Mercia Geises (born c. 1982), is a Namibian lawyer, banker, businesswoman, and corporate executive, who is the managing director and chief executive officer of Standard Bank Namibia Limited, a commercial bank, whose stock trades on the Namibian Stock Exchange and is a member of the Standard Bank Group, headquartered in South Africa.
She then joined Old Mutual Investment Group Namibia (Pty) Limited where she stayed for 12 years, rising to the rank of CEO.
She replaced Vetumbuavi Mungunda who stepped down and left the bank on 30 April 2021.
[1][2][4] In her new position, Mercia Geises joins three other women in Namibia who head commercial banks.
As of May 2021, four of the top five commercial banks in Namibia have female Managing Directors.