text: Alex Alexander | Ciel - Beyond Horizons
  Arnaud Dalais was appointed Chairman of CIEL in 2010. He joined the CIEL Group in 1977, appointed in Group Chief Executive and Director in 1991. Under his leadership, the CIEL Group at large went through an important growth both locally and internationally. He played and continues to play an active role at the level of the Mauritian private sector and has assumed the Chairmanship of a number organisations including the Joint Economic Council (JEC) from 2000 to 2002. He is also the the Chairman of Business Mauritius, the new private sector supreme institution issued from the merger of the JEC and the Mauritius Employers Federation since 2015.
  • Alteo Limited (Chairman)
  • Constance la Gaité Company Limited
  Harold Mayer is the Chief Executive Officer of CIEL Textile. He joined CIEL Textile in 1990 and has been holding key positions within the Group since then. He started his career as Head of Finance of New Island Clothing and was promoted General Manager of Aquarelle Clothing Ltd in 1995. He was also Chief Operating Officer of the Clothing Operations. Since January 2014, Harold sits on the board of CIEL Limited. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce.
  Managing Director, CIEL Healthcare Africa
  Alex has joined CIEL Healthcare Africa, a fully-owned subsidiary of CIEL Healthcare Limited (in association with Fortis) as its Managing Director. Alex is a result-oriented professional specialised in strategy, finance and operational execution within the healthcare market segment across Sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritius and India. He has more than fifteen years of rich and varied experience across the streams of Corporate Finance, Accounting, Business Development and Operations in the healthcare sector. The majority of this experience has been with Fortis Healthcare Limited where he led a variety of finance, marketing, business development and operational teams. Through Fortis' association with the CIEL Group, he was deputed as the General Manager at International Hospital Kampala (IHK). Following the successful turnaround of IHK in a short span of twenty months. Alex holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce from Delhi University and an MBA specializing in Finance from the University of Lincoln, UK.
  David Anderson has more than 25 years of experience in the hotel industry and was the Regional Vice President of Wyndham Hotel Group, a portfolio of 182 hotels across 5 brands.
  Former Managing Director of Dolce Hotels and Resorts for four years, he was a respected leader in the Whyndam Hotel group, meeting and conference space and luxury accommodation. The Wyndham Hotel Group acquired Dolce Hotels & Resorts in April 2015.
  Prior to joining the Dolce Hotels & Resorts in January 2012, David Anderson held senior leadership roles at Louvre Hotel Group, Northern Europe where he was the Vice President of Operations.