Traded as SEM: ROGE Founder Walter Rogers | Founded 1899 | |
Type Limited liability company Headquarters Rogers House 5, President John Kennedy Street, PO Box 60, Port Louis, Mauritius Area served FinTech, Hospitality, Logistics and Property | ||
Rogers Group is a Mauritius-based listed international services and investment company with specialist expertise within four markets: FinTech, Hospitality, Logistics and Property. Operations within each served market are organised into sectors with 4,545 people, 52 offices across 12 different territories.
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History
Rogers & Co was founded in 1899 by Walter Rogers. However, it all started in 1876, when Mr. Rogers bought shares in a trading company and entered into partnership with Fulgence Laroque. Its activities then involved commerce and shipping.
The Company played a notable role in the creation in 1962 of the leading hotel group on the island, Beachcomber Hotels, and the national carrier, Air Mauritius in 1967.
Rogers has also spearheaded the Global Business sector with the setting up of IMM in 1992 and the business process outsourcing industry with Enterprise Information Solutions in 1999.
In 2004, the Domaine de Bel Ombre inaugurated two Heritage luxury hotels and a championship golf course. The Domaine has since developed further with nature tourism activities and Villas Valriche, a luxury residential estate counting among the largest IRS schemes on the island.
The commercial property arm, Ascencia was listed in 2008. The following year, the logistics businesses were grouped under a single organisation and brand, Velogic.
The equity base was restructured in 2012 in a material transaction that saw ENL Land acquire a majority stake within the Company while spinning off Cim Group.
Board of directors
Current members of the board of directors are:
Guy Adam
Patrick de Labauve d'Arifat
Ziyad Bundhun
Aruna Collendavelloo
Eric Espitalier-Noël
Gilbert Espitalier-Noël
Hector Espitalier-Noël
Philippe Espitalier-Noël
Philippe Forget
Vivian Masson
Jean-Pierre Montocchio
Alain Rey
Ownership
As of June 2015, the shareholding in the stock of the company was as follows: