Trust Services

Rajsing Gopaul B.A (Hons) Economics, TEP. M.MIoD (Chief Executive Officer)

In Brief:
Born 1979, in Mauritius

Career:
Mr. Gopaul started his career at KPMG in Port Louis in 2001, where he was trained as an offshore auditor.

In February 2002, Mr. Gopaul joined Financial Trust (Mauritius) Ltd (now known as Dale International Trust Company Limited) and soon became a Senior Trust Administrator responsible for the day-to-day administration of a large portfolio of trusts and companies.

In November 2003, Mr. Gopaul took a different challenge by accepting the position of Administrative Manager of Bella Investment Services Limited, a financial intermediary company and consultant to high net worth individuals. In July 2004, he was promoted to the position of Director of that company and of its subsidiary companies.

He currently acts as CEO of Dale Financial Services (International) Limited and also acts as director on client companies in addition to being a Protector for various Trusts established by Dale's clients.

Mr. Gopaul holds a honours degree in Economics from Delhi University (India) and is fluent in English, French and Hindi.

Membership:
A member of (i) the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and (ii) Mauritius Institute of Directors

Patrice La Hausse de Lalouvière TEP (Chief Operating Officer)

In Brief:
Born 1957 in Mauritius

Career:
Patrice started his career in the banking industry in 1973 with The Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited and emigrated to South Africa in 1982 where he worked for the French Bank of Southern Africa Ltd before moving to Standard Bank of South Africa limited in 1989 where he occupied various positions at managerial level.

He returned to Mauritius in April 1999 as director of Standard Bank Trust Company (Mauritius) Limited and subsequently moved to Dale International Trust Company Limited in June 2002.

Sanjeeven Ramasawmy (Non-Executive Director)

In Brief:
Born 1981, in Mauritius

Career:
Mr. Ramasawmy started his career in December 2003 as an Accounts Officer with the Sugar Investment Trust in Mauritius. In April 2005, Mr. Ramasawmy was promoted to Finance Accountant of the Sugar Investment Trust, a group holding investments in the sugar milling, power generation, leisure, property development and banking sectors.

In June 2006, Mr. Ramasawmy took up the position of Team Leader at Horwath (Mauritius), a member of Horwath International, where he became involved with the audit of offshore companies and cross-border audits in the following sectors:

John Whatley (Non-Executive Director)

In Brief:
Born 1962 in the United Kingdom

Career:
John Whatley has been involved in the financial services industry since 1985. He was the Compliance Director of a London private client fund management company, originally established in the mid 1980`s and its unit trust management subsidiary which managed UK authorised unit trusts. John was the director responsible for all compliance, private client and unit trust administration, dealing and valuation. John also acted as the Compliance Officer for Appleton International Limited in London and has a wealth of experience gained serving as compliance officer for FIMBRA, IMRO and FSA regulated companies. He was also invited by the previous UK regulator, IMRO, to sit on an advisory panel to help shape UK regulation.

John has served on the board of directors of numerous UK and offshore fund management companies and in September 2005, he was invited by the shareholders of Dale to join the Group. John sits on a number of the boards of Dale Group’s investee companies, representing the shareholders and offering practical assistance and his experience gained from the UK regulated financial services industry.

John has been the Chief Executive Officer of Dale Capital Group Limited, a company listed on the Official Market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, from 05 September 2005 to 25 February 2011.