The Board of Directors of Absa Bank Botswana Limited announce the appointment of Daniel Neo Moroka as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Board Chairman of the Company, effective July 1, 2021. This appointment follows the resignation of former Board Chairman Mr. Oduetse Motshidisi on August 12, 2020 and is subject to conclusion of the voting of shareholders at the company's 35th Annual General Meeting scheduled for June 28, 2021. Mr Moroka is a seasoned executive and strategic leader with forty years of experience spanning across the corporate industry locally and regionally, as well as the public sector in Botswana. His corporate experience includes financial services, retail and wholesale, oil and gas, mining, as well as the trade sectors. He is currently the resident director of the De Beers Group of Companies and Chairman of De Beers Global Sight Holder Sales in Botswana.