Mercia Geises (born c. 1982), is a Namibian lawyer, banker, businesswoman, and

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, who is the

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and

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of Standard Bank Namibia Limited, a commercial bank, whose

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trades on the Namibian Stock Exchange and is a member of the

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, headquartered in South Africa. She took up her present appointment on 1 May 2021.

Background and education

Geises obtained a B Juris from the

University of Namibia The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, and the largest university in the country. It was established by an act of Parliament on 31 August 1992. Background UNAM comprises the following fac ...

, as well as a

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

degree and a

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degree in Mercantile Law, both from the

University of the Free State The University of the Free State (; Sotho language, Sesotho: ''Yunivesithi ya Freistata'') is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It wa ...

in South Africa. She also holds a

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, awarded by the

University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

Career

She started her legal career as an associate at ''Weder, Kruger and Hartmann''. She then joined Old Mutual Investment Group Namibia (Pty) Limited where she stayed for 12 years, rising to the rank of CEO. In 2016, Geises joined the Standard Bank of Namibia and for the next five years, she served as head of Personal and Business Banking (PBB) at Standard Bank Namibia Holdings Limited and as head of PBB at Standard Bank Namibia Limited. On 1 May 2021, she took over as CEO at Standard Bank Namibia Limited. She replaced Vetumbuavi Mungunda who stepped down and left the bank on 30 April 2021. In her new position, Mercia Geises joins three other women in Namibia who head commercial banks. As of May 2021, four of the top five commercial banks in Namibia have female Managing Directors. The banks and their managing directors are illustrated in the table below:

References

External links

Website of Standard Bank Namibia Limited

Standard Bank appoints Mercia Geises as new chief executive
As of 4 December 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Geises, Mercia 1980s births Living people Namibian bankers Namibian women business executives Namibian chief executives University of Namibia alumni University of the Free State alumni Stellenbosch University alumni Standard Bank people

Background and education

Career

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