Sir James Duddridge KCMG 2025 Speaker
Director , Okavango Limited
“James has served 3 Prime Ministers as a Minister, working in Downing Street, Whitehall and across Africa. He worked in ten government departments and spent 4 years as Minister for Africa in the Foreign Office and DIFD. He worked with the World Bank, the African Development Bank, other global development finance institutions and the United Nations. He is an Afrophile, having visited and worked in 46 African countries. He also served as Minister of State for Trade and Minister for Brexit.
Prior to a political career he worked for Barclays in the UK and Africa. His last role was as the Operations Director Barclays in Botswana, managing over 1,000 staff across 45 locations.
He is currently a non-executive director of boards in the UK and Africa and runs his own Africa consulting Okavango and has worked in communications, private equity, trade, training across the continent.”
