Father of the Pula: Remembering Quill Hermans (1936–2024)

He also distinguished himself by working on various international assignments for the World Bank before returning to BOB's leadership and becoming the first chairman of the Botswana International Financial Services Centre. A man who personified emotional intelligence in the workplace, Herman's professional qualities included his energetic nature, keen and innovative intellect, and teamwork and team-building capacity.

The late Quill Hermans was born in Cape Town on December 23, 1936. When not in boarding school, he spent much of his youth at Clober Farm, his grandfather's cattle ranch in the Molopo region of the Northern Cape. After graduating from Oxford with a Bachelor's Degree in Geography in 1961, he was employed as a senior finance officer in the Bechuanaland Protectorate administration, then based in Mahikeng. In 1965, he opted to take up citizenship in the then self-governing territory, joining its small cadre of permanent and pensionable civil servants.