ESG and Sustainability: Driving Change in African Financial Markets

Ms Marjorie Heerah-Pampusa is Director of the Economic Analysis, Research and Statistics Department at the Bank of Mauritius.  In this role, she is responsible for supporting the monetary policy decision-making process through economic analyses and forecasting.  She is also responsible for the compilation and dissemination of monetary, financial and external statistics.

She has extensive experience in central banking, having worked in a range of senior management roles during her career at the Bank.  Prior to starting her current position in 2021, Ms Heerah-Pampusa headed the Financial Markets and Reserves Management Department, and the Financial Stability and Risk Department.

Ms Pampusa holds a BEc from Murdoch University, Australia, and an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Alex Nardiello is a Global Solutions Consultant at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group). Alex works with clients to achieve their ESG and sustainable finance goals, his responsibilities include ensuring alignment of LSEG’s ESG data and solutions with client needs. As a passionate problem solver he has a strong interest in risk, quant workflows and dynamic regulatory governance in the ESG space and is CFA ESG qualified. In the past Alex has talked on ESG and sustainable finance topics including, TCFD, EU Taxonomy and SFDR. He has a particular interest in research management systems, investment performance measurement and ESG culture.

 

Danny Balluck is the Regional Chief Financial Officer for Southern Africa and Executive Director for Standard Chartered Bank Mauritius. He is also a Director of Standard Chartered Private Equity companies investing in Asia and Africa.  

He is currently an alternate Director at the Mauritius Bankers Association and the Chairman of the Financial Reporting Monitoring Panel of the Financial Reporting Council.

Danny is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant UK and a member of the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants 

 He has served as Director of the Mauritius Institute of Directors for five years out of which two years as Vice Chairman and two years as immediate past Chairman (2022 and 2023).

He has more than 28 years of experience and has been working in different key sectors of the economy, including Banking, Investment, Textile, Hospitality and Audit Advisory services.

Danny was awarded Africa CFO of the year 2022 by the ACCA Global

Education

•         2005: HEC Master in Management - Grande Ecole, and CEMS Master in International Management

•         Fluent French, Portuguese and English

Career

•         2022 – Date: Executive, Head: IB, Standard Bank Mauritius

•         2011 – 2022: Executive, ECM, Standard Bank, Johannesburg

•         2008 – 2011: Senior Associate, Principal Investments, QInvest, Doha

•         2006 – 2008: Analyst, Equity Corporate Finance and M&A, Deutsche Bank, London

•         2005 – 2006: Analyst, IB, Millennium Finance Corporation, Dubai

Experience

•         ~19 years corporate finance and investment banking experience

 

Greg Lowden – Managing Director

Greg joined HSBC on the International Management Programme in 2009 and has held a variety of senior roles across Commercial Banking, Trade Finance, Financial Crime Risk, and Government Affairs in the UK, US, and Hong Kong. Before moving back to Asia in 2021, he spent three years working directly for the Group Chairman.

Prior to his current role, as Managing Director and CEO of HSBC Mauritius, Greg was the Deputy Head of International Subsidiary Banking, Hong Kong, where he led a strong team supporting the complex financing requirements of corporate clients headquartered in Europe, the Middle East, and around Asia.

After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Greg lived and worked in Japan and Hong Kong, at the UN and law firm Herbert Smith.