Reemt Behrens has 10 years of experience in sustainable finance in the financial sector in Africa, having worked at KfW German Development Bank, Symbiotics Group and BlueOrchard Finance. Reemt has a particular focus on West Africa, but has been in charge of investments across the continent. As a senior investment professional, Reemt has worked with… Read more »
Experienced project manager and researcher with a particular enthusiasm for impact evaluation, Specialist in post-disaster shelter and settlements, including resilience building and area-based approaches.
Nigel Topping is the UN’s High-Level Climate Action Champion, appointed by the UK Prime Minister in January 2020. Nigel works alongside the Chilean High-Level Climate Action Champion, Gonzalo Muñoz. The role of the high-level champions is to strengthen collaboration and drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions on climate change, and coordinate this… Read more »
Dario is the founder and director of Briter Bridges, a leading research and business intelligence platform dedicated to underserved markets. Prior to Briter, Dario supported research efforts at the crossroads with technology, finance, and socio-economic development, working alongside names such as the GSMA, CDC Group plc, Oxford University, the IFC, and MEST. Dario mainly works… Read more »
Susie is based in London and oversees Empower’s investment process at the project and portfolio level. She is a seasoned specialist in all aspects of development finance, from debt structures and equity investments, to raising capital through bond issuances and investments funds. She has worked on complex projects across Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, Africa… Read more »
Director Middle East & Africa Bioprocessing within Life Science Division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, since 2016. Before that held various market development and regional management leadership roles in the Life Science sector with focus on emerging markets, namely Middle East & Africa as well as Latin America.
Chris Wehbé is the Chief Executive Officer of Lendable. Previously, he was a Partner of Arrowgrass Capital Partners where he served as Head of Relative Value globally for the multi-strategy firm, overseeing the Convertible Arbitrage, Volatility Arbitrage, and Capital Structure Arbitrage strategies. He also served as Chief Investment Officer for the firm’s tail-hedging product the… Read more »
Mark is the CEO of FSD Africa. Mark’s early career (1989-2003) was in investment banking in the City of London where he advised growth companies on M&A and capital raising. He has now been involved in financial sector development in Africa for almost two decades. From 2004-2009 he was CEO of FinMark Trust, based in… Read more »
Angus Brown is a fintech entrepreneur and is the founder and CEO of Centbee, a global blockchain payments company based in South Africa. Angus was one of the founding team, and later CEO of South Africa’s first bank-backed digital currency and rewards program, eBucks.com in 2000. After leaving South Africa’s leading banks, FirstRand after 11… Read more »
Houda leads GlobalData’s EMEA telecom market data and intelligence practice. She focuses on providing analysis and strategic insights on telecoms, ICT, digital transformation, and digital industries for the region. She also manages the region’s custom research, opportunity sizing, and consulting engagements. Prior to joining GlobalData, Houda worked at telco Bouygues Telecom in Paris. Houda holds… Read more »
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