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Financial Sector Capacity
Development and Consultative Services
The SA Financial Sector Forum editor, Roy
Bamber, is able to provide a service to organisations and participants
in the financial sector.
PROFILE: Roy Terence Bamber
Roy Bamber is a consultant experienced in the financial sector
in Africa and with a background of central banking, the financial system and
information technology.
Area of expertise
 | Financial market development and regulation. |
 | Payment, clearing and settlement systems modernisation and
regulation. |
 | Strategy and policy development for central banks and the
financial sector. |
 | Capacity building, advising and mentoring in financial
sector development. |
Educational qualifications
 | Master of Business Leadership, MBL, degree; University of
South Africa (SA, 1983). |
 | BSc (Hons) degree in Physics, Manchester University (UK,
1965). |
Personal information
 | Nationality: South African and British. |
 | Languages: English: proficient (home language). Afrikaans:
basic. French: basic. |
Current assignments
 | Research for, and editor of, a Web-based African financial
sector information source and directory: the SA Financial Sector Forum at www.finforum.co.za. |
 | Publishing economic publications for the Economic Research
Department of [SA] Absa Bank. |
Past work experience
Assignments
 | Payment system modernisation, assistance with orientation
and strategic design and policy development in SADC countries and
Uganda. |
 | Determination of business requirements for a regional
payment and settlement system between countries of the Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). |
 | Resource person for the capacity building activities of the
Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern
Africa (MEFMI), particularly in the areas of financial markets; payment,
clearing and settlement systems; and financial regulation. |
 | Research for, and a co-author of, a definitive report on
financial regulation, Financial Regulation in South Africa, for the [SA]
Policy Board for Financial Services and Regulation. |
Full-time experience
 | Assisting the governors of the Reserve Bank in several
areas relating to the development and regulation of the South African
financial system. Liaising and interacting with financial sector
participants. |
 | An initiative for the strategic development and
modernisation of the national payment systems. |
 | Defining an integrated information processing strategy and
policy for the [SA] Reserve Bank. |
 | A director, representing the central bank, on the Boards of
several South African bank clearing house and service companies. |
This Profile
and a full CV of Roy Bamber is available in Acrobat PDF format for
downloading.
Contact Kwangu, below, for further
information.
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