by AKANI CHAUKE
JOHANNESBURG – VFS Global’s Jose Manuel Aisa Mancho has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
He joins the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions from Cellnex Telecom.
Mancho will be responsible for the overall Finance function at VFS Global, and will also be responsible for Legal, Data Privacy, and Corporate Risk functions.
VFS Global believes he will leverage his rich experience in strengthening VFS Global’s finance function and developing strategies to support further growth and development of the company.
As a member of the company’s Executive Board, he will also play a pivotal role in the overall strategic decision-making at VFS Global.
Mancho has over two decades of experience across the suite of finance sub-functions, including mergers and acquisitions, financial planning, investor relations, management control, treasury and tax.
He has previously worked in organisations that include Abertis Infrastructures, CriteriaCaixa and Cellnex.
Mancho holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Business Administration from Esade (Barcelona, Spain), a CEMS Master in International Management from the London School of Economics (London, UK), and has completed Stanford’s Executive Programme (Palo Alto, California).
VFS Global is a partner of 70 client governments, operating a global network with more than 3 300 application centers in 147 countries.