Guillaume Passebecq

Interim CEO

Guillaume is an International School of Management (IDRAC) graduate who has spent his entire career in the banking sector. He started off as a Portfolio Manager at B*capital Paris, the BNP Paribas brokerage house in 1999. In 2007, he was appointed as Head of Sales at BNP Paribas Personal Investors Luxembourg. He joined AfrAsia Bank in 2014 with a strong focus on the European market and was subsequently appointed as Head of Private Banking. Guilllaume joined Bank One in March 2017 and brings with him a wealth of experience in dealing with High Net Worth individuals.

Eric Hautefeuille

Chief Operating Officer

Eric has a career spanning almost three decades at senior level in the banking sector. He spent 24 years at Société Générale whereby he worked in various countries namely in Europe, Asia and Africa. During his tenure, he successively held the positions of Chief Information Officer and Project Director in Cameroon (1997-2000) and in Tahiti (2000-2005), Project Director in Russia (2005-2007), Head of Operations and Deputy Chief Operating Officer in China (2007-2011), Chief Operating Officer (COO) in India (2011-2014) and Head of Transversal Operations in France (2014-2015). Prior to joining Bank One as COO in October 2020, Eric held the positions of COO and Head of Transformation at BNI Madagascar for the last five years. He was instrumental in developing the BNI footprint, particularly on mobile, cards and payments businesses and branchless digital microfinance.

Ranjeevesingh (Ranjeeve) Gowreesunkur

Chief Financial Officer

Ranjeeve joined Bank One in 2008 as Financial Accountant bringing with him more than 20 years of extensive banking experience having worked in various senior positions at Union Bank, Delphis Bank, First City Bank, SBI (Mauritius) and Deutsche Bank (Mauritius). After acting as Head of Finance for six years, he was subsequently promoted as Chief Financial Officer in 2014.

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a registered Professional Accountant with the Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants, Ranjeeve also holds an MBA with Finance from Herriot Watt University.

Valerie Duval

Head of Legal

Valerie Duval was called to the bar in 1995 and joined Bank One in 2008 after having acquired a strong experience in leadership positions in the insurance sector during 13 years, handling high level claims for key general insurers of the market.

As the Head of Legal for Bank One over the last 14 years, Valerie’s expertise ranges from advising Bank One on all legal aspects relating to the affairs and operations of the Bank to providing strategic legal support including assisting in reviewing complex transactions, providing legal input in contractual negotiations and successful recovery of assets in foreign jurisdictions

Priscilla Mutty

Head of Human Resources

With over 25 years of experience in the human resource field, Priscilla is a seasoned Human Resources professional. She holds a Master in ‘Administration d’Entreprises’ from the University of Poitiers, France. Priscilla received The Women of Wonder Award Mauritius 2018 and was conferred the 101 Most Influential Global HR Leaders by the World HR Congress.

Prior to joining Bank One, Priscilla has worked across regional and global corporations such as DCDM Consulting (Managed by Accenture) where she was responsible for HR-related consultancy assignments for a portfolio of clients in various industries including banking. Her assignments were conducted both in Mauritius and regionally (i.e. Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Djibouti, among others). From 2011 to 2014, she headed the HR department at Bramer Bank before moving to GroFin in January 2015, a development financier specialized in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) with 16 offices across Africa and the Middle East, as its Chief HR Officer. Priscilla joined the Bank in December 2017 as Head of HR.

Rishyraj Lutchman

Head of Treasury

Rishy holds an ACI Diploma and a BBA from Management College of Southern Africa. Before Joining Bank One in February 2014, he worked for 26 years in the Treasury division of the State Bank of Mauritius, where he covered different desks such as sales, interbank and fixed income and acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the Mauritian and Malagasy market. Rishy held the post of Chief Dealer prior to leaving SBM.

Bunsrajsing (Ashish) Gowreesunker

Interim Head of Compliance

Bunsrajsing (Ashish) Gowreesunker is a seasoned banking professional with over 25 years of experience at senior level covering both first and second lines of defense roles, spanning across Retail Banking, Custody, Global Business, Corporate Banking, Remediation, and Compliance. He has been very active in the industry, serving as the vice chairman of the Compliance Committee of the Mauritius Bankers Association. Ashish is passionate about ensuring the safe growth of institutions while optimizing resources to capture all opportunities for growth. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of regulatory compliance and risk management. He joined Mauritius International Trust Company Limited as Head of Risk and Compliance in February 2024 and was appointed Interim Head of Compliance of the Bank in July 2024. Ashish is a member of the International Compliance Association and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

Normela Maunick

Interim Chief Risk Officer

Normela Maunick has more than 15 years of audit, advisory and risk management experience and has worked for the Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited, ABC Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Bank (Mauritius) Limited. She joined CIEL Finance Limited on 01 October 2021 as Head: Risk Management, Compliance and Controls and has executive ownership for risk management and compliance for CIEL Finance Limited and its affiliates. She was appointed as Interim CRO of the Bank in December 2023. Normela holds an MBA (Specialization in Financial Services) from the University of Mauritius and a BSc (Hons) Banking and International Finance from the University of Technology, Mauritius.

Clement Chamboko

Head of Corporate and Investment Banking

Clement is a seasoned banker with a stellar career spanning almost two and a half decades, cutting across Corporate and Investment Banking, Business Banking as well as Retail Banking. Clement brings to Bank One a wealth of experience having held key roles in leading financial institutions in the region including Nedbank, Commerzbank, Barclays, HSBC, and most recently as the Country Head, South Africa & SADC at Ecobank Transactional International. Clement holds a Post-Graduate Advanced Diploma in Banking Law from University of Johannesburg and a Post-Graduate Advanced Diploma in Management from Milpark Business School. He is also a Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers of South Africa.