Annual Report 2019

Directors’ Profiles FAREED JAUNBOCUS Independent Director Fareed Jaunbocus is a Chartered Certified Accountant and is currently the CEO of Strategos Ltd, a Mauritian based Management Consulting firm. As the Partner heading the Strategic Consulting Services of De Chazal DuMee/Arthur Andersen/BDO (Chartered Accountants) where he worked for some thirty years, Fareed has developed a unique breadth of experience in Management and Project Consulting assignments and Capacity Building. He has a recognised track record of high delivery across various sectors and countries. He has carried out assignments in some fifty countries worldwide, from the USA to China, from Europe to South Africa. The nature of the diversity of projects and assignments undertaken by Fareed results in a pool of highly diversified skills and experiences that allows him to take a value-adding perspective in all assignments and organisations. Over and above blue chip companies, the private and public sectors, as well as Governments, Fareed is also an accredited services provider to a host of commissioning agencies and international donors including: the African Development Bank, the PTA Bank, the World Bank group, the European Union, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), the United States Agency for International Development, the UNDP and other UN agencies. He has also been and is a Director on several Boards, including the United Nations Advisory Board in New York. He is also a member of the RMAC of CIM Financial Services Ltd. Directorship in other listed companies: none. DAVID SOMEN Independent Director David Somen holds a Law Degree from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of Virtual IT Limited, a UK IT managed services provider, and is also the co-founder and Chairman of Eldama Technologies Limited, one of Kenya’s leading cloud and IT services providers, and a co-founder and director of Serenity Spa, Kenya’s leading spa, wellness and beauty organisation. Prior to Eldama and Virtual IT, David was the co-founder and Executive Deputy Chairman of AccessKenya Group, Kenya’s leading corporate Internet Services Provider which was listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and later sold to Dimension Data Group, and the co-founder and CEO of the LCR Telecom Group, which was sold to NASDAQ listed PRIMUS Telecommunications in 2000. He also has several years’ work experience in London and Hong Kong for McKinsey & Co. David is currently the Chairman of Cim Group’s Corporate Governance Committee and the Chairman of Aspira, Cim’s Kenyan financial services business. Directorship in other listed companies: none. CIM FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD / ANNUAL REPORT 2019 16