Business Leader Speakers

Laura Knierim 2017 Speaker

Investment Manager , KfW, All Africa

Laura Knierim, investment manager in KfW's financial sector department, is responsible for the implementation of programs targeting the African agricultural sector. She is KfW's shareholder representative in several regional fund…

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Tony Pelz 2017 Speaker

Director, Shuraako , One Earth Future Foundation, Somalia

Anthony Pelz was a distressed debt trader on ABN AMRO Bank NV’s proprietary trading desk based in Amsterdam. Prior to proprietary trading, Mr. Pelz worked with several investment banks including…

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Tawiah Ben-Ahmed 2017 Speaker

Country Head/CEO , Metropolitan Group Ghana

Mr. Ben-Ahmed is the Country Head and the CEO of Metropolitan Group Ghana. Prior to Joining Metropolitan Ghana He had a successful tenure in Ghana Life Insurance as a Head…

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Michael Pearson 2017 Speaker

Non-Executive Director , Tanmeyah Microfinance Services, Egypt

Michael Pearson is an experienced director, investor and consultant. In a career of over 30 years in financial services and strategy consulting, Michael has: - Acted as a non-executive director…

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Hassan Samir 2017 Speaker

Managing Director , Prime Securities, Egypt

Mr. Hassan Samir graduated from the faculty of economics and political science 1995. He started to work on the brokerage field on the same year. 1998 he joined prime securities…

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Gaimin Nonyane 2017 Speaker

Head of Economic Research , Ecobank, Sub-Saharan Africa

Gaimin Nonyane is Head of Economic Research at the pan-African bank, Ecobank Group, based in London, and focusses on macroeconomic dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa, fixed income and currencies and market…

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Gregoire Lecomte 2017 Speaker

Group Head of Investor Relations & Funding , Baobab Group, All Africa

Gregoire is in charge of investor relations as well as debt funding for Baobab and its 12 affiliates in Africa & China. He is responsible to find appropriate funding resources…

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Robert Jenkins 2017 Speaker

Investment Director , Gatsby Africa, East Africa

Robert was one of the pioneers of the private equity industry in the UK. He was a founding partner of Phildrew Ventures, which went on to raise 5 funds totalling…

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Sherif Abd Elaal 2017 Speaker

Managing Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions , KAMCO Investment Company, Egypt

Sherif Abdel Aal is the Managing Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at KAMCO Investment Company. He has more than 20 years of progressive professional experience in investment banking,…

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Ceaser Siwale 2017 Speaker

Chief Executive Officer , Pangaea Securities

I have been active in the African financial markets for 20 years, with over 15 years of investment banking experience. Within a leading role, I have spearheaded and successfully concluded…

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