Mercia Geises

Mercia Geises (born c. 1982), is a Namibian lawyer, banker, businesswoman, and corporate executive, who is the managing director and chief executive officer of Standard Bank Namibia Limited, a commercial bank, whose publicly listed shares trade on the Namibian Stock Exchange and is a member of the Standard Bank Group, headquartered in South Africa. She took up her present appointment on 1 May 2021.

Background and education Geises obtained a B Juris from the University of Namibia, as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree in Mercantile Law, both from the University of the Free State in South Africa. She also holds a Master of Business Administration, awarded by the University of Stellenbosch. In 2016, Geises joined the Standard Bank of Namibia and for the next five years, she served as head of Personal and Business Banking (PBB) at Standard Bank Namibia Holdings Limited and as head of PBB at Standard Bank Namibia Limited. In her new position, Mercia Geises joins three other women in Namibia who head commercial banks. As of May 2021, four of the top five commercial banks in Namibia have female Managing Directors. The banks and their managing directors are illustrated in the table below:

+ Female CEOs of Namibian Commercial Banks 2021 Rank Bank Managing Director Notes 1 Standard Bank Namibia Mercia Geises 2 Bank Windhoek Baronice Hans 3 Letshego Bank Namibia Ester Kali 4 Nedbank Bank Namibia Martha Murorua