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Directors and Management
Justin Chola: BML Director
Chief Executive: Bayport Financial Services Zambia
Justin has a wealth of experience in financial services and information technology sectors. Justin has worked in a number of countries in Africa as well as in the United States of America. Former positions include the Group Chief Operating Officer of African Banking Corporation Limited, the Director for Information Technology for the Zambian National Commercial Bank Limited, and Manager for the South African operations of Enron Corporation. Justin has managed Bayport Financial Services into becoming the largest provider of unsecured credit in Zambia
Stuart Stone: BML Executive Director
Stuart Stone, a chartered accountant and a highly successful entrepreneur, is the joint CE of the Bayport Group. Stuart Stone was a founding shareholder in several successful businesses including Credit Direct, a joint venture with African Bank. Upon selling the remaining equity to African Bank, Stuart and the rest of his team joined African Bank and helped bed down their various acquisitions and strategies. Stuart co-founded Bayport Management Limited together with Grant Kurland.
Grant Kurland: BML Chief Executive
Grant studied for three years towards a Bachelor in Business Science in Actuarial Science at UCT before joining Nando’s in 1992, where he developed Nando’s franchises abroad, including several African countries. In 1999, he joined Credit Direct, a micro-credit operation, which was acquired by ABIL in 2000. Grant was appointed the head of sales at African Bank, and was responsible for designing its branch and mobile business models, which have become the benchmark in the South African micro-lending industry. Grant co-founded Bayport Management together with Stuart Stone, and is joint CE of the Bayport Group.
