Business Leader Speakers

Samia Tnani 2022 Speaker

Head of Credit Origination , AfricInvest Private Credit

Samia joined AfricInvest Private Credit as Head of Credit in January, 2014. Prior to that, since 2009 she was Managing Director of the Université Paris-Dauphine, Tunis Campus, where she led…

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Richard Abel 2021 Speaker

Managing Director , UK Climate Investments

Richard is Managing Director of UK Climate Investments (UKCI). UKCI is a £200m climate finance vehicle funded by the UK Government to invest in transformational green energy projects and companies…

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Patricia Ithau 2021 Speaker

Regional Director , Stanford Seed - Stanford Institute for Development in Developing Economies

Patricia is passionate about creating opportunities that improve people’s lives. Her love for identifying enduring consumer and commercial insights to support the development of brands and grow businesses’ was actualized…

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Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel 2021 Speaker

Managing Partner - Rakuten Capital , Rakuten

Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel is the Managing Partner in charge of Rakuten’s growth venture investments comprising a variety of rapidly expanding disruptive industries such as Fintech, Mobility, Digital Media,…

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Zohrab Mawani 2021 Speaker

Founder and Director , AEDC

Zohrab was born in Kenya and moved to Canada at the age of seven. He is an entrepreneur and executive in the energy sector where he started with government and…

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Thurstan Moodley 2021 Speaker

Managing Partner , Khumovest

Thurstan Moodley is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Khumovest. Thurstan has more than 11 years experience in the Financial Services Sector, 5 years of which were dedicated exclusively to…

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Thomas Festerling 2021 Speaker

CFO & Founder , GreenTec Capital GmbH

Thomas is GreenTec's CFO and co-founder, who brought his extensive financial and investment background to the development of GreenTec's investment approach. Thomas is a specialist for financing, investor relations and…

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Thomas Reilly 2021 Speaker

Managing Director , Lango Real Estate Ltd

Thomas is the Managing Director of Lango Real Estate Ltd (Lango), where he played the lead role in founding the business as a joint venture with Ninety One and Growthpoint…

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Victoria Madedor 2021 Speaker

Group Head Agribusiness & FMCG , BOI Investment and Trust Company

She holds B.Agric in Agricultural Economics from the University of Benin, Edo State, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and currently pursuing Masters in Marketing and Innovation (MA) at the Metropolitan…

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Thato Mashigo 2021 Speaker

Portfolio Manager and Vice President CFA Society South Africa , Sanlam Private Wealth

Thato is a portfolio manager at Sanlam Private Wealth; a part time finance lecturer; and a director of CFA Society South Africa. He has 10 years experience across investment banking,…

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