MCB Group
MCB Group Limited is a financial services holding company. Its headquarter is located in Port Louis, Mauritius, with subsidiaries and investments in Mauritius, France, India, Madagascar, Maldives, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Seychelles and South Africa.
Overview
MCB Group is a large financial services conglomerate. As of 31 March 2015, it had an estimated asset base of over US$7.4 billion and estimated shareholders' equity of more than US$1.0 billion.The group is listed as one of the top 10 companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius in terms of annualized returns. A 2015 report by Business Magazine indicated that the MCB Group was the most valuable company in the Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean region in terms of market value and was the most profitable company in Mauritius.
History
MCB Group Ltd was incorporated on 5 August 2013 during the corporate restructure of Mauritius Commercial Bank. Previously, MCB operated as both a listed company and a holding company. MCB Group was created by MCB's shareholder with the aim of separate the banking and non-banking operations and raise capital in order to position itself for future growth.During the restructure, shareholders of MCB exchanged their MCB shares for MCB Group shares on a 1:1 ratio and the various subsidiaries previously held by Mauritius Commercial Bank were unbundled to MCB Group. Its shares were then listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius on April 5, 2014 to replace those of Mauritius Commercial Bank on the Mauritian bourse.
Member companies
The companies that compose the MCB Group include but are not limited to the following:Banking operations
- MCB Investment Holding Limited – Port Louis, Mauritius – 100% Shareholding – Intermediary holding company of all of the Group's banking businesses.
- Mauritius Commercial Bank – Port Louis, Mauritius – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Mauritius, serving individuals and businesses, focusing mainly on large corporations. Incorporated in 1838 and the group's flagship company.
- – Victoria, Seychelles – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Seychelles.
- – Maputo, Mozambique – 95% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Mozambique.
- MCB Madagascar – Antananarivo, Madagascar – 85% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Madagascar.
- – Malé, Maldives – 100% Shareholding – A commercial bank in Maldives.
- Banque Française Commerciale Océan Indien – Paris, France – 49.99% Shareholding – BFCOI is a joint venture between MCB Group and Société Générale. The bank has operations in France and the French Overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion.
Non-banking financial
- – 96% Shareholding – A leading financial services Investment holding company in Mauritius. Providing financial services through its subsidiaries:
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- * MCB Structured Solutions
- MCB Equity Fund – 100% Shareholding – A private equity fund which specializes in providing expansion and buy-out capital to small and medium-sized established businesses across Eastern and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- – 100% Shareholding – Offering invoice discounting services.
- Credit Guarantee Insurance Company – Port Louis, Mauritius – 40% Shareholding – A joint venture with La Prudence Holding, providing credit insurance services to its customers by ensuring protection in respect of their trade receivables.
Other investments
- – 57.56% Shareholding – Holding company quoted on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. Its subsidiaries include:
- * Finlease – the leasing arm of MCB Group and a fully owned subsidiary of Fincorp Investment
- * Promotion and Development – A quoted company having diversified interests
- MCB Properties – 100% Shareholding – The company owns several properties, some of which house banking premises of MCB Limited.
- International Card Processing Services – 80% Shareholding – This is a card processing unit that allows banks to outsource their card processing needs to achieve economies of scale and to provide their customers with the relevant card solutions
- MCB Forward Foundation – 100% Shareholding – The MCB Forward Foundation manages the Corporate Social Responsibility activities of the Group.
- Blue Penny Museum – 97.88% Shareholding – The Blue Penny Museum is an art and history museum that is wholly devoted to Mauritius.
- MCB Consulting Services – 100% Shareholding – The dedicated consulting arm of the Group.
Ownership
The stock of MCB Group is listed on the SEM. As at March 31, 2020, shareholding in the group’s stock was as depicted in the table below:| Rank | Name of owner | Percentage ownership |
| 1 | National Pensions Fund | 6.9 |
| 2 | Swan Life Ltd | 3.4 |
| 3 | Promotion & Development Limited | 3.0 |
| 4 | State Insurance Company of Mauritius Ltd | 2.5 |
| 5 | BNYM LUX SA A/C Eastspring Investment SICAV-FIS | 1.9 |
| 6 | Others | 82.3 |
| Total | 100 |
Governance
MCB is governed by a twelve-person board of directors with Pierre Guy Noel as the group chief executive officer.Board members
Executive Directors
- Pierre Guy NOEL, Chief Executive
- Gilbert GNANY, Chief Strategy Officer
Non-Executive Directors
- Didier HAREL, Chairperson and Independent Director
- Sunil BANYMANDHUB, Independent Director
- Karuna BHOOJEDHUR-OBEEGADOO, Independent Director
- Constantine CHIKOSI, Independent Director
- Jean-Jacques DUPONT DE RIVALZ DE ST ANTOINE, Independent Director
- Georges Michael David LISING, Independent Director
- Jean-Louis MATTEI, Independent Director
- Jean-Michel NG TSEUNG
- Alain REY, Independent Director
- San T. SINGARAVELLOO, Independent Director