Archives: Speakers

Patrycja Kula-Verster 2021 Speaker

Patrycja Kula-Verster

Patrycja, has been with the JSE for 12 years, of which most of this time has been spent focussing on equity origination. Patrycja works in the Primary Market Division which is responsible for origination of new listings across the 3 asset classes, Equity, Debt and Structured Products as well as co creation and development of… Read more »

Hichem Omezzine 2021 Speaker

Hichem Omezzine

Hichem Omezzine joined TPG in January 2021 as Managing Director & Business Unit Partner in the Rise Fund, focused on African investments and impact investments. Mr Omezzine has over 14 years of experience in Private equity and Investment banking spanning multiple countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to TPG, Mr Omezzine was a Director… Read more »

Guy Baron 2021 Speaker

Guy Baron

Guy Baron is the Director, Head of Investment at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), leading investment related activities across TBI’s footprint of 17 countries in Africa. Prior to his current role, Guy was Chief Investment Officer of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda’s Investment Promotion & Private Sector Development Agency. Appointed by… Read more »

Serigne Mansour Gaye 2021 Speaker

Serigne Mansour Gaye

Serigne Mansour Gaye is a financial and investment professional and a social/tech entrepreneur. He has also spent many years working for several companies such as Bloomberg, KKR, AXA and Mintel performing various roles in Market Analysis, Corporate Governance and Investment Strategy. He is an Experienced Government Relations, Trade Facilitation with an in-depth knowledge of frontier… Read more »

Charles Awanda 2021 Speaker

charles Awanda

Charles Awanda is a Certified Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Expert, Doctoral Candidate and Researcher in Organizational Psychology, Leadership and Innovation from Touro University. His research focuses on the social psychology dynamics of knowledge systems and innovation within organizations. He graduated Cum Laude with a Master’s in Managerial Communication from Northwestern University and he is holder of… Read more »

Grant Kurland 2021 Speaker

Grant Kurland

Grant co-founded Bayport Management Ltd (BML) with Stuart Stone in 2002, and is the joint group CEO of BML. Grant started his career at Nando’s in 1992 where he developed Nando’s franchises internationally, including in several African countries. In 1999, he joined Credit Direct, a micro-credit operation, which was acquired by African Bank Investments Limited… Read more »

Thomas Mundy 2021 Speaker

Tom Mundy

Based out of Johannesburg, Tom has the dual role of heading JLL’s Capital Markets and International Capital Coverage business lines for Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last 18 months, Tom has advised on over $500mn of completed transactions in Africa and sourced some $400mn of offshore transactions on behalf of South African listed property funds in… Read more »

George Kibala Bauer 2021 Speaker

George Bauer

George Kibala Bauer is Acting Director in the GSMA Digital Utilities, which seeks to enable access to essential utility services through digital solutions and innovative partnerships. His recently published report Digital Solutions for the Urban Poor, looks at how urban innovations across Africa and Asia are helping to improve basic service provision in the context… Read more »

Jonathan Said 2020 Speaker

Jonathan Said 

Jonathan Said is Head of Inclusive Growth and Sectoral Practices for Africa at the Tony Blair Institute. Prior to this role, he served as country manager for TBI in Liberia and as investment and agriculture advisor to the government. Between 2011 and 2014 he served as an economics advisor to Malawi’s Ministry of Industry and… Read more »

Joel Bryce 2020 Speaker

Joel Bryce

Joel Bryce is the Chief Investment & Strategy Officer with South Africa-based Philafrica Foods , responsible for new investments, growth, and strategy across the business. He serves on the Executive Committee of Philafrica and sits on Boards of all invested companies. Prior to joining Philafrica Foods, Joel worked as Senior Advisor to AFGRI’s Board on… Read more »