Dr. Thulani Dlamini holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of Namibia (UNAM). He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) and is a graduate of the University of Eswatini (UNESWA), where he studied Accounting and Business Studies. He further holds a Licentiate Diploma in Business Banking from the Institute of Bankers South Africa (IOBSA). Dr. Dlamini joined First Finance in July 2013. He has 34 years of extensive experience in banking, financial services, insurance, operations, technology and business leadership.

Before joining First Finance, he served in senior leadership roles, including Chief Operations Officer at Old Mutual Eswatini and Head of Information Technology and Projects Manager at Nedbank Eswatini. His professional competencies span operations management, human resource management, project management, information technology management, compliance management, sales and marketing, and data processing.