Heri Bomani

CEO at 255 Estate

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Born in Tanzania, Heri graduated with a BSC Economics degree from Cardiff Business School at the University of Wales in the UK.

Heri founded and leads the 255 Real Estate Group, a diversified investment Group with interests in the property sector, as well as Financial Services in Tanzania.

255 Group’s main focus is property trading, as well as property development with the establishment of Resorts, middle income Housing, and tenant backed Commercial Projects in Tanzania.

Before establishing the new Group, Heri was CEO & Managing Director of KCB Tanzania, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kenya Commercial Bank which is East Africa's biggest regional bank.

Prior to KCB, Heri spent 11 years at British banking multinational, Standard Chartered Bank, lastly serving as Retail Director where he led the way in building a strong retail franchise that took the Tanzania market by storm.

Heri sits on numerous Boards as a Non-Executive / Independent Director including UBA Bank Tanzania, Serengeti Breweries Limited (Diageo Tanzania), and TMARC. Heri is a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative, and a member of the Aspen Global Network.