MR. KOPANO BOLOKWE
INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BOTSWANA STOCK EXCHANGE
Mr. Bolokwe is the Interim CEO of the BSE, overseeing nearly P750 Billion in listed instruments. He has over 15 years’ capital markets experience tenured in Botswana, South Africa and United States of America, in asset management, investment brokerage and the stock exchange. He has over 8 years as an Executive with the BSE, leading the diversity of the Exchange in terms of products, issuers, liquidity, commercialization, regulatory reforms and elevating the BSE’s standing on the global financial stage.
He holds a Degree in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Botswana. Mr Bolokwe has completed the Registered Persons Exams (RPE) under the South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM) and an Executive Development Program (EDP) at the Stellenbosch Business School. He is a charterholder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts (CAIA) program and has completed level two of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program, both administered from the USA. He has graduated from the George Washington University School of Business, USA, with a Graduate Certificate in Capital Markets and subsequently undertaken graduate internship at MarketAxess Corporation in New York, USA, focusing on emerging and frontier debt markets as part of his training during the International Finance Corporation-Milken Institute Capital Markets Program, of which he is an alumnus. Mr Bolokwe is currently reading for a Doctorate in Management.
Mr. Bolokwe is a Board Member of Okavango Diamond Company, a rough diamond marketing company that is wholly owned by the Government of Botswana.