22 C I M F I N A N C I A L S E R V I C E S L T D Directors’ Profiles AISHA TIMOL – G.O.S.K Independent Director and Chairperson Aisha Timol was appointed as Independent Director and Chairperson of CIM Financial Services Ltd (‘CFSL’) in July 2020. She also held the position of Chairperson of Cim Finance Ltd (‘CFL’), a wholly owned subsidiary of CFSL, from April 2018 until its amalgamation with and into CFSL on 01 October 2020. Aisha has had a long career in the public service, as well as in the private sector and academia, and has held directorship positions at the Budget Bureau and Economic Affairs Division of the Ministry of Finance and at the Ministry of Financial Services. She was previously the CEO of the Mauritius Bankers Association and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Mauritius. She now serves on the Board of private sector companies and is a fellow member of the Mauritius Institute of Directors, where she also acts as a Consultant on governance matters. Aisha holds various academic qualifications, notably from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, Université d’Aix Marseille, France and the Institute of Social Studies of The Hague, Netherlands. Aisha is also the Chairperson of the Board Investment Committee and amember of the Corporate Governance and Conduct Review Committee of CFSL. Directorship in other listed companies: none D I R E C T O R S ’ P R O F I L E S MARK VAN BEUNINGEN Executive Director and Group CEO Mark van Beuningen is currently the Group CEO and Executive Director of CIM Financial Services Ltd (‘CFSL’). He joined the Group in January 2016 as the Managing Director of Cim Finance Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of CFSL, which amalgamated with and into CFSL on 01 October 2020). In October 2017, he was appointed as the CEO of the Group, while occupying the function of Acting Managing Director of Cim Finance Ltd. Prior to joining the Group, Mark worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Sydney for two years, and in Johannesburg for four years. Prior to that, he worked in the Structured Products team at Macquarie Funds Group in Sydney and as Audit Manager for KPMG Financial Services Assurance in Cape Town. Mark holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) in Finance and Accounts from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Mark qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2007 and as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2005. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance and Conduct Review Committee, a member of the Risk Management Committee as well as a member of the Board Investment Committee of CFSL. Directorship in other listed companies: none
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