Part 6 - Mitigation - The Gambian View from Nigeria: COVID 19 & Corporate Africa

This is Part 6 of a 9 part series of 4 min interviews with Corporate Leaders on the COVID 19 experience of Corporate Africa. Part 6 interviews Lamin Manjang, the Group CEO for West Africa operations of Standard Chartered Bank. His previous assignments with the Bank recently included a stint as Group CEO of the Bank's East Africa operations.

In Part 6, Lamin responds to the second of three questions:

"How well did Corporate Africa mitigate the risks of the COVID 19 pandemic? What lessons have been learnt?".

Parts 1 to 3 sought the perspectives of Sadia Chinery-Hesse, Stanley Tsikirayi and Lamin on our first question regarding the foreseeability of the pandemic in the African context. Sadia and Stanley responded to this second question in Parts 4 & 5.

Sadia is Group Head, Legal & Company Secretary, Enterprise Group West Africa. Enterprise are an insurance company headquartered in Ghana, with operations in Nigeria and The Gambia.

Stanley is a highly experienced governance practitioner who serves on Boards in Eastern & Southern Africa.

Our guests are interviewed by the Chair of the GQR Board of Directors, Mr Sola Mahoney. His profile can be viewed on the governance page of this website.