Speaker Group: Business Leader

Gideon Greaves 2023 Speaker

Gideon Greaves is a dynamic South African entrepreneur with a keen interest in innovative startups. Throughout his career, he has held numerous high-impact leadership positions in the technology sector, demonstrating a strong track record of successfully exiting ventures. Gideon’s passion for early-stage investment took flight while seeking venture capital for his own startup, and he… Read more »

Gerald Matthe 2023 Speaker

Gerald Matthé leads Findev Canada’s investments in financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Indo-Pacific, and brings more than 15 years of investment experience in debt, equity and structured products across emerging and frontier markets.

Gbite Oduneye 2023 Speaker

Gbite is the visionary founder and driving force behind ODBA, an early-stage VC firm with an African focus. With over 20 years of experience in financial services and a deep understanding of Africa’s dynamic landscape, Gbite’s commitment to fostering innovation, empowerment, and sustainable growth fuels his passion for the continent. Through technology, he shapes Africa’s… Read more »

Gbenga Hassan 2023 Speaker

Gbenga Hassan is the Managing Partner at Àrgentil Capital Management Limited and oversees the principal investments, private equity and asset management business. Gbenga has over 25 years of private equity, principal investing, and financial advisory experience in the international and West African markets. Gbenga is a very active investor in the SMEs and technology sector… Read more »

Gavin Wilkins 2023 Speaker

Gavin leads commercial and strategic initiatives across the group working alongside Hawksford’s clients internationally. His experience extends across a broad range of asset classes, private and regulated investment structures, funds and international capital markets, including the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Aquis and Euronext. Gavin has spoken at numerous international forums in the UK and Africa,… Read more »

Gary Isbister 2023 Speaker

After qualifying as a Chartered Account in February 2008, Gary relocated to London where he took up an internal consulting role for BNP Paribas Securities Services where he focused on streamlining the internal operations of their outsourced fund management platform. He returned to Johannesburg (South Africa) in late 2009 and took up a deal origination… Read more »

Ganessen Soobramanien 2023 Speaker

Ganessen has more than 20 years working experience in the administration and fiduciary business servicing private clients, corporates and institutions. In this respect Ganessen has assisted a large number of investors with their cross border investments in Asia and Africa.

Galal Elbeshbishy 2023 Speaker

Galal Elbeshbishy is the Co-Founder and COO of Synapse Analytics. He has headed 40+ Artificial Intelligence deployments across different industries, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, and more. Synapse Analytics is a region leader in the AI & Data Science field, with a pioneering product suite at the intersection of the AI-Credit Decisioning & MLOPS space…. Read more »

Funmi Dele-Giwa 2023 Speaker

Funmi is a dual-qualified lawyer and a qualified Chartered Governance Professional. Having spent several years working out of Africa and from the United Kingdom, Funmi is a seasoned Senior Executive and Board Director, with extensive experience managing diverse global teams and complex functions in multi-jurisdictional organisations.

Frazer Lang 2023 Speaker

“Prior to becoming CEO of the Scottish Africa Business Association, Frazer had spent the majority of his career to date in Government Relations and as a Trade & Investment Advisor to Governments across the African continent. Frazer has worked closely with over 30 African governments, up to Head of State level, with an emphasis on… Read more »