Gwen is the Group Chief Finance Officer for Letshego Africa Holdings Ltd. Letshego Africa Holdings Ltd is headquartered and listed in Botswana and focused on delivering inclusive finance solutions to emerging consumers across 11 markets across Sub Saharan Africa. With a staff compliment of over 2,800 regionally – including both direct and indirect sales agents – and more than four hundred thousand customers, Letshego is synonymous with leveraging innovation and technology to improve the lives of individuals who have limited access to traditional financial services.

• Gwen has over 20 years of experience in banking and financial services.
• She joined Letshego from the role of Group Chief Financial Officer at ABC Holdings Ltd (BancABC, part of Atlas Mara), where Gwen was responsible for the finance function in six operations in Southern and East African markets.
• Prior to that, she spent 12 years at ABC Holdings in roles including the Chief Financial Officer for Zimbabwe, incorporating retail and wholesale banking, asset management and micro-lending subsidiaries, as well as a role of Group Head of Finance Transformation.
• In her transformation role, Gwen led the implementation of a financial controls framework, standardisation of financial control systems and processes across the Group.
• Gwen spent several years in the Zimbabwe banking sector, including three years as Managing Director for a local merchant bank, where she was responsible for strategy implementation, customer acquisition and growth, as well as a stint in corporate advisory.