User talk:Robbenislandtowallstreet

Gaby T. Magomola is considered by many as a trailblazer who defied apartheid laws to build a bridgehead for the balck middle class in his homeland.

Magomola (B Comm, MBA, MRDT) obtained his business degree from the University of South Africa and was a Fullbright Scholar in the US, where he obtained his masters.

Gaby is a well-respected business leader and banker with experience acquired over many years in South Africa, the U.S.A, the Middle East and Europe.

His banking career began at Citibank, where he worked at the World Head Office in New York City for several years. Before returning to South Africa, he was assigned to the bank's Wall Street operations where he interacted with global investment bankers and stockbrokers at a senior level. Later he was posted to Citibank, Johannesburg and left that bank for First National Bank (FNB).

Gaby has an extensive network of Private and Public Sectors contacts in Africa, Europe, North America and South-East Asia. His past affiliations include senior positions at Citicorp (New York); Barclays Bank (London); African Bank and Future Bank that he helped establish. Gaby has cultivated and gained the respect of his peers, business leaders and senior government officials, some of whom he spent several years in Robben Island as political detainees during the Apartheid era.

Currently he is the Executive Chairman of Thamaga Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.