31 Jan 2021

President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has appointed Dr Tshokologo Alex Kganetsano to the position of Deputy Governor of the Bank of Botswana (BOB) with the effect from February 5.

A press release from BOB says Dr Kganetsano joined the bank in 1995 as an Assistant Research Officer in the then Research Department (now Research and Financial Stability Department). 

“He was re-designated Research Officer in 1998 and promoted to Senior Research Officer in 2002. Dr Kganetsano was transferred on promotion to the Financial Markets Department as Manager, Open market Operations, and in 2013, he was transferred to the Banking Supervision Department as Deputy Director,” says the press release.    

The release says Dr Kganetsano was appointed Director, Research and Financial Stability Department in March 2017, with responsibility for providing economic, monetary and statistical analysis and policy recommendations in the areas of monetary and exchange rate policies as well as promotion of financial stability.

“During the period, among others, he was a member of the Monetary Policy and Executive Committees of the Bank and in general, served as the administrative head of the research and Financial Stability Department with overreaching responsibility for professional and strategic leadership of the department,” states the press release.

Dr Kganetsano graduated with a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Botswana in 1995, a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Economics in 1997 from the University of London, and in 1999, a Master of Science Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Dr Kganetsano obtained PhD in Economics from Loughborough University, United Kingdom in 2007.

During his career in the bank, Dr Kganetsano attended several short-term professional central banking courses as well as management and leadership development programmes including the Advanced Management Development Programme at Oxford University, United Kingdom. ends