Webber Wentzel, a South African law firm, has appointed Leslie de Bruyn as a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice in Johannesburg.
Ecobank Group has appointed Samuel Ashitey Adjei, the current Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana, as Managing Director for the Group’s recently combined region, Central, Eastern, and Southern African (CESA) countries, consisting of 18 subsidiaries.
Root Capital, an agricultural impact investor, has appointed Peter Bernard as the organization’s first Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective March 1, 2016.
South Africa’s Brait has appointed John C. Botts as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective January 29.
EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, has appointed André Roux to serve as a Senior Advisor to the organization and Chair of its Africa Council.
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, a Pan-African law firm, has appointed Ulla Murphy to strengthen its Africa-wide tax offering.
Africa's largest law firm, ENSafrica has appointed Mzi Mgudlwa as its new Chief Executive, effective March 1, 2016.
PIMCO, a global investment management firm, has named Craig Dawson as Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, replacing Bill Benz who is retiring at the end of June 2016.
Barclays Africa Group and Absa Bank have announced the appointment of Paul O’Flaherty as an independent non-executive director to their respective Boards, effective immediately.
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) has appointed Joel Baepi as Director of Governance, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, effective February 1.
Blackstone, a global investment firm and the world’s biggest manager of alternative assets, has announced the appointment of Peter Grauer to its Board of Directors.
Standard Chartered has announced that Mike Rees (aged 59), Deputy Group Chief Executive has made a decision to retire from the Group after 26 years.
BNY Mellon has appointed Jacqueline Joyston-Bechal to head up its Advisory Compliance team in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) for Investment Services.
LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in emerging markets financial services, has appointed two new partners and expanded its leadership team.
