Chris Low 2017 Speaker

Group Managing Director

Letshego Holdings Limited, All Africa

Biography

Chris Low is the Group CEO of Letshego Holdings Limited, a truly African multinational organisation, headquartered and listed in Botswana and focused on delivering inclusive finance solutions to underserved populations across 11 Sub Saharan Markets. With a staff compliment of over 3,000 and more than four hundred thousand customers, Letshego is synonymous with leveraging innovation and technology to improve the lives of individuals who have limited access to traditional financial services.

Prior to joining the Letshego Group in 2013, Chris spearheaded successful growth strategies in global financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, National Bank of Kuwait and Goldman Sachs.  In culminating 30 years of banking sector experience, Chris has developed a passion for diverse and emerging economies, having worked in the U.K, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Kuwait, India and now Botswana.  Chris is Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and studied Zoology at Oxford University.