Speaker Group: Business Leader

Ali Khalpey joined the EFG Hermes team in 2017 as CEO of Frontier Markets and brings over 20 years of experience in financial services, combining work in Investment Banking, Equity Sales and Asset Management. He began his career through the graduate training program with Mercury Asset Management in London in 1996. In 2002, Ali joined… Read more »

CHAIRMAN EXPORTERS CLUB WESTERN CAPE (2014 – CURRENT) VICE CHAIR PORT LIASON FORUM (PLF) (2016 – CURRENT) VICE CHAIR HONG KONG SOUTH AFRICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OVER SEE IMPLEMENTATION OF AfCFTA

Henry Agyei Asare is a Mission Entrepreneur & Financial Analyst who believes there is enough value in each person with the right character and confidence development. Henry has a background in Accounting and Finance, Investment management, project management and research. He is a public speaker/training with considerable experience in human resource development. He has been… Read more »

Hayden is the Head of Business Development and Client Management at Prescient Fund Services South Africa. He is a Chartered Accountant (SA), having completed his training contract with KPMG. Hayden has worked at Deloitte in Dublin, Ireland, over the 2008/2009 financial crisis period, specialising in the audit of global investment funds and investment management companies…. Read more »

Novan is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of transactional experience in corporate, project and trade finance. He heads up Capital Market Services at Ocorian, where he is responsible for carrying independent valuations and offering deal structuring and transaction services to our clients. Novan has accumulated significant exposure to various industries in Africa and… Read more »

Ketso Gordhan is currently the CEO of the SA SME Fund, which is the largest institutional investor in Venture Capital in South Africa. Having invested in existing VC funds, the SA SME Fund has additionally launched 4 new venture capital firms covering, BioTech, Hardware and Engineering, IP Commercialisation and Digital Innovation. Previously Ketso has held… Read more »

Tim Radjy is the founder of AlphaMundi Group Ltd in Switzerland, the Chairman of the SocialAlpha Fund SICAV in Luxembourg, the Treasurer of AlphaMundi Foundation 501c4 in Washington DC, an Investment Committee member of AlphaJiri Fund LP in Mauritius. Previously, Tim has worked for MSCI, UBS, and as an advisor to WWF International and the… Read more »

Earl St Sauver is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Apollo Agriculture. Earl leads all aspects of Apollo’s technology and research work, managing software development and data science. Earl previously worked as a software engineer at The Climate Corporation, a company which provides customized recommendations to large-scale farmers using machine learning, which was ultimately acquired… Read more »

Patrick has 15+ years’ experience in investment management in both global private equity and impact investing. Prior investment experience includes Doughty Hanson & Co, Deutsche Bank, Developing World Markets (DWM) and Incofin Investment Management. He’s also previously served as CFO of FINCA International’s microfinance bank in DR Congo and managed SME Finance consultancies for DAI… Read more »

Llew Morkel is the Founder of Fraxeum.com, AZUZA Wealth and DreamBlock. He is known on the global stage as a blockchain evangelist – an engaging, exiting speaker on the subject of financial technologies and financial inclusion. Llew comes from a strong Fintech background having cut his teeth in the South African banking sector – he… Read more »