The International Monetary Fund’s Director of the African Department, Antoinette Sayeh, has announced her intention to retire from the Fund, effective August 31, 2016.
Webber Wentzel has announced the appointment of Transfer Pricing Specialist, Karen Miller, who joined the firm on June 1, 2016 to complement and strengthen its tax advisory capabilities in South Africa and beyond.
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group has appointed Patricia Williams as partner in its Sandton Tax Practice to strengthen its tax dispute resolution offering.
Deloitte Africa has announced that four senior appointments have been made to the leadership of the firm to strengthen the company’s presence in the key West and East Africa regions.
Amethis, a Pan-African private equity group, has promoted two new Partners, Aurélie Pujo and Jean-Sébastien Bergasse.
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) has appointed Bruce Hemphill, Chief Executive of Old Mutual, as chairman of the OMEM board, following Paul Hanratty stepping down from that position.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, has hired Amin Manekia as Group Executive of its Corporate & Investment Banking business, effective July 4, 2016.
Orrick has hired Simon Ratledge, a leading practitioner focused on project finance in emerging countries and in Africa, to join the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure group in Paris.
Invest AD has announced the appointment of Faras Al Ramahi as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
GIC has announced senior leadership appointments, which will strengthen GIC’s investment capacity, effective June 1, 2016.
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), an international investment grade multilateral finance institution, has appointed Grant T. Harris as an Independent Director.
Norton Rose Fulbright, a global legal practice, has hired Christophe Asselineau as Partner in the firm’s Paris office.
Proparco, the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has appointed Grégory Clemente as its new Chief Executive Officer.
BNY Mellon has named Ileana Sodani to head relationship development for the firm’s asset servicing business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with responsibility for overseeing all Asset Servicing and Eagle relationship development staff in the region.
