Trailblazing leader bids ‘Blue Bank’ farewell

“He was undoubtedly a valuable employee who executed his work with great passion, excellence and commitment.”

Standard Bank Namibia’s chief executive Vetumbuavi Mungunda used these words to describe Ehrenfried Meroro, the bank’s head of risk management, at his farewell recently. Meroro is retiring after 14 years in this capacity.

Mungunda hailed Meroro for dedicating over a decade to the bank and stressed that his contributions would continue to be significant to the bank.

“Ehrenfried also laid a sustainable foundation in risk and fraud management as well as implementing effective business resilience policies for our stakeholders,” he said.

Meroro has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry, having previously spent 11 years with the Bank of Namibia (BoN).

“I will surely miss my colleagues and all the staff of Standard Bank that I have directly interacted with. I am seeing a bank that is gearing itself to becoming a formidable force in the future and that is very exciting for me,” said Meroro.

Although relaxing on his farm and enjoying his retirement on the books for the first few months, he said he was adamant to do some academic work, particularly in the area of human development potential.

“Always remember that an event plus your response to it equals an outcome. The youth are responsible for their outcomes in life, they can’t blame anyone. They need to equip themselves with the skills for positive outcomes,” he said.

Meroro last working day is Friday.