Our Board

Mr. Soundararajan’s illustrious banking career spans about four decades, initially in India and the United States of America and then in Kenya from 1988. He has held senior executive and leadership positions in Standard Chartered Financial Services as Assistant Director, Corporate Finance, Commercial Bank of Africa (now NCBA) as Director, Corporate Banking, CFC Financial Services (now SBG Securities) as its first Managing Director and CFC Bank as Managing Director before its acquisition by Stanbic Bank in 2008. He is currently the Country Head of Meghraj Group of Companies in Kenya. Mr. Soundararajan also serves on the Board of I&M Bank Kenya where he has been an Independent Non-Executive Director since 2009. He also sits on the boards of GA Insurance, GA Life Assurance, GA Insurance-Tanzania and Car & General (Kenya) Plc. He served on the board of Central Depositary & Settlement Corporation (CDSC) for four years from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Soundararajan holds a Master of Arts degree from Madras University, India and a Certificate in International Banking from New York University.

Mr Shameer Patel was appointed as a Director of the Bank on 11th September 2013. He is the member of the Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee. He has more than 15 years of experience in Banking covering credit, operations and strategic planning. Mr Shameer Patel is part of the senior management team at I&M Bank Ltd, Kenya and heads the CEOs Office function with responsibilities covering various strategic initiatives and monitoring of subsidiaries within the banking group.

Mr. Pratul Shah was appointed as Director of the Bank on the 10th February 2010. He is the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and a member of Board Risk Committee. Mr. Pratul Shah is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also a member of the Institutes of Certified Public Accountant and Certified Public Secretary of Kenya and was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kenya. He holds various directorships in diverse companies in East Africa, in the financial, manufacturing and services sector, including Reliance Insurance Tanzania Ltd. He is also an Independent Director of Bank One Ltd, Mauritius

Mr. Alan Rodrick Mchaki was appointed as an Independent Director of the bank with effect from 26th September 2016. He is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountant of UK and Certified Public Accountant in Tanzania. He serves as Chairman of Board Risk Committee and a member of Board Audit Committee. He is also an Associate at Swaziland Institute of Accountants. Mr. Alan has over 30 years working experience covering public practice with two major accountancy firms and in industry, including amongst others, oil marketing, television broadcasting, health service delivery and mutual fund management; where he held directorship roles in finance. He is currently also practicing as an independent management consultant.

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