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  Our Team  
 
AfrAsia Bank believes in long term and durable relationships. Our team is made up of some of the most experienced, able and highly esteemed professionals - a real A-Team at your dedicated service.
   
Chief Executive Officer
 

James Benoit

James Benoit
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.
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Founder Executives

Ben Padayachy – Head of Sales
Ben Padayachy
Ben has 14 years experience in banking, having successively worked with BNP Paribas (BNPI), Barclays Bank and Standard Bank.   He has held management roles at both retail and corporate level throughout his career and has originated investment banking transactions from debt capital markets to structured trade finance.   He holds a Masters degree in Monetary Economics from University of Paris Dauphine and a post-graduate degree in Banking and Finance.
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Rouben Chocalingum – Head of Relationships
Rouben Chocalingum
Rouben is a 15 years experienced banker. He started his career in 1992 with State Bank of Mauritius and has acquired extensive experience in credit and corporate banking, and was part of the executive management prior to leaving SBM. He joined Standard Bank (Mauritius) in 2006 as Senior Relationship Manager before moving to AfrAsia Bank. He holds a diploma in business administration from University of Surrey and a certificate in Banking Studies.
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Thierry Vallet – Head of Strategic Development
Thierry Vallet
Thierry is a qualified engineer who also holds an MBA from Groupe HEC in France. During his engineering career he has worked successively at Britannia Sugar Estate and Ireland Blyth Limited. He then left Mauritius to join the GPA – Groupe Generali in Paris, France in the insurance sector where he worked successively in the commercial and audit divisions. Since 2005, he held the post of Account Executive in Corporate Banking at MCB before joining AfrAsia Bank.
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  Management  
 
Jen Ramanah – Money Market Executive
Jen Ramanah
Jen started his career at the Government Audit department before joining the Bank of Mauritius in 1980 where he gathered wide ranging experience culminating as a Senior Dealer in the Financial Markets Department. Jen also worked at the Mauritius Commercial Bank as the Chief Money Market Trader before joining AfrAsia Bank. Jen holds a Bsc(Hons) Management from The University of Mauritius and an  MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.
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Jennifer Jean-Louis - Head of Finance
Jennifer Jean-Louis
Jennifer is a Fellow Member of the Taxation Institute of Australia. She started her career in Audit and Taxation Division of BDO De Chazal du Mée in 1991 before joining FedEx and International Management Mauritius (IMM – a Global Business Management Company) in senior accounting positions. For the past 8 years, she has specialised in the areas of finance and taxation in Australia. She holds a Masters degree in Applied Finance and is a Chartered Accountant.
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Joelle Ng - Head of Credit & Risk
Joelle Ng
Joelle is a banker with 13 years of experience. She started her career at the HSBC in 1994 in Customer Service and Sales. She occupied successively the posts of Branch Manager, Credit Recovery Manager and Credit Risk Manager.  She joined the Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd as Special Assets Manager in January 2007. Joelle Ng holds an International Certificate for Financial Advisers of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and a certificate in Banking Studies from the University of Mauritius
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Patrice Modeley – Business Support Manager  
Patrice Modeley
Patrice started his career in 1988 at BNP Paribas (then BNP) in the Foreign Exchange department where he has acquired his specialized skills in SWIFT and Documentary Credit. He joined Banque des Mascareignes (Caisse d’Epargne Group) in 2003 as Team Leader - International Department before taking extended responsibilities for Treasury Back-Office and Client Service. Patrice holds a ‘Certificat d’Aptitude Bancaire’ from the ‘Centre Internationale de la Formation Bancaire’ of France and a ‘Formation Superieure en Crédits Documentaires’ from the International Chamber of Commerce of France. 
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Prithveenkumar (Vikash) Gobin – Head of IT
Prithveenkumar (Vikash) Gobin
Vikash is 12 years experienced IT specialist. He started his career in 1995 at Currimjee Jeewanjee IT Division before joining South East Asian Bank as Head of IT. He later moved to Mauritius Post and Cooperative Bank Ltd as Head of ICT and also acted in the capacity of Project Manager in the setting up phase of the Bank infrastructure. Vikash holds an MBA with specialisation in Finance from Charles Sturt University of Australia and a B.Tech(Hons) Degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
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Suneeta Motala – Head of Marketing and Public Relations
Suneeta Motala
Holder of a Pre Associateship from the Chartered Institute of Bankers and an International Certificate for Financial Advisors from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), Suneeta has 13 years experience in the banking sector. She started her career at HSBC in 1994 and held several responsibilities in the Credit Risk and Sales & Marketing departments.   She held the post of Branch Manager at HSBC before joining MPCB in October 2003 as Head of Strategic Marketing.   Suneeta joined AfrAsia Bank as Head of Marketing in July 2007.
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Veeramdeve Nem- Head of Compliance
Veeramdeve Nem
Veeramdeve is a banker with more than 24 years of experience. He started his career at the Bank of Mauritius where he held several posts. From 1983 to 2001, he worked in the Exchange Control Department and Finance Section. He then moved to the post of Research Assistant from 2001 to 2005. He held the post of Senior Bank Examiner for the past two years before joining AfrAsia Bank. He holds an MSC Finance at University of Mauritius and an ACCA.
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  Relationship Team  
 
Bilal Bahemia – Relationship Manager Wealth Management & Regional Business
Bilal Bahemia
Holder of a BSC in Banking and International Finance (Adelaide Australia) and an MBA (South Africa), Bilal has had Private Banking experience at State Bank of Mauritius and Banque De Mascareignes. He subsequently joined Banque SBM Madagascar as Deputy Chief Executive Officer before moving to Afrasia Bank.
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Guylaine Lennon – Relationship Manager Wealth Management 
Guylaine Lennon
Guylaine Lennon is a banker with more than 25 years of experience. She worked at the Mauritius Commercial Bank, where she held several positions in Credit and Customer Service.   Prior to joining AfrAsia Bank, she spent the last 5 years as Account Executive at Head Office Branch and Private Banker.
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Jean-Francois Ulcoq – Treasury Sales – Forex Dealer
Jean François Ulcoq
Jean-Francois started his career in 2002 at Ernst & Young in Audit and Advisory Services.   He then moved to Edge Forex Ltd in 2005 initially as Financial Controller and Middle Office Manager before moving in Foreign Exchange Dealing as a dealer.   Jean-Francois holds an A.C.I. Dealing Certificate and a BComm – Financial Management from the University of South Africa.
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Nadeem Abdul Carrim – Relationship Manager International Banking
Nadeem Abdul Carrim
Nadeem has been working in an International Banking environment since 2001 at Bank Internasional Indonesia, before moving to AfrAsia Bank. He stepped in the banking sector as part of the operation team before moving, leading and developing the sales force of the bank. He holds a degree in Marketing and Supply Chain Management from the University of Natal, South Africa.   
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Sewlyn Lee  – Relationship Manager Wealth Management
Sewlyn Lee
Sewlyn is a 25 years experienced banker from State Bank of Mauritius Limited. She has worked in various departments before spending the last eight years in relationship management at Corporate Banking and then Premier Banking and subsequently managing a portfolio of clients in Private Banking, prior to joining AfrAsia Bank.
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