Sunil Benimadhu

Chief Executive, Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Sunil Benimadhu joined the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) as Chief Executive in May 1998. He was appointed Executive Director of the SEM in October 2008. Sunil was until October 2020, the Chairman of Global Finance Mauritius (GFM), the apex body of private sector operators in the Financial Services Industry in Mauritius, aiming at developing Mauritius as an International Financial Centre of excellence. During his tenure, he played an instrumental role in the setting up of Mauritius Finance, which is now the leading voice for the financial services industry in Mauritius. He was a Board member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), an association of the World’s leading Stock Exchanges, from October 2014 to September 2021. Sunil was the President of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), an association of 26 Stock Exchanges operating on the continent, from August 2010 to November 2014. From 2002 to 2004, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE), which comprises twelve Stock Exchanges of the South Asian region. From 2001 to 2003, he chaired the SADC Committee of Stock Exchanges (COSSE), an association of ten Stock Exchanges of the Southern African region.

Sunil is a regular speaker on Emerging and African Financial Markets in international conferences. He holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Investment from the University of Illinois, United States. He also holds a D.E A. in Development Economics and a Maîtrise in Macro-Economics from the University of Aix-Marseille, France.