Appointed: 14/10/2020 (Board) & 11/01/2021 (Chairman of the Board)

Skills & Experience
Born in 1963, Jean-Claude started his career in 1980, spending seven years as external auditor before moving to a sugar group to perform various functions within accounting and finance. He joined GML in 1997 as Finance Manager and was the Group Head of Financial Services and Business Development and also Executive Director of IBL Ltd until his retirement from office on 30 June 2023.

Qualification
• Chartered Certified Accountant.

Core competencies
• Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Development

External appointments include
• Lux Island Resorts Ltd - Non-Executive Director & Chairman
• The United Basalt Products Ltd - Non-Executive Director & Chairman

Jan Boullé is an « Ingénieur Statisticien Economiste », France and holds a « Diplôme de 3ème Cycle de Sciences Economiques », Université Laval, Canada. He has been working for the Constance Group from 1984 to 2016 and occupied various executive positions and directorships. His latest position being Group Head of Projects and Development. He has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of IBL Ltd on the 1st July 2016 and is also a member of the Board of Directors of several major companies of IBL Group.

Michele Anne is currently the Chief Finance Officer of BlueLife Limited. She joined IOREC in January 2010 as Corporate Finance Executive to provide financial direction to the company, including corporate finance, planning and administration and took on the role of CFO upon the amalgamation of IOREC with BlueLife. She is a graduate from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (E.S.C.A.E) of Clermont Ferrand, France with a specialization in Audit, Accounting and Finance Management and passed the Mauritius Stockbrokers Examination organised by the Stock Exchange Commission (now the Financial Services Commission) and the Mauritius Examination Syndicate. She recently completed the One-Year ESSEC General Management Program designed for GML Executives.

Robin Hardin is the Chief Executive Officer of Bloomage Ltd, a property fund fully owned by IBL Ltd. He has more than 15 years’ experience at senior level both in Mauritius and Africa, working for companies like Shell, Rogers and ENL, and has spent the last 10 years focusing on the property industry. He holds a B-Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Surrey. He has also attended Professional Development programmes from London Business School and Witts Business School and a Property Development Programme from the Graduate Business School, University of Cape Town.

Group Head of Corporate Services

Appointed: 01/07/2017

Skills and experience:

• Was appointed Company Secretary of GML in 2001, then Group Company Secretary & Head of the Corporate Secretarial teams of IBL Ltd in 2016.

• Played a role in the successful closing of significant mergers and acquisitions of listed companies.

• Was appointed Group Head of Corporate Services of IBL Ltd in 2017, now leading the following Group functions: Corporate Secretarial, Legal Affairs, Human Capital, Communications, Risk Management Internal Audit, and Trademarks & Consulates.

Qualifications:

• Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), South Africa and United Kingdom respectively.

• Executive Management Programme - ESSEC Business School.

Hugues holds a diploma in administration and finance from the École Supérieure de Gestion et Finance in Paris, France. In September 2007, he followed a management course at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France as well as a course in real estate development in Paris and at Harvard Business School in Boston, USA. He recently completed a one-year general management programme offered by ESSEC and specifically designed for GML Executives.

World citizen. Past President of the International Union of Architects UIA, avid world traveller having visited over 100 countries and 500 cities. Lectures internationally and teaches in France and in China. Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. Board Director of Futures Cities UK. Past Chairperson of State Land Development Company (Smart Mauritius), and of Construction Industry Board. UN Habitat Special Envoy, Chair of the Port Louis Development Initiative and Africa Clean Energy Solutions. Member of the Chaire ETI Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris , France.

Laura is a seasoned executive and lead client partner with audit and advisory experience. She has  been associated with with Deloitte Mauritius for more than 30 years and was in charge of a portfolio of clients in a wide variety of sectors.   She held a number of  leadership positions within the Firm and served as Audit Leader, in charge of the Audit Function with 6 audit partners and more than 200 professionals until my retirement. Prior to joining Deloitte, she qualified as a Chartered Accountant with and spent six years working for KPMG in London.