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It was unanimously among its members that the Group of Francophone Banking Supervisors GSBF elected the Bank of Mauritius represented by Mr. Kona Yerukunondu First Vice-Governor and Mrs. Pauline Charazac Advisor in International and Institutional Relations to the presidency of this international body. 28 countries were represented at the GSBF annual meeting held on November 14 2022 under the outgoing Moroccan presidency.The Governor of the Bank of Mauritius Harvesh Seegolam will thus assume the functions of Chairman of the GSBF and will lead its work for a term of two years i.e. until December 2024.The next annual meeting of the GSBF will be held in Mauritius on March 30-31 2023. It will focus on the growing role of banking supervisors in complying with the most rigorous anti-money laundering norms and standards and financing of terrorism AMLCFT.For Governor Harvesh Seegolam it is an honor for the Bank of Mauritius to be entrusted with the chairmanship of the Group of Francophone Banking Supervisors unanimously by its members especially since the Bank joined the GSBF in September 2020. As Chairman of the GSBF I look forward to continuing to strengthen mutually beneficial ties between member supervisors and regulators and international institutions particularly in the areas of AMLCFT implementation of Basel standards sustainable finance and supervision issues surrounding digitalization. Commenting on the incoming Mauritian presidency the Secretary General of the GSBF Mr. Emmanuel Rocher underlined that the choice of the Bank of Mauritius testifies to the resolute commitment of its Governor in favor of strengthening cooperation between French-speaking supervisors on key themes the international agenda such as that relating to the fight against money laundering this election will also make it possible to fully reflect the diversity of the regions and institutions that make up the GSBF by honoring the countries of the Indian Ocean for the first time since the creation of the Group in 2004..As a reminder the previous presidents of the GSBF were Governor Abdellatif Jouahri and Mrs. Hiba Zahoui of the Central Bank of Morocco Governors Jean-Flix Mamalepot and Philibert Andzembe of the Bank of Central African States Governor Riad Salam of the Central Bank of Lebanon Governors Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Chedly Ayari of the Central Bank of Tunisia and Governor Timoko Meyliet Kone of the Central Bank of West African States.
