Arnaud Lagesse, born in 1968, holds a “Maitrise de Gestion” from the University of Aix-Marseille III, France and is a graduate of “Institut Supérieur de Gestion”, France.  He also completed an Executive Education Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.  He joined the Groupe Mon Loisir in 1995 as Finance and Administrative Director before becoming in August 2005 its Chief Executive Officer.  He also participated in the National Corporate Governance Committee as a member of the Board of Directors’ sub committee.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of several of the country’s major companies and is the Chairman of Naïade Resorts Ltd, Robert Le Maire Limited and various other companies.  Arnaud Lagesse is an ex-president of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture, the Mauritius Sugar Producers Association and the Sugar Industry Pension Fund.

James Benoit is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  James is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 18 years experience in banking. He has been working with HSBC in China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Middle East, Canada and Mauritius from 1999 to 2001 when he was Deputy CEO and Head of Retail Banking. James has grown and lead consumer banking and corporate banking businesses in these regions. He has in-depth functional experience in marketing, credit cards, product development, trade finance and credit risk.

Jean de Fondaumière is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1980.  He acquired experience  in the field of Merchant Banking with Kleinwort Benson in Australia between 1984 and 1991 before joining the Swan Group in 1992. He retired as Chief Executive Officer of the Swan Group in December 2006. He is a Director of a number of companies involved in various economic activities such as finance, tourism, agriculture and commerce in Mauritius and in the region. Several of those companies are listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.  He has been the Chairperson of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius from 2002 to December 2006 and is a member of a number of Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.

Stuart Kirkman, born in 1973, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Cape Town and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has served as a partner in an accounting and auditing practice in South Africa before joining the HBD Group in September 2000 where he is involved in setting, implementing and monitoring the group’s investment strategies for both listed and unlisted investments He also sits as a trustee on the Shuttleworth Foundation in South Africa.

Well known entrepreneur, J. Cyril Lagesse, born in 1932, took over his father’s business in 1969 (Mon Loisir S.E) and set up the Compagnie d’Investissement et de Développement Limitée in the early 1970’s, to take advantage of the diverse investment opportunities that arose, while Mauritius moved towards greater industrialisation.  Since then, the Groupe Mon Loisir grew in size, and is now the major shareholder of other well established firms.  J. Cyril Lagesse also sits on the Board of several of the country’s most prestigious companies, some of which are listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. 

Thierry Lagesse, born in 1953, holds a ‘Maîtrise des Sciences de Gestion’ from the University of Paris Dauphine.  He is the founder and executive Chairman of the Palmar group of companies, a textile and garment manufacturing group.  He is also the promoter of both Companhia de Sena, a sugar processing and refining factory in Mozambique and Parabole Reunion SA, a Direct to Home Satellite TV company in the media and communication fields across the islands of the Indian Ocean.  He is the Chairman of the following listed companies:- Phoenix Beverages Limited, The United Basalt Products Ltd and Flacq United Estates Limited and chairs Compagnie d’Investissement et de Développement Limitée, the latter being the ultimate holding company of AfrAsia Bank Limited.  Thierry Lagesse is a member of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture and was in 1995, Chairman of the Mauritius Export Processing Zone Association.

Maurice Lam is the founding partner of Stewardship Consulting, a strategy consulting firm working with senior executives in the area of corporate strategy,  industry restructuring, corporate finance and risk management.  Prior to Stewardship Consulting, he was in investment banking advising multinationals companies, government agencies, and fund management companies in financial strategy, investment management, treasury and risk management. He has worked in London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo.
Currently he lives in Singapore and New York. 

Norman Noland is an entrepreneur and businessman and holds directorships in listed entities in South Africa and Mauritius and numerous other local and international privately owned companies. He has extensive experience in the International Financial Services arena, the Information Technology, Property, Property Development and Leisure Industry sectors. 
He is currently the Executive Chairman of stock exchange of Mauritius listed private equity group, Trinity Financial Group. Mr Noland is a member of the Financial Planning Institute in South Africa (AFP) and also holds two post-graduate degrees.

Michael John Pike ACIB, aged 60, joined the foreign staff of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1968 in London. He worked for HSBC for 35 years in eight different countries in Europe, the Far East, the Middle East and South America and has a wide experience in banking in Corporate, Retail and Operations. Latterly he was the Head of Group Risk for the Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd from 2005 to 2007.

Mr Alain Rey holds a BSc in Economics and is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW).  He is currently the IRS Project Director of Compagnie Sucrière de Mon Choisy Ltee.  His past key professional experiences were with, to name a few, Coopers & Lybrand (London), Citibank N.A. (Paris), Barclays Bank plc (Mauritius), Novel Denim Holdings Ltd (Hong Kong) and Shape Fabrics Ltd (Mauritius).

Born in 1963, Jean-Claude Béga, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, was appointed as Alternate Director of J. Cyril Lagesse in June 2007  He joined the Groupe Mon Loisir in March 1997 and is presently Finance Executive.  He is also a Director of Naïade Resorts Ltd  and of a number of corporations operating in the Financial Sector including the Sugar Insurance Fund Board, City Brokers Ltd, Capital Leasing Ltd and ACMS Ltd.  He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.