Najwa El Iraki is the Founder & Managing Partner of AfricaDev Consulting Ltd , a business development and advisory firm dedicated to the African continent. She is the Managing Director in Morocco for Opportunity Network, a global business matchmaking platform headquartered in London that connects CEOs worldwide. She is also the General Representative of Lloyd’s… Read more »
Carlo Dickson is currently the managing director of Ke Nako Capital, South Africa’s largest independent Fund of Fund manager. He sits on the Investment Committee and heads up the co- investments program for the funds. Carlo has over 15 years experience within the international Investment industry. He currently sits on the boards of South African… Read more »
Kato Mukuru joined EFG Hermes in mid-2017 as the Head of Frontier Research to lead the expansion of our research offering across our core Frontier markets in Sub-Sahara African (SSA) and South East Asia. Kato’s SSA & Frontier research teams have been ranked #1 by the Financial Mail and Extel for the past two years… Read more »
Jerome has over 17 years experience spanning emerging markets. For the last 3 years, he has managed the Baobab Growth Fund. A VC Fund focused on Namibia. Jerome is passionate about the power of growth and venture capital in facilitating economic development and capturing new market opportunities. His extensive experience in finance, his work with… Read more »
I am a Pan African Chief Risk Officer and seasoned Risk Management Professional on Basel II & III, COSO/ISO 31,000 Framework, ICAAP, and ILAAP having implemented Enterprise-Wide Risk Management across the continents of West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa and East Africa. I have over 20years post-graduation experience in Banking and Audit Practice. I am… Read more »
Serge Mian is Head of Investor Relations at Oragroup. Most of its time is dedicated to strategic projects, fundraising and structured finance. Serge has an extensive knowledge in M&A, fund raising, business modelling and asset management. Before joining Oragroup, Serge spent 3 years with EY in Côte d’Ivoire where he strongly contributed to the growth… Read more »
Peter Bartlett has more than 30 years of experience working in Emerging Markets and sits on the Board of several EM specialist firms, Investment Managers (like TLG Africa) and has a vast array of relationships in the EM fixed Income and Equity markets. In 1999 Peter founded Exotix, the leading Frontier investment banking and broking… Read more »
Mr. Martin Makgatlhe, a citizen of Botswana, is a pioneer of the Botswana Stock Exchange, having joined the then Botswana Share Market at its inception in 1989. He has an illustrious career in the capital markets with over 27 years of experience and his entire working life as a broker on the Botswana Stock Exchange…. Read more »
Edwin is the Chief Executive Officer of Cytonn Investments Management Plc. Edwin has over 15 years of diversified financial services experience spanning investment banking, private equity, investment management, and real estate in global and regional financial services brands such as KPMG, former Lehman Brothers, Bank of America Securities / Merrill Lynch, and Britam Asset Managers…. Read more »
Temi is the Managing Executive: Strategic Business Initiatives and COO, working closely with the CIB Africa Chief Executive and is responsible for the day to day functioning of the business. In addition to this role, he is the Deputy Chief Executive for Absa Regional Operations (ARO) accountable for the growth of the CIB Pan-African franchise… Read more »