a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK in 1979 and an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute UK in 1986. He was formerly an auditor with De Chazal Du Mée & Co, Chartered Accountants until 1978 and assistant audit manager on Lloyds Syndicate audit with Futcher, Head & Gilberts, Chartered Accountants in UK until 1981. He joined the Company in 1981 as Accountant and became Group Finance Manager in 1998. He was appointed Head of Finance & Planning /Assistant to the CEO in July 2005 and is the Company Secretary since 31 July 2006. Gilbert was awarded the title of Chartered Insurer by the Chartered Insurance Institute in March 2008.Gilbert also acts as the Group’s Company Secretary and is a director of La Prudence (Mauricienne) Assurances Ltée.
Imrith Ramtohul
Executive Director
Imrith, born in 1975, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is also a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK and holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) degree from the University of Cape Town. He has 12 years of investment and banking experience. Prior to joining Mauritius Union Group as Head of Investment/ Senior Manager–Investment, he was with local subsidiaries of South African banking groups, Rand Merchant Bank and Nedbank. He also worked for Capital Asset Management Ltd and The Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd, whereby he was involved in research and financial analysis. Imrith is actually a board member of Innodis Ltd. and NMF Ltd., and is the Vice–President of the Society of Financial Analysts of Mauritius. He moreover regularly makes contributions to Bloomberg, Reuters as well as the local press.
Prem Beejan
Non-Executive Director
Prem Beejan, born in 1951, holds a B.A (Honours with Distinction) in Economics from a Canadian University and an MSC in Financial Management from the University of London. He has more than 28 years of professional experience in fund management. In the past, he held managerial positions at Bramer Asset Management Ltd and The State Investment Corporation, and also assumed office as CEO of SICMS, the company responsible for the management of six casinos on the island. Prem Beejan has also been the Executive Director of Capital Asset Management Ltd, which manages the Port Louis Fund and the SME Partnership Fund. He thus played an instrumental role in the setting up of the Port Louis Fund in 1997. Currently, Prem Beejan is dedicating his time to analyzing global financial markets.
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