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Rameswurlall Basant Roi brings extensive experience in central banking, monetary policy and foreign exchange reserve management. He served as Governor of the Bank of Mauritius from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2015 to 2018.

His career at the Bank of Mauritius began in 1976 as a Research Officer. He subsequently served as Assistant Director of Research from 1984 to 1987 and Director of the Research Department from 1987 to 1998. Between his two terms as Governor, he worked as an economic consultant from 2007 to 2014. These responsibilities placed him at the centre of monetary policymaking and the management of the Bank’s foreign exchange reserves.

He co-authored Monetary Policymaking in Mauritius with Professor Maxwell Fry and has published numerous articles on the Mauritian economy. Through the positions he has held, he has chaired and served on African and other international multilateral organisations. He is also a member of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington, D.C.

In 2004, the Government of Mauritius awarded him the Grand Commander of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (G.C.S.K.) for his contribution to the development of the country’s financial industry. He also received Central Bank Governor of the Year recognition in 2016 and 2017 from institutions including The Banker.

He holds a BA Honours in Economics from the University of Delhi and an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, with specialisations in Monetary Economics and International Trade Theory.

Edouard de Burlet brings a career spanning corporate banking, portfolio management, private banking and international investment-fund services. He serves as an independent director of Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds distributed internationally.

He began his career in 1979 as a financial analyst with Manufacturers Hanover Bank in Brussels, subsequently becoming a corporate account officer responsible for international corporations. In 1986, he joined Kredietrust in Luxembourg, later Kredietbank, as a Portfolio Manager. He moved to Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe in 1989 and became Head of Private Banking, a role he held until 1994.

He then joined the bank’s Investment Funds Services Department and became Head of the Investment Funds Commercial Department in 1998. His responsibilities included group coordination committees and, from 2000, membership of the Management Committee of the bank’s Spanish subsidiary. From 2004, he developed cross-departmental services, strategic projects and partnerships, including investment-fund arrangements with Nikko/SMBC in Japan.

His governance experience includes the Edmond de Rothschild group’s Responsible Investment Committee, covering sustainable-development initiatives and ESG matters, and the Board of Edmond de Rothschild Nikko Co Ltd in Tokyo, on which he served until his retirement from the bank in 2017. He also held the position of Senior Vice President of Edmond de Rothschild Luxembourg. His wider board experience includes hydrogen-technology company H2WIN SA and Luxembourg securitisation vehicles in the art sector.

He holds a Licence in Law from the University of Louvain, a BA in Economics from the European University of Antwerp and an MBA in International Management from the University of Dallas.

Maurice Lam brings experience in corporate strategy, investment banking, finance and board oversight. He is the founding partner of Stewardship Consulting, a strategy consulting firm working with senior executives on corporate strategy, industry restructuring, corporate finance and risk management.

Before establishing Stewardship Consulting, he worked in investment banking, advising multinational companies, government agencies and fund-management companies on financial strategy, investment management, treasury and risk management. His international career has included assignments in London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo.

His board experience includes service as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gamma Civic Ltd, which he joined in 2014, and as a director of AfrAsia Bank from 2007 to 2018. He chaired AfrAsia Bank from 2015 until stepping down from its board in 2018.

He holds an MBA in Finance and is a NeuroColor Certified Coach and Trainer.

Amit Bakhirta brings more than 20 years of experience in investment management, corporate finance, banking and investment banking across Africa, including Mauritius. Alongside his role at ANNEAU–GESTIONS, he is the founder and CEO of ANNEAU Ltd, the separate group entity focused on investment management, portfolio management and advisory activities in Mauritius and Africa.

His investment experience encompasses more than 150 public companies and over 25 sovereign and corporate debt instruments across Africa. He has been involved in the establishment, management and distribution of Pan-African, Mauritian, global, emerging-market and frontier-market multi-asset investment solutions. He also has experience in global currency pairs and commodities, including precious metals, as well as eight years of operating-industry experience in hospitality, textiles and retail across Mauritius, India and the United Kingdom.

From 2011 to 2016, he headed the African operations of Gavekal Wealth, previously IPRO. He previously managed the IPRO Growth Fund and African Market Leaders funds and advised on the investment mandate of the Policy Growth Fund. His roles have also included Managing Director of IPRO Botswana and Executive Director of the Ponelopele Fund, with earlier experience at the IPRO group and AfrAsia Bank.

He has served on and chaired boards and Audit & Risk, Remuneration, and Investment & Risk Committees. He co-launched two Pan-African equity and fixed-income funds in 2008 and 2013, was involved in their active management until 2013, and served as Deputy Chairperson of their Investment and Risk Committees until 2016.

He holds an MBA in Finance from UWIC in the United Kingdom. His additional qualifications listed in the prospectus are PgDBA and BHM. He is a speaker and has contributed articles on finance, economics and investment.