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Board of Directors

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Mr. Daniel Loeto

Non – Executive Director – Vice Chairperson

Mr. Daniel N. Loeto is Chief Financial Officer and Head of Finance Department, Bank of Botswana. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Physics) Degree; Post Graduate Diploma in Education and a Master of Business Administration Degree, all from the University of Botswana.

He obtained the ACCA qualification in December 1997 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants in February 2005; and has been a Fellow of the Botswana Institute of Bankers since December 1998 after passing the Associate Diploma examinations in March 1993. In terms of training, Daniel attended the Executive Development Programme of the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business in July-August 2005, Advanced Management Programme at Kellogg School of Management (October 2018). Before joining the Bank in August 1991, Daniel taught Mathematics to Advanced Level for about 5 years and has also been a part time lecturer at the Botswana Institute of Bankers for several years.
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Mr. Kealeboga Molelowatladi

Non- Executive Director

Mr. Kealeboga Molelowatladi is currently the Deputy Accountant General of the Republic of Botswana a position he was appointed to in 2018 having served as the Deputy Auditor General from 2014. Kealeboga has more than 32 years in public service having served since 1989 as the Assistant Local Government Auditor and rose through the ranks until his current position.

He holds Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Botswana; ACCA Professional stage from AT Emile Woolf College, London. Kealeboga has participated in several high level regional and international conferences representing the Government of Botswana and has served on several boards. He is currently a Board Member and Chairperson of the Botswana Savings Bank, a Board Member at African Alliance Botswana (Pty) Ltd, Board Member of African Alliance Management Company (Pty) Ltd.
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Mr. Gobona Tobedza

Non – Executive Director

Mr. Gobona Tobedza is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), as well as fellow member of Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA). Gobona is a graduate of the University of Botswana, with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree as well as Master of Business Administration Degree. He also completed an Executive Development Programme (EDP) with University of Witwatersrand.

He previously lectured in Financial Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting, Taxation subjects at both undergraduate and post graduate levels at the University of Botswana. Gobona is also currently working as a project coordinator for ESAAG (East and Southern African Association of Accountants General) at the University Botswana, and also a member of Department of Finance and Accounting Board. He has over 25 years’ experience in corporate, academic, and consulting. Seven years were in the consulting and academic environment and the remaining 18 years were at middle management, executive and strategic levels of the corporate sector. Gobona has held several senior positions with several organisations: Director of Finance and Corporate Services (CFO) with Botswana Railways, Senior Accountant with Bolux Milling, and Branch Accountant with Grinaker Whyle.
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Jeanette Makgolo

Non – Executive Director

Commissioner General - Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS)

Ms. Jeanette Makgolo is currently the Commissioner General of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS). She holds Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Botswana and a post graduate Professional Training in Public Finance Management from the National Institute of Finance Management in India. Ms. Makgolo is a seasoned public officer and a veteran accountant who has served the office of the Accountant General for over 30 years.

Ms. Makgolo has served in various boards, including Morupule Coal Mine Rehabilitation Trust Fund, Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (Public Sector Committee) Botswana Unified Revenue Service Board, African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Association and the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board.
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Tsametse Mmolai

Non – Executive Director

Head of Listings & Trading - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE).

Mr. Tsametse Mmolai is currently Head of Listings & Trading at Botswana Stock Exchange. He started his career at Botswana Insurance Fund Management (BIFM) as the Investment Accountant and joined Botswana Stock Exchange in 2008. Tsametse graduated with a BCom (Finance) from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and he is an accredited member of the Compliance Institute of Southern Africa.

He also attended Compliance and Financial Regulation courses at the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission, the International Centre Parliamentary Studies, in London, England, as well as the University of Cape Town. He also completed the Management Development Programme (MDP) and the Executive Development Programme (EDP) with the University of Stellenbosch Business School in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
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Ms. Sapelo Bantsi

Non – Executive Director

Ms Sapelo Bantsi is currently the Finance Operations Head of Mascom Wireless Botswana. In her role, she is responsible for the overall financial management of Mascom’s operations, including financial planning and reporting. Sapelo is charged with ensuring that the Board and Audit Committee are given adequate information on financial disclosures.

Sapelo has extensive financial experience. Her career took off in 1992 when she joined Debswana Diamond Company, Orapa as Assistant Internal Auditor. She later joined Botswana Telecommunications Corporation as Accounting Services Manager from 2001- 2002, then joined BP Botswana (Pty) Ltd as Finance Manager. In 2008-2011 she joined Tati Nickel Mining Company, as Chief Financial Accountant. She later joined Botswana Meat Commission from 2011 – 2013 as Finance Manager. Sapelo is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants in good standing. She also holds Bachelor of Commerce & Accounting from University of Botswana. She also completed an Executive Development Programme with University of Stellenbosch.
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Ms. Zoe A. Isaacs

Non- Executive Director

Ms. Zoë Angela Isaacs is the former Director, Business Development Services at Business Botswana (BB). Ms. Isaacs holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Botswana.

Zoë has served in different Board Committees, amongst them, Member of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) Committee on Finance and Business Development, Member of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Fund Committee. Zoë has held different positions from the Business industry. She started her career as Assistant Accounts Officer at the Botswana Building Society (BBS) from 1989 to 1990. Ms. Isaacs also served as Senior Project Officer from 1990 to 1996 at Botswana Development Corporation (BDC). After working for Caltex Oil Botswana from 1996 to 1998 as Commercial Sales Representative, she joined Peo Holdings (Pty) Ltd (renamed Peo Venture Capital) as Portfolio Manager.
Prior to joining Business Botswana, Isaacs worked for Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) as Acting Deputy Chief Executive – Operations. Responsible for the overall
management for the activities of the Organization, providing broad strategic vision and leadership for the operations of CEDA. She also held different positions of Entrepreneurial Development Manager (Head of Department Training and Mentoring Department).