Emrie Brown

Chief Executive Officer Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Emrie Brown is a seasoned investment banker whose career in Investment Banking started in 1997 in Structured Finance. She began her career with RMB in 2001 as a transactor and became  head  of  Leveraged  Finance  in  2006.  In  2009  she moved   to   Cape   Town   to   head   up   the   Western   Cape investment  banking  team.  She  relocated  to  Johannesburg after  being  appointed  as  co-head  of the Investment  Banking Division in July 2015. 

Brown is currently the Head of RMB’s Banking Division (which includes    Corporate    Transactional    Banking, Investment Banking and Coverage), which represents the most significant portion of RMB’s total earnings. She has extensive experience in  investment  banking  and  holds  strong,  long-term  client relationships. 

Emrie  obtained  a  B.Com  Accounting  degree  in  1990  at  the  University  of  Pretoria  and  completed  her Honours degree the following year at what used to be called Rand Afrikaans University. Emrie qualified Cum Laude as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1994.

Diversity and inclusion in financial services and growing the number of females in managerial positions in the bank  are  two  of  Emrie’s  many  passions.  When  she  is  not  hard  at  work  growing  RMB’s  Banking business, she enjoys traveling to the bush, and having good food and wine with friends and family.

In  May  2022  Emrie  was  appointed  as  CEO-designate  at  RMB  and  will  effectively  take  over  as  chief executive on 1 October 2022.