Andrew Maatla Motsomi is a

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

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and

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, who serves as the

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and

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of Debswana Diamond Company Limited, the largest diamond-mining company in the world, by value. He was appointed to that position in May 2022 on a five-year contract. He assumed office on 1 June 2022.

Background and education

Motsomi is a Motswana by birth. He holds a

bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ye ...

degree in

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and

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from the

University of Botswana The University of Botswana, popularly known as UB, was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has three campuses: one in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. T ...

. He went on to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Development and Planning from the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in

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, Senegal. His degree of

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in economics was obtained from the

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. Afte ...

Career

In 2016, the President of Botswana at the time,

Ian Khama Seretse Khama Ian Khama (born 27 February 1953) is a Botswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence ...

, appointed Motsomi as Deputy Governor of the

Bank of Botswana The Bank of Botswana (BoB) is the central bank of Botswana. When Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, the country was part of the Rand Monetary Area (RMA). In 1974 Botswana withdrew from the RMA, and the Bank of Botswana and Finan ...

, effective 1 February 2016. While at the bank, he represented Botswana regionally as the chairman of the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis. He also worked on attachment at the

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on behalf of Botswana. His tenure at Bank of Botswana exceeded 35 years of service. Motsomi took over the helm of Debswana from Lynette Armstrong, the substantive

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(CFO) at the company, who served as the

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of the company in acting capacity between August 2019 until May 2022.

References

External links

Debswana Homepage

Race for BoB top post ensues as new Deputy Governor is appointed
As of 8 February 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Motsomi, Andrew Maatla Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Botswana businesspeople Botswana economists Botswana chief executives University of Botswana alumni Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester

Background and education

Career

See also

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