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Gcobani Mancotywa

Gcobani is General Manager for Asia Pacific Region who has been based in Hong Kong for 5 years responsible for Sales with China, Japan, India and Australia as priority growth markets. Prior to this role he was Executive Head of Strategy, Analytics and Marketing for Nedbank Corporate Banking with assets of over R70 billion. Prior to this he held various Senior roles at FirstRand Bank with his last role of a Senior Business Development Executive at FNB Corporate Banking division.

Prior to this role he was CEO for Public Sector for the Public Sector Banking Division of First National Bank. He previously had roles of SAA’s General Manager for the Africa region & as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand based in Sydney for a period of 3 years.

Prior to these roles, he worked for Deloitte and Touche’ Consulting a Research Associate responsible for conducting feasibility studies on new business ventures.

He undergone Military Officer’s training at the Indian Military Academy and qualified as an Army Officer. He holds extensive experience in Commercial Banking and Aviation Industry over a combined period of 18 years as well as international experience based in Sydney and Hong Kong.

He has managed large teams of over 100 people with revenue budget of over R2 billion per annum. He holds qualifications in B.Comm, PDM, Post Grad in Finance & Masters in Management.