Marc Holtzman
Marc Holtzman is the Chairman of Bank of Kigali (Africa), the largest Bank in Rwanda with market share across all key balance sheet metrics exceeding 33%. Mr. Holtzman has served as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since 2009. Following a successful transformation and sale of Kazkommertsbank (LSE: KKB:LI), Kazakhstan’s largest bank in July 2017, Mr. Holtzman stepped down as Chief Executive Officer having joined as Chairman in March 2015.Previously, Mr. Holtzman was Chairman of Meridian Capital HK, a private equity firm with investments in natural resources, real estate, food, agriculture and transportation. Prior to joining Meridian, Mr. Holtzman served as Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital and as Vice Chairman of ABN Amro Bank. Previously, as co-founder and President of MeesPierson EurAmerica (a firm which was acquired by ABN Amro) and as Senior Adviser to Salomon Brothers, Marc Holtzman lived and worked in Eastern Europe and Russia from September 1989 until October 1998. Mr. Holtzman also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors TeleTech (NASDAQ: TTEC), the world’s leading provider of analytics-driven technology- enabled services and FAT Brands (NASDAQ: FAT) a global franchisor of leading restaurant brands.
From 2012 through 2015, Mr. Holtzman served on the Board of Directors of FTI Consulting, Inc., (NYSE:FCN) a global financial and strategic consulting firm, and Sistema, Russia’s largest listed private company (London Stock Exchange). To further assist with the development of Central Asia’s financial sector, Mr. Holtzman was appointed by Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister to serve on the Board of Directors of Kazyna – the nation’s sovereign wealth fund from 2006 – 2008. In addition, Mr. Holtzman served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Space Foundation from 2004 – 2010.
From 2003 through 2005, Mr. Holtzman was President of the University of Denver where he was responsible for the development of the Rocky Mountain Center for Homeland Security. The University of Denver has approximately 10,000 students and includes the Daniels College of Business, which, during Mr. Holtzman’s tenure, was ranked by The Wall Street Journal as being among the world’s top fifty MBA programs. Previously, Mr. Holtzman served in the Cabinet of Governor Bill Owens as Colorado’s first Secretary of Technology. In addition, Mr. Holtzman was Chairman of Colorado’s Information Management Commission and Co-Chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Science and Technology. Mr. Holtzman helped guide Colorado’s economic transformation into a fully diversified technology hub. During his tenure, Colorado was consistently ranked first among the fifty states in having the highest percentage of technology workers per thousand in the nation.