Johannesburg - Former secret service head Mo Shaik has been
appointed as chief executive of the Development Bank International, which will
soon be launched as a subsidiary of the Development Bank of Southern Africa
(DBSA), the bank has announced.
Shaik had the appropriate skills and background for the
position, which would involve working with development finance institutions of
Brazil, Russia, India and China, DBSA chairperson Jabu Moleketi said in a
statement on Tuesday.
"Shaik's experience in the field of international
relations and diplomatic intelligence will be an added boost for this new
subsidiary...," he said.
"We have no doubt that his prudent expertise will
facilitate South Africa's investments in the rest of Africa."
Shaik holds degrees in computer science and a masters degree
in optometry. He has also completed an advanced management programme at the Harvard
Business School in the United States.
He has served as chief executive of CorpAfrica, South
African consul general in Germany, and as South African ambassador to the
Democratic Republic of Algeria.
He was also a special adviser to former Foreign Affairs
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, head of policy research for the same
department and head of secret services at the state security ministry.
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