June 12, 2023
Mr. Azim Currimjee
Mr. Azim Currimjee is the Managing Director of the Food & Beverages Cluster of the Currimjee Group of Companies and the Managing Director of Quality Beverages Ltd.
He holds a BA in Mathematics from Williams College, Massachusetts and an MBA from Trinity College, Dublin. He has also undertaken executive courses at Insead Business School at Fontainbleau, Paris on Strategic Manufacturing and Management of Family-Owned Businesses. Mr. Currimjee has over 30 years of experience in Industry. He has led large textile organizations in the past and has been leading the Food & Beverages Cluster of the Currimjee Group for the last 22 years.
He was the President of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) from March 2016 to March 2018, a responsibility he also held in 2007.
Mr. Currimjee was the Vice President of the Economic Development Board of Mauritius (EDB) from 2017 to 2020. Mr. Currimjee was a director on SBM Holdings, SBM Bank Holdings, SBM Kenya and SBM India for the period 2018 to 2020.
Mr. Currimjee was appointed as Chairperson of the Business Regulatory Review Council (BRRC) in 2022 by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (MoFED).  He was appointed on the Board of Air Mauritius in June 2022.
Directorships in listed companies: Quality Beverages Ltd, Soap and Allied Industries Ltd.
January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023
Mr. Charles Harel
Charles Harel holds a National Diploma in Management and Finance from the Cape Technikon, South Africa, as well as an MBA from the University of Birmingham, UK.
- 1993: joined Harel Mallac Group as the General Manager of the Tourism and Retail Cluster.
- June 2006: appointed to Harel Mallac & Co Ltd Board of Directors
- January 2014: appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Harel Mallac Group
January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023
Mr. Alexis Merle
Alexis is a practising Barrister-at-Law. He completed a Licence en Droit at the Université Toulouse 1 Capitole in France before heading to Ireland to read a LL.M in International and Comparative Law at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. He also completed a Graduate Diploma in Law at BBP Law School in Bristol and followed the Bar Professional Training Course at The City Law School, University of London.
He is a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn and was called to the Bar of England & Wales as well as to the Bar of Mauritius. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Since he qualified in January 2020, he started his own private practice, namely Merle Practice. His practice is split between dispute resolution and advisory work. In terms of advisory, he regularly advises companies and investors on all aspects of commercial transactions and insolvency. In terms of dispute resolution, his practice areas include contract, tort, family, commercial, construction, land/property, intellectual property and sports.
Alexis regularly appears before all levels of the Mauritian Courts and tribunals.
Alexis started acting as Registrar of the MARC in September 2021. As Registrar of this institution, he supervises the administration of arbitration and mediation matters under the MARC Rules and is also responsible for maintaining state-of-the-art case management and procedures at the centre. He oversees the running of the MARC Secretariat and also ensures that high standards of governance are followed at MARC.
With the support of the MARC Court and the MARC Advisory Board, he is also responsible for developing and promoting mediation and arbitration in Mauritius and the MARC, on domestic, regional and international levels.
