Kathmandu, August 28

Joseph Silvanus has been appointed managing director for Dolma Consulting, the advisory arm of Dolma Group.

For the last eight years, he was CEO at Standard Chartered Bank in Nepal with additional governance responsibility for Afghanistan and Bhutan.

Prior to that, he was with Standard Chartered Bank across various geographies, and worked for ANZ Grindlays for 27 years.

Silvanus will use his deep insights and experience in Nepal and internationally to support banking and financial institutions, small and medium enterprises, and corporates in their drive for growth, efficiency and access to international capital markets, as per a media release.

Dolma Consulting will also offer services to development partners in projects wishing to attract international and local private sector capital. Dolma Consulting offers clients a full suite of services to improve governance, compliance and performance to raise equity, debt, and blended finance to achieve their domestic and global goals.

“Dolma Group is dedicated to the development of Nepal through sustainable private sector growth. Joseph is a natural fit to head the consulting practice. Joseph’s experience with banks, corporates and development partners in Nepal perfectly complements Dolma’s expertise in accessing and deploying international equity and blended finance.” Tim Gocher, founder CEO of Dolma Group, has been quoted as saying in the release.