The FSC is administered and managed by a Board which consists of a Chairman, a Vice-Chairperson, independent non-executive directors and a Chief Executive.
Members of the Board hold office for a period of 3 years and are eligible for re-appointment. Members of the Board are:
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Mr Dev Manraj
GOSK - Chairperson
Mr Dev Manraj
GOSK - Chairperson
Mr Dharam Dev Manraj, Chairperson of the FSC Mauritius since April 2015, is the Financial Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in International Management, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Mr Yandraduth Googoolye
Vice Chairperson
Mr Yandraduth Googoolye
Vice Chairperson
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Mr Rajesh Sharma Ramloll
SC
Mr Rajesh Sharma Ramloll
SC
Rajesh Ramloll is currently the Deputy Solicitor-General at the Attorney-General’s Office. He is a barrister at Law and holds a specialist LLM in taxation from the University of London.
He is the current President of the International Fiscal Association, Mauritius Branch. Mr. Ramloll is a Fellow of the Hon. Society of Advanced Legal Studies (London) and is a member of the International Fiscal Association. He acts for the Mauritius Revenue Authority before the Supreme Court in Mauritius and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Ramloll has for the last ten years been involved in tax treaty negotiations. He advises the Government on legal aspects of financial matters. He is a tax assessor of the OECD Global Forum.
He has been the treasurer of the Mauritius Bar Association. He regularly writes in International Tax Journals and is on the editorial committees of the IFA World Tax Newsletter and the New Bar Chronicle (Mauritius).
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Mr Visvanaden Soondram
Mr Visvanaden Soondram was appointed to the Board of FSC Mauritius in April 2015.
He is Director at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
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Mr Mohummad Shamad Ayoob Saab
Mr Mohummad Shamad Ayoob Saab
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The Secretary to the Board is Mr. R. Sokappadu
The Board carries out their functions through the following sub-committees:
- Audit and Risk Committee;
- Corporate Governance Committee;
- Enforcement Committee established under Section 52 of the Financial Services Act 2007; and
- Staff Committee.
The Chief Executive is:
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Mr Harvesh Kumar Seegolam
Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission
Mr Harvesh Kumar Seegolam
Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission
Harvesh Seegolam is the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) since July 2017. Prior to joining the FSC, he was Chief Executive of the Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA), institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development mandated for the development and promotion of Mauritius as an International Financial Centre (IFC) of excellence.
Harvesh was also Director of the Innovation, Technology & Services cluster at the Board of Investment (BOI), the Investment Promotion Agency of Mauritius. He has successfully advised a number of global players on setting up operations in Mauritius in the fields of banking, private equity, investment funds, legal services and wealth management, manufacturing and ICT amongst others.
Harvesh holds a BSc (Hon) in Economics and an MSc in International Finance, in addition to several other qualifications in accountancy and finance. He is an alumni of the London School of Economics & Political Science, the University College London, Durham University, as well as the SKEMA ‘Grande Ecole de Commerce’ in France.
