| CIM FINANCE. INTEGRATED REPORT 2022 26 Profiles Directors’ Denis was appointed as an Independent Director of CFSL in July 2020. He held the position of Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee of Cim Finance Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CFSL, for two years until its amalgamation with and into CFSL on 1 October 2020. Until his early retirement at the end of 2015, he served as the Chief Risk Officer of The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd, where he was directly responsible for segments like Credit Management, Credit Risk, Information Risk Management, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Security and Recovery. Prior to this, he worked in various divisions within the MCB Group, namely International, Corporate and Credit Risk, as well as in its overseas banking subsidiaries based in Mozambique and Seychelles. Denis holds a ‘BTS Action Commerciale’ and a ‘Diplôme d’Enseignement Supérieur Commercial Administratif et Financier’ (France). He is also the Chairperson of the Group’s Risk Management Committee and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee of CFSL. Directorship in other listed companies: none DENIS MOTET Independent Director DAVID SOMEN Independent Director David Somen holds a Law Degree fromOxford University and an MBA fromHarvard Business School. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of Virtual IT Limited, aUK-based ITmanaged services provider. He is also the co-founder and Chairperson 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 Chairperson 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, as well as 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 of experienceworking forMcKinsey & Co in London andHong Kong. David is currently the Chairperson of CimCredit Kenya Ltd, Cim’s Kenyanfinancial services business. David is also the Chairperson of the CorporateGovernance and Conduct Review Committee of CFSL. Directorship in other listed companies: none
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