Business Leader Speakers

Zin Bekkali 2017 Speaker

CEO , Silk Invest, All Africa

Zin Bekkali is the CEO and founder of Silk Invest, a specialist investment manager focused on frontier markets and Africa. Silk Invest has been built around a deep consumer thesis…

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Olga Sclovscaia 2017 Speaker

Global Head, Sector Manager, Operations, Financial Institutions & Capital Markets , World Bank Group/MIGA, All Africa

Olga Sclovscaia is the Sector Manager for Finance and Capital Markets at the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. Since joining MIGA in 2000,…

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Collins Amponsah-Mensah 2017 Speaker

Council Chair , Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network, Ghana

Mr. Amponsah-Mensah is the Chief Executive Officer of Pathway Microfinance Limited a licensed deposit-taking institution in Ghana; a graduate of the University of Ghana Business School and the University of…

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Dr Bernard Oluwole Ilori 2017 Speaker

President/CEO , MAxiyield Asset Management Limited, Nigeria

Dr Bernard Oluwole Ilori (FCA, CISA, ACIT, ANIM, ACS)is the President/ CEO of MAxiyield Asset Management Ltd, one of the largest independedent Asset Management and Trust Organisation in Lagos. He…

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Michael Abayomi 2017 Speaker

Founder/CEO , Verite Microfinance Bank Nigeria, West Africa

Abayomi Michael Osho is the founder and pioneer Chief Executive Officer of Verite Microfinance Bank, a fast-growing and well differentiated Microfinance Bank in Nigeria popular for its unique branchless Operational…

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Phillip Myburgh 2017 Speaker

Partner (CEO) , Ethos Mezzanine Partners, Eastern & Southern Africa

Phillip Myburgh, Founding Partner (CEO) of Ethos Mezzanine Partners. Phillip has 27 years’ experience in investment banking and closed-ended fund management, and founded Ethos Mezzanine Partners (one of Africa's first…

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Antti Urvas 2017 Speaker

Associate Director , Finnfund

Antti is an experienced finance Executive having worked in Asset Management, Investment and Corporate Banking prior to joining Finnfund in 2012. Antti is currently heading Financial Institutions investments team and…

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Mark Herskovits 2021 Speaker

Capital Markets Director , SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited

BBusSci (Finance), Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting (University of Cape Town), CA(SA), CFA Mark served articles at Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg. After remaining on as a manager until 2001,…

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Franck Alain Behiblo 2017 Speaker

Managing Director Corporate Development , Quantum Global AG, Sub-Saharan Africa

Franck Alain Behiblo, Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Business Development As a Managing Director at Quantum Global, Franck heads the Group’s Strategy and Business Development efforts into Sub-Saharan Africa.…

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Cacious Siboleka 2017 Speaker

Private Equity Specialist , Government Institutions Pension Fund, All Africa

Cacious is an Investment Professional in excess of over 13 years’ experience in Investment Management. He is currently a Private Equity Specialist for the Government Institutions Pension Fund (‘GIPF’). He…

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