After a successful career in consulting then entrepreneurship, Laure Djoukam is now working to develop and promote trade and investment opportunities in emerging markets as well as serving as a bridge between impact projects and her network of investors. She offers 20 years of leadership in the Finance industry along with entrepreneurial, forward-thinking mindset and… Read more »
Ed has spent his career working on nature and climate issues from a broad range of perspectives spanning finance, major corporates and international NGOs. A large portion of his career has been spent living and working in Africa. He is currently Natural Climate Solutions lead at carbon finance firm Respira were he focusses on the… Read more »
Edmund Higenbottam is Managing Director of Verdant Capital. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund worked in London and in emerging markets at bulge bracket investment banks including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. Edmund has over 20 years experience in total.
Ed is a Managing Director at GKB Ventures. He has more than 20 years’ experience of working in structured export finance. He started his career as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons specialising in cross border transactions and then moved to Barclays Capital where he was head of emerging markets on the Capex Financing Solutions… Read more »
Dylan is currently Chief Business Officer at Asaak, a mobility fintech operating in Africa and Latin America. He leads Asaak’s capital markets, finance and marketing teams. Previously, Dylan was an early employee at TikTok, DoorDash and LendingHome. Dylan is also an active angel investor and startup mentor via First Round Capital, focussing on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Duncan Onyango has more than 30 years of senior management experience in leading large-scale investment, small and medium sized enterprise (SME) support and infrastructure projects across East Africa. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Trade Catalyst Africa, Board Chair of the Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water (KIFFWA) and Board Director at the… Read more »
Drina Meyer-Jardine is a business professional and Industry Leader with extensive experience in various fields. She is the CEO and Shareholder for MJSC (Pty) Ltd and MJSC Entreprenör Ltd. Her expertise spans Business Advisory, Human Resources, and Employee Relations. She holds an LLB (Hons) and B.Com degree and has additional qualifications in Project Management, Human… Read more »
Dr. Henok Tesfaye is the Chairman and CEO of USP Holdings-a privately held multi-industry company headquartered in Washington, DC. Over two decades ago, Dr. Henok embarked on a career in the parking management industry as the President and Chief Executive Officer of U Street Parking, Inc., (USP). Once a parking attendant, he is now the… Read more »
Fiona Perrott-Humphrey is an independent senior adviser to Rothschild & Co’s Mining Team. Her focus is on the constantly changing trends in the sector which impact on both corporate strategy issues as well as on the communication process between companies, their shareholders and host governments. She believes that current developments underway in the energy transition… Read more »
Emebet Melese (PhD), Chief Executive Officer at Nib International Bank, has more than twenty two years banking experience. She joined Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in March 2002 and worked at different divisions of the Bank till May 2024 when she joined Nib International Bank as a CEO. Her dream to put an impact on one… Read more »
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