Mohohlo wins governor of the year award
| Tuesday May 27, 2014 15:01
At the Awards ceremony held at the Kigali Serena Hotel, the African Banker Awards Committee representative said that:
“In according you this accolade, the Committee has highlighted your extraordinary and continued leadership in successfully steering your economy throughout the international financial crisis, stabilising the economy and currency, as well as maintaining Botswana’s reputation for its high degree of transparency and public awareness in economic matters.
In choosing you as the winner of this Award, the Committee has also noted your outstanding vision in inviting ratings agencies into the country, thus further developing Botswana’s international reputation as a well-governed state and leading to an investment-grade sovereign credit rating, which has positively contributed to economic growth and diversification. The African Banker Awards Committee commends your personal integrity and professional reputation as a well-regarded leader in both African and international circles.”
Now in the 8th edition, the African Banker Awards are organised by African Banker magazine, IC Events and BusinessinAfrica Events (BIAE). The African Development Bank Group is the High Patron of the event. The Awards are designed to promote entrepreneurial excellence and world-class practices in banking finance. They are designed to honour the achievements of finance ministers, central bank governors, financial institutions and other related entities who have contributed significantly to the reform, modernisation and expansion of the continent’s banking and financial system.
During her illustrious 15-year career, Mohohlo served in boards of major corporations in Botswana and abroad.
Among her international engagements, she was appointed Eminent Person in 2001 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations (Kofi Annan) to oversee the evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa.
She served in former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa, which addressed Africa’s poverty and stagnation problems.
She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Africa Emerging Markets and the Africa Progress Panel. She was also twice chosen Central Bank Governor of the Year in her region by The Banker in 2002 and Euromoney in 2003.