RMB’s Tebogo Mokoena accepted to BAFT’s Future Leaders

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21 FEBRUARY 2023

RMB’s Mokoena named to BAFT’s Future Leaders programme class of 2023

BAFT, the leading global financial services association for international transaction banking, recently announced its Future Leaders programme class of 2023. Tebogo Mokoena, Service Lead for RMB in broader Africa, was one of 38 individuals selected to participate. The programme – now in its eighth year – recognises upcoming leaders in the transaction banking industry. 

Nominated by their respective institutions, the class of 2023 includes individuals from 20 countries and a variety of disciplines within transaction banking. This year’s group will be divided into five project teams to address current industry issues including developing a downstream hub correspondent banking concept, banking in the metaverse, sustainability, fraud in trade finance, and a future of transaction banking business model.

Mokoena will collaborate with fellow Future Leaders on Technology & Fraud Prevention in Trade Finance and will work to provide recommendations on how to drive greater industry adoption of fraud prevention technology and techniques. The team will detail the evolution of fraud in transactional banking in the past 5 years and provide a prediction of what to expect in the next 10 years.

“It’s an honour to have been handpicked by my organisation to join BAFT’s Future Leaders program,” said Mokoena. “It’s a prestigious and highly-esteemed group within the transaction banking industry and I’m eager to collaborate with my programme colleagues on critical industry issues.”

The class of 2023 started their programme in January at the BAFT Europe Bank to Bank Forum and will conclude at BAFT’s Global Annual Meeting in May. Several Future Leader council members will support the current class as mentors, joining BAFT board members who will continue to serve as project sponsors. 

Mokoena joins the following individuals who were selected to this year’s programme:

• Adriana Seidl, Deutsche Bank AG
• Adrien Laniau, Société Générale
• Ahmad Muhaisen, Arab Bank
• Ambar Mardikar, Scotiabank
• Amresh Jagessar, ING Bank N.V.
• Anathi Mkhize, ABSA CIB
• Anna Ries, UniCredit S.p.A.
• Beatrice Cheng, Standard Chartered
• Celina Andrioti, JP Morgan
• Charlotte Fryer, JP Morgan
• Colin Allshouse, Bank of America
• Dipika Surana, Bank of America
• Elcin Onat, Citibank
• Haitham Hassan, African Export-Import bank
• Ines Weibel, UBS Switzerland AG
• Jason Haley, BMO Capital Markets
• Johnny Chung, BNY Mellon
• Jorge Gomez, BNY Mellon
• Marko Motika, StoneX
• Maxwell Chesky, MUFG
• Melinda Jih, HSBC
• Mouloud Bouaziz, Credit Agricole CIB
• Natalie Patura, PNC Bank NA
• Natasa Pudic, ING Bank N.V.
• Neslihan Gökmen, Danske Bank
• Nicholas Lewis, Barclays
• Paolina Stoilova, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
• Pia Reyes, American International Group (AIG)
• Rebecca Connor, PNC Bank NA
• Sabri Riache, Deutsche Bank AG
• Samer Mansour, Housing Bank for Trade and Finance
• Sarah Zedar, KeyBank National Association
• Sue Ellen Hearn, Royal Bank of Canada
• Swati Shahani, Barclays
• Weaam Muaddi, Arab Bank
• Yasemin Ozcan, BNP Paribas SA
• Zachary Byrne, Deloitte

Learn more about BAFT's Future Leader Programme here

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