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Dyer and Blair Investment Bank
Description
Dyer and Blair was founded in 1954 as a partnership of stockbrokers and is one of the oldest stock broking companies in Kenya. It was originally launched as a partnership of Hickman and Grey and was one of the founding members of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), which was established in the same year. In 1965, the Company's ownership changed hands when Mr. Derek Ingram Dyer and Mr. Patrick Murdoch Blair took over Hickman and Grey; it then became Dyer and Blair.
On October 1, 1973, Kenya Commercial Bank Limited acquired the partnership of Dyer and Blair and incorporated it into a limited liability company. The Company then operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank. In 1983, its ownership changed when the present shareholders acquired the Company. Since then, the Company has grown significantly and expanded the range of products and services, making it one of the leading stockbrokerage firms in Kenya.
As one of the original six founder members of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, Dyer and Blair has played a pivotal role in the development of the stock market; more notably in the switch from a Callover Trading System to the present Open Outcry Trading System. From 1966 to 1990 Dyer and Blair Limited was solely responsible for compiling the Nairobi Stock Exchange 17 Share Index. This responsibility was taken over by the Nairobi Stock Exchange when it established its Secretariat in July 1990.
Currently the principal activities of Dyer and Blair Limited are Stock broking specializing in high net worth investors, corporate finance and investment advisory. The firm is emerging as a full service investment banker after it led the first underwriting services in Kenya to the 2006 Scan Group IPO. In addition the company also doe the following activities: Floatation, providing technical support to companies seeking a listing in the Nairobi stock exchange, underwriting of primary security issues, equity and debt research, private placements and portfolio review and recommendation, corporate finance corporate debt issuance and trading. Mergers and acquisition actively promoting and participating in the capital markets, consultancy and corporate restructuring. Dyer and Blair is also involved in training personnel in investment banking.
Location
Dyer and Blair is located in Nairobi which is the capital city of Kenya in the central business district.

Languages
English, Swahili
Qualifications
The volunteers should have:
Experience in investment banking and will be attached in the top management of the company. There are three positions available people with experience in Stock Broking, Corporate finance and asset management. These are open for people who have the experience to train the locals who will run the firm infuture
Costs
100 Euros- Registration fee and 75 Euros weekly fee
Costs include:
In country orientation and training
In country staff support
Written materials pre departure
Communication
Food
Accommodation
Accommodation/Food
The volunteer will be accommodated in a home stay where he or she shall have a chance to interact with the African family and have a cultural exchange experience. The food provided shall be what is locally available and if the volunteers want anything outside of these they shall have to provide for themselves.
Duration:
The volunteers have a chance to be in the placement for a minimum of between 1- 2 years
No. of Vols – Three places available at a time
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY OPPORTUNITY YOU WILL NOT BE PAID AS A VOLUNTEER

Interested parties should send their resumes to Leonard Gacheru at info@worldcorps.or.ke. You could also visit our website at www.worldcorps.or.ke