Mr. Molefi Leqhaoe, the Managing Director at Lesotho PostBank, holds Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management & Corporate Governance. He is a Certified Expert Negotiator, Certified Rescue Analyst with Masters in Business Administration from the University of Free State.
This cadre is a Fellowship Member of the Chartered Secretaries Southern Africa, an international institution dealing with Corporate Governance and, Institute of Chartered Business Managers. With over 20 years of banking experience, he worked in various functions within the banking sector; from operations to business banking departments.
He gained his experience from different organizations, namely; Lesotho Bank, Standard Lesotho Bank, First National Bank, Econet Lesotho, and currently Lesotho Postbank. He is an exceptional strategist; well skilled and knowledgeable in the banking industry. This Visionary possesses a degree of ability in mentorship and coaching with particular emphasis on Ethical Leadership, Strategy, Corporate Governance, Business Continuity, Risk Management, Structured Deals, Business Rescue, and Re-organisation amongst others.
Mr. Mahooana is a certified Oracle Professional with solid experience in database administration, systems administration, business applications support, and development. He is a Computer Science Graduate with over twenty-two years as an IT professional in the banking and telecommunications industries. His professional experience extends over the borders of Lesotho having worked in Europe for more than 6 years. He was Applications Manager for Econet Telecom Lesotho implementing and supporting information systems ranging from ERP, mobile wallet, mobile insurance, services provisioning prior to joining Lesotho PostBank. Mahooana currently holds a Chief Operation Officer position at Lesotho PostBank.
Mrs. Morake has more than 20 years of work experience in different industries. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Lesotho PostBank and responsible for the management and planning of the Banks’ financial resources. Prior to joining Lesotho PostBank, she worked as Financial Controller at Lesotho Flour Mills. She holds both MBA degrees from the University of Free State and Chartered Accountant (Lesotho). She participated in the implementation of IFRS 9 for Lesotho PostBank and attended various workshops which include: International Financial Reporting Standards, Integrated Thinking and Reporting, and BASEL II, III & ICAAP. She is a member of the Lesotho Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountant in Practice.
Ms. ‘Mabakoena Nkeleli Thamae, has been appointed as Chief Credit Officer of Lesotho PostBank (LPB) from February 2019 to date and has been extensively involved in formulating the bank’s Credit Policy and Credit Strategy. She is substantively the Credit Administration Manager in the Credit Department from 2016, has served as the Acting Head of Credit for about 9 months in 2015/16, and she first joined LPB as a Credit Officer in 2014. She led the project scope and parameterization streams during the Core Banking System Upgrade Project from 2016 – 2017. Prior to joining LPB, she gained crucial banking sector experience at First National Bank – Lesotho as the Business Banking Manager from 2012 – 2014. Her formative experience includes teaching Public Financial Regulations as an Accounting Consultant at Lesotho Institute of Public Administration and Management (LIPAM) from 2010 – 2012, and an Auditing Internship for parastatals with the Office of the Auditor-General in 2011.
Ms. Mathabo Lebohang Tshehlo completed a short-term qualification in the areas of Strategy and Analytical Thinking. She has over fourteen years of banking experience gained from various functions ranging from Branch operations and banking, Retail, Business, and Corporate banking at different levels; junior, middle as well as senior positions. She started her career at Lesotho PostBank in 2005, later joined First National Bank Lesotho for four years where she managed various branches. In 2016 she came back to Lesotho PostBank and currently engaged as Chief of Sales.
Advocate Retselisitsoe Makara is a holder of LLB degree from the University of Lesotho. Professionally, he is a member of the Compliance Institute of Southern Africa. He started his career in 2008 as a practicing lawyer in different law firms in Maseru. In 2011, Adv. Makara joined the Legal Voice Ltd; a legal risk insurance company, as Legal Officer and later promoted to the position of Senior Legal Officer. Then, he joined Lesotho PostBank as Debt Collection and Rehabilitation Officer. In December 2014, was transferred to the Legal Department for the position of Compliance Officer. After his determination and commitment, Makara got promoted to Legal and Compliance Manager, and subsequently to his current title of Chief Legal and Corporate Secretary Officer.
Mr. Molefi Khama currently occupies the position of Chief Risk Officer at Lesotho Postbank. He has over twenty-six years of banking experience of which twenty-two years was at Standard Lesotho Bank. He was engaged in various areas within the Bank, such as branch operations, retail, business, and corporate banking and credit department. His banking experience ranges from junior positions, middle as well as senior positions. He is currently studying with UNISA and pursuing PGD in Risk Management. He attended various workshops including; Integrated Thinking and Reporting, and BASEL II, III & ICAAP.
Ms. Ntolo Letele has over eleven-years of diverse experience, which includes, internal audit, external audit, governance, risk, and compliance as well as financial control assurance. She worked at Moores Rowland, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Momentum, and FirstRand Bank Group. Currently, Ntolo is Chief Audit Executive for Lesotho PostBank. Ms. Ntolo Letele holds a BComm Accounting Degree from the University of Port Elizabeth and was also awarded a Diploma in Management Accounting by Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). She signed off her articles with South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and is a member of Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as well as Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Mr. Moiloa Moiloa is a seasoned Human Resources practitioner who cut his teeth in the HR carder in 2004 and boasts a 14 years’ experience. His speciality is Employee and Labour Relations, Performance Management. Mr. Moiloa began his career at the Government of Lesotho, the moved to First National Bank Lesotho (Pty Ltd), the joined Lesotho PostBank in 2015.
Nare Matsoha is an MBA (Finance) Candidate, holding a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. His undergraduate qualification is a BA Economics with a minor in Statistics. He has undergone Registered Person Examinations (RPE) with South African Institute of Financial Markets. Moreover, in pursuit of continuous professional development throughout his career, he has undertaken several short courses including Compliance Management with UCT and Strategic Leadership with the prestigious Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). He has over 17 years of experience in the banking industry, with more than a decade of experience in treasury and balance sheet management. He has superb local and regional (SADC) level experience dealing with payment systems, which culminated in a Vice-Chairperson seat on the SADC Payment System Management Body (SADC-PSMB).
`Mamohau Mapota has a graduate diploma in Sales and Marketing from IMM Graduate School. She has more than 32 years working experience in Sales in local and RSA Corporates. This experience extends into Banking, FMCG, Financial inclusion, and mobile money. Notably, she was the first to manage Mobile Money industry in the country. She has championed Lesotho PostBank’s digital channels to grow our mobile money and mobile banking offering. Uniquely, she takes charge of the only mobile money offering by a bank in our country, which is a previously uncharted territory in our country.
Advocate Belina Ntlama is the Chief Compliance Officer at Lesotho PostBank, she is an accomplished lawyer who holds Bachelor of Laws and Masters in Commercial Law obtained from the National University of Lesotho. She further holds a Certificate in Corporate Governance obtained from the University of Johannesburg and an Advanced Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering obtained from the International Compliance Association. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Leadership and a member of the Global Compliance Institute. She is highly skilled in regulatory and non-regulatory Compliance, corporate governance, and legal risk management. She has extensive financial sector experience acquired in Banking and Mobile-Money Operator’s industries, having worked for Lesotho PostBank from 2017 to 2020 and for VCL Financial Services from 2020 to 2023 before re-joining Lesotho PostBank.
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