Board of Directors

Jean-Pierre Montocchio - Chairman

• Notary public since 1990
• Has participated in the National Committee on Corporate Governance.
• Director of various companies, including the MCB Ltd, Fincorp Investment Ltd, Caudan Development Ltd, Rogers & Co Ltd and New Mauritius Hotels Ltd.

 

René Leclézio - Managing Director

• Holds a Degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, and an MBA  from the London Business School
• Worked as a Manager at Lloyds Merchant Bank, London, before joining Promotion and Development as its General Manager in 1988
• Director of several private and public companies, including Caudan Development Ltd, Medine Limited and the Mauritius Freeport Development Co. Ltd

 

Jocelyne Martin - Finance Director

• Holds a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
• Worked at De Chazal du Mée after several years of experience in the UK
• Joined Promotion and Development as Group Financial Controller in 1995
• Acts as Company Secretary for Promotion and Development
• Director of Caudan Development

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Bertrand de Chazal

• Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and ‘Commissaire aux Comptes’
• Worked during his career with the accounting firm Touche Ross in Paris and West Africa
• Retired as Senior Financial Analyst of the World Bank in 2003
• Director of The Mauritius Commercial Bank, Caudan Development, the MCB Equity Fund and MCB Capital Markets

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Arnaud Dalais

• Chief Executive of CIEL Group of companies since 1991 and Chairman of Ciel Textiles
• Has assumed the chairmanship of various private sector institutions in Mauritius such as the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture and the Joint Economic Council
• Director of several public companies including Ireland Blyth, Sun Resorts and Caudan Development

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Adolphe Vallet

• Worked for the The Mauritius Commercial Bank and Roger Fayd’herbe & Co. before joining the Constance & La Gaieté S.E
• Director of several companies, including Belle Mare Holding, Beau Champ Holding, Constance Group, Deep River Beau Champ, Livestock Feed and Caudan Development.

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Bernard Yen

• Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK) since 1991
• Currently the Managing Director of AON Hewitt Ltd
• Worked at William M. Mercer and specialized in actuarial consulting services in the UK and Belgium before settling back in Mauritius
• Advises many organizations based in Africa on pensions and other employee benefits
• Director of Caudan Development, MCB Fund Managers, MCB Capital Partners and Prokid

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Gilbert Gnany

• Holds as DESS in Management/Micro Economics from the University of Paris-X, France
• Group Chief Strategy Officer & Advisor to the Board at The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd since August 2009
• Director of MCB Capital Markets Ltd, MCB Capital Partners Ltd, MCB Seychelles Ltd, MCB Maldives, Caudan Development Ltd and MCB Forward Foundation
• Currently a member of the IMF Advisory Group for sub-Saharan Africa
• Former Senior Advisor to the Office of the Executive Directors of the World Bank Group, Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Chairperson of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and Member of the Board of Governors of the Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority

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Thierry Dalais

• Completed degrees in accounting and commerce at the University of the Witwatersrand
• Served articles at Deloitte, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1984
• Appointed director of Merhold Corporate Ltd in 1987
• Co-founded Capital Partners in 1991
• Served as executive deputy chairman of Brait
• Has extensive experience in banking, corporate finance, private equity investing and general counsel to entrepreneurs in South Africa and abroad
• Co-founded Metier, a private equity investment and advisory firm of which he is today Executive Chairman
• Acts as trustee, director on the boards of a number of private and public companies and foundations

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