Bongiwe Gangeni

Bongiwe Gangeni (born c. 1976), is a South African pharmacist, businesswoman and corporate executive, who is a designated corporate executive at Standard Chartered Bank, responsible for Africa, the Middle East and Europe. She starts her assignment in March 2022. She will be based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

Before that, she served as a member of the Absa Bank Limited Executive Committee, concurrently carrying the mantles of Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Retail and Business Banking, and of Head of Relationship Banking. She worked at Absa for fourteen years, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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 * “It was through her that I realised the notion that one cannot be a mother and a professional concurrently is a myth. My mother showed me that it is certainly possible to have a long and rewarding career, balanced with a very thriving family life, In addition, my mum, being an incredibly strong woman, possessed a fabulous balance between being assertive, yet kind,”