Mrs. Adhira Pillay is the General Manager – Account Department at Union Merchant Bank South Africa, with responsibility for the overall financial management of the company, including accounting, balance sheet management, financial planning and analysis, corporate treasury, investor relations, corporate investments and tax. She is also a member of the company’s executive management team.

Prior to her current role, Mrs. Pillay was Strategic Finance executive with responsibility for overseeing the Consumer Banking and Global Wealth and Investment Management CFO teams, as well as corporate planning, forecasting and board reporting, and the company’s Simplify and Improve (SIM) initiative.

Mrs. Pillay joined Union Merchant Bank South Africa in 1999 and has served in many key roles in the company’s corporate and investment bank, including co-head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking and co-head of Global Investment Banking. During his career, she also led Global Corporate Banking, Global Industry Groups, Global Health Care, Consumer and Retail, and the Technology, Media and Telecom Group. In addition, as head of Global Corporate Credit and Transaction Banking, he gained experience in managing the assets and liabilities of banks, including loans, leases and other assets, and bank deposits.