Noel Bruce

Noel Bruce
Governor of the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia
In office
1964–1976
Preceded byB. C. J. Richards
Succeeded byDesmond Krogh
Personal details
Born13 November 1921
Fauresmith, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
ResidenceSouth Africa

Noel Hugh Botha Bruce, ID (born 13 November 1921) was a South African and Rhodesian banker and businessman. He was the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1976.[1]

Bruce was born on 13 November 1921[2] in Fauresmith.[3] He graduated from the University of South Africa.[4]

Bruce worked with the South African Reserve Bank[5] from 1938 to 1955. In 1956, he emigrated to Southern Rhodesia.[3] He was chief cashier of the Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1959.[3] Following his term as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, he was a director of Central Merchant Bank in South Africa from 1976 to 1990.[6] He was director of Mutual Life Assurance Society since 1987.[6]

References

  1. ^ Central Banking Directory. Central Banking Publications. April 28, 1993. ISBN 9780951790311 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Africa Who's who". Africa Journal Limited. 1991.
  3. ^ a b c "Who's who of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Central and East Africa". Wootten & Gibson. 1961.
  4. ^ "The Bankers' Who's who". Indian Business Publications. 1964.
  5. ^ "The Quarterly Journal of the Rhodesian Economic Society: Volume Three, Number Two" (PDF). The Rhodesian Journal of Economics. June 1969.
  6. ^ a b "Who's who of Southern Africa". Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 1991.