Jacques Harel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies, University of Westminster, London and is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants  in England and Wales (ICAEW).

He has worked several years for De Chazal du Mée, Chartered Accountants, gaining expertise in various economic sectors. He is the Chief Executive Officer of BIRGER. since April 2007, a technology company operating in the Indian Ocean region and East Africa.

Having worked with BIRGER. for the past 26 years, Rahman Nabheebucus is currently Head of the SelfService and Payment Business Unit.

Since 1990, at BIRGER., Rahman has been involved in the implementation of various projects for the government, agricultural and textiles industries before moving to the Financial sector in 1995. Since, he has mainly been involved in providing Self-Service, POS, Card Management , Switch and Payment solutions to the banks in general, both in Mauritius and  the Indian Ocean Islands.

With over 20 years experience in the Self-Service industry and related areas, and working closely with key partners, Rahman has accumulated a wealth of knowledge, allowing him to better manage the Monetique portfolio.

Michael Perrine is Head of Security Solutions Business unit.

He has studied at Technical school St Gabriel and holds a “brevet” in the electronic field.

Michael started his career with BIRGER. since 2000. Between 2000 and 2009, he worked as field technician in the bureautique workshop providing support on various types of equipment like photocopying machines, mailing solutions, queuing systems, cameras and time & attendance system to various sectors. He has been trained overseas and certified on security products and Entrust Datacard card printing solutions.

In 2010, Michael was promoted as Sales and technical support where he was in charge of the field technicians and also commercialised most of the bureautique solutions. In 2012, Michael was given the responsibility to market and sell the Entrust Datacard solutions and his technical team implemented various projects in the financial and government sectors.

In 2015, Michael became Head of Security Solutions Business Unit at BIRGER.

Kavish Dussoye is Technical Lead and Assistant Head of Enterprise Systems and Solutions (ESS) Business Unit of BIRGER.

He is a graduate of the Université des Mascareignes holding a DUST in Information Technology and is also a MSc Holder in Business Information Technology from Middlesex University London.

Kavish started his career with BIRGER. since 2009. Between 2009 and 2013, he worked as Systems Engineer in the ESS department providing Professional Services for EMC, VMware, IBM, Microsoft, Symantec technologies. He was responsible for installation, configuration and support for the various IT infrastructure projects within Mauritius and in the Indian Ocean Islands including Seychelles.

In 2014, Kavish was promoted as a Pre-Sales Senior Systems Engineer where he worked closely with his customers by advising them for new technologies in the market and the best solution for their environment. He was also responsible to mentor and coach the junior Engineers.

In 2015, Kavish became Technical Lead and Assistant Head of Enterprise Systems and Solutions.

Bob Hurree is currently Presales – Software Engineer in Business Systems and Solutions BU (BSS).

He holds a Diploma in Information Technology from the University of Greenwich and has more than 11 years experience in the ICT industry.

Between 2010 and 2015, he worked as a Support Engineer in NSS BU providing support for contact center solutions, telephony software solutions and software development. He was responsible for the design, installation, configuration and support for the various projects within Mauritius and in the Indian Ocean Islands and Africa.

In 2015, Bob was promoted as a Presales – Software Engineer and now works closely with the customers to understand their business needs and propose the best solutions.

Christophe Gaillard´s mission is to drive growth and revenue in France and French-speaking countries. He is leading Altitude office in Paris to provide the next generation of omnichannel customer interactions solutions.

Christophe has 20 years experience in software business sector, with professional experience in Customer Assistance, Product Management, Sales operations and Pre-Sales management.

Christophe holds a Master’s Degree in Econometrics from Lumière Lyon 2 University.

Dan Faugoo joined BIRGER. in January 2017 as General Manager of Continuity Mauritius Co Ltd.

He has more than 25 years experience in the IT field, having previously held a number of key positions with high-profile organisations in both the private and public sector.

This included Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Bank Plc and the National Computer Board of Mauritius where he most recently served as Executive Director.

Dan holds a Degree in Computer Science from the University of Paris VIII – France and an MSc in Business Systems Analysis and Design from City, University  of London – UK.

He is also a Certified ITIL Service Manager and a Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society.

With 11 years in the card industry and technical engineering background, Gael helps banks and service bureaus addressing their customer’s needs and growing their business.

The industry is changing rapidly and it is his duty to provide solutions to ensure a sustainable growth.

Hervé joined VMware in 2010 as Sr Director of pre-sales & Advisory Services for Southern Europe the Middle-East and Africa (SEMEA). In 2013, he took over the responsibility of all Channel and Alliances ecosystems as well as the Commercial segment for SEMEA region. His role is to drive the transformation of the ecosystems of partners to generate incremental revenue especially on non-core solutions, to expand their footprint in cloud services and to ensure their ability to deploy VMware solutions at customer site.

Before joining VMware, Hervé worked for more than 15 years in various international senior management roles for major software companies including Symantec, Business Objects and SAP.

He holds an IT Engineering degree from EISTI (École Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information).

Fernando joined VMware in 2014 as Sr Enterprise Account Manager for 8 African countries within Southern Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (SEMEA). In 2015, he took over the responsibility of all 25 countries in SADC region for SEMEA. His role is to drive the VMware commercial business in the Africa region through the ecosystems of partners to generate change in the modernise data center concept on VMware’s Software Defined Datacenter Solutions, to expand the VMware footprint in cloud services and to assist customers understanding and achieving the digital transformation journey. 

Before joining VMware, Fernando has more than 12 years experience in Enterprise Account Management and Sales in the Africa region for major software international companies, such as Oracle, and SoftwareAG. 

He holds a Technical Engineering diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications.