Nischal
Mewalall
Nischal Mewalall is the current CEO of SABRIC. He joins SABRIC from his post as the head of Crime and Security Risk Management at First National Bank (FNB) where he was responsible for coordinating the FirstRand Groups response to crime and security threats.
He started his career at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) where he worked as a prosecutor and subsequently spent 13 years at the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) leading the regulators Monitoring and Analysis division.
He has extensive experience in combatting money laundering and terrorist financing in South Africa through collaboration with international bodies, law enforcement, prosecution services, tax and intelligence agencies.
Nischal has served on various public sector structures including the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee (NICOC), The Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) and the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS).
Prior to joining SABRIC, he served as a director and board member of the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service as well as the deputy chair of the SABRIC Integrated Crime Risk Management Committee.
Nischal is passionate about people as well as using technological innovation to solve contemporary crime challenges.