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MONDAY MARCH 14: PRE-SUMMIT CEO & Family Office Dinner (in partnership with Family Office Council and YPO Africa) FABRIZIO FREDA President & CEO Estee Lauder Group of Companies Fabrizio Freda is responsible for developing and achieving the Company’s overall vision, strategy, financial objectives and investment priorities. Mr. Freda is a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Freda joined The Estée Lauder Companies in March 2008 In this role, Mr. Freda was a key architect of the Company’s long- term strategic plan, which is focused on gaining market share in the global prestige beauty industry and generating sustainable, profitable growth. The strategy includes prioritizing resources to the most promising opportunities, making further investments in consumer knowledge, driving innovation and creativity through products and services, and expanding the Company’s distribution and geographic penetration. It also calls for greater integration across the Company’s brands, regions and functions to create cost efficiencies and leverage scale. Mr. Freda is a strategically focused, financially disciplined, results-oriented leader with a proven track record in the consumer products arena. Prior to joining Estée Lauder, Mr. Freda had an outstanding 20-year career at Procter & Gamble, where he was responsible for various operating, marketing and strategic efforts. His last position at P&G was President, Global Snacks, where he restructured the business, orchestrated its successful turnaround and managed employees, factories and research and development centers around the world. Mr. Freda also spent more than a decade in positions of increasing responsibility in the Health and Beauty Care division at P&G. During that time he led the launch and expansion of the Pantene hair care brand in several European countries. From 1986 to 1988 he directed marketing and strategic planning for Gucci SpA. Mr. Freda attended University of Naples Federico II and holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration. In 2012, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of BlackRock, Inc. In 2013, Mr. Freda was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Global Business Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. In 2015, Mr. Freda was awarded Italy’s prestigious Cavaliere del Lavoro by President Sergio Mattarella.
AKINWOLE OMOBORIOWO II Vice Chairman & CEO Genesis Energy Group Akinwole Omoboriowo II (AOII) has over 20 years of experience in the Oil & Gas and Power Sectors in Africa, where he has consistently led other equally distinguished colleagues in pioneering several initiatives including but not limited to Independent Power Producing companies, well-Structured Oil Companies (Oil Trading and Exploration), thriving Utility Companies, amongst others. AOII’s top management work profile includes being the Chairman and CEO of Genesis Electricity Limited, the Vice-Chairman and CEO of Genesis Energy Group, Chairman Board of Directors GEL Utility (co-sponsored by General Electric and Engro Corp), Member-Advisory Board of The Global Thinkers Forum (GTF), he served as Chairman of Bissau Electricidade de Agua (Guinea Bissau), and Founding Managing Director of Besse-Oil & Services. He has been named amongst the much esteemed list of “Most Influential Figures in African Power” for 2014 and 2015. AOII is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and invested with Honoris Causa Fellowship of the Certified Board of Administrators of Nigeria (CBAN). AOII is a 1993 graduate in Economics from University of Jos, alumnus of the London Business School, from where he acquired specialist training in Electricity Pricing & Modelling course in 2006, and has a 2011 Post-Graduate Diploma in Strategy & Innovation from the prestigious Oxford University's SAID Business School, U.K.
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TUESDAY MARCH 15: SUMMIT DAY ONE Keynote Ministerial and Private Sector Leaders Roundtable (chaired by Knowledge@Wharton) H.E. AHMED SHIDE State Minister of Finance and Economic Development Federal Republic of Ethiopia His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Shide Mohamed serves as the State Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia. The Ministry, besides allocating budget, introduces new and efficient ways of utilizing resources to both federal and regional governments. A “Pool Service”, is one of the ministry’s innovations. The Ministry has recently introduced Financial Administration Proclamation and Procurement and property Administration Proclamation Amendment drafts. The amendment proclamations enables the country to close the gaps that might be observed in the finance, procurement and property management of the nation and to create internationally accepted financial working systems.
H.E. BERHANU KEBEDE Ambassador Federal Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Berhanu has had a long career in diplomacy. In 1983 he transferred to the Diplomatic Mission in Brussels as an economist where he represented Ethiopia in financial, technical and industrial committees. He participated in negotiations leading to the Lome II and III conventions – international aid and trade agreements between the African, Caribean and Pacific (ACP) Countries group and the European Union (EU).In 1992 he returned to Addis Ababa to take up the position of Head of the Western European Division as Counselor. Later that year he was promoted to Director General, and it was in this role chaired the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting of the African Economic Community, all UN General Assembly sessions as deputy leader of the Ethiopia delegation, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Council. On 7 th December 2000, he was appointed Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Russian Federation, with the rank of Ambassador. In February 2002, he was appointed Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, before his appointment as Ambassador to the United Kingdom in March 2006. He has participated in various national committees, such as the EU/Ethiopia Relations Ministerial Conference, the National Committee on the World Trade Organisation Membership of Ethiopia and the Committee Established to Study the Impact of the Free Trade Area Under COMESA on the Ethiopian Economy. H.E. Berhanu speaks Amharic, English and French. He studied at Addis Ababa University and graduated from the Department of Economics in Planning and Project Analysis, and has a Masters of Economics in Management and Finance, from the University of Brussels.
TEWOLDE GEBREMARIAM Chief Executive Officer Ethiopian Airlines Tewolde GebreMariam was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer, the position that he is currently holding, of Ethiopian on January 2011. He began his career with Ethiopian in 1985 as Transportation Agent and has held a number of senior leadership positions in a number of divisions in the Airline including; Ethiopian Cargo, Area Offices and Sales and Marketing. On July 2006, Mr. Tewolde was also appointed as Chief Operating Officer to head all the operating divisions of the airline. In July 2013, he became the first CEO of an African airline to receive “ The Airline Strategy Award for Regional Leadership” in the award’s 12 year history. The award is given out annually by Airline Business Magazine , a publication of Flight Global , a leading media brand in the aviation world. Mr. Tewolde graduated from Addis Ababa University with a B.A. Degree in Economics. He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Open University in the United Kingdom.
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ADMASSU TADESSE Chief Executive Officer & President PTA Bank Mr. Admassu Tadesse, is the Bank's 4th President and CEO. An economist and banker, Mr. Tadesse qualified at the london School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc), Wits Business School (MBA) and the University of Western Ontario (BA), and trained in advanced management and strategic banking at Harvard Business School and INSEAD. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Tadesse served at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) for 10 years where he was a top executive responsibile for international finance, investments and corporate strategy. Much earlier, he served in various management and technical roles with international funds a nd specialized agencies of the United Nations. He has served on the boards of banks, funds and industry bodies in Africa and internationally, and has worked, trained and lived in some 10 countries in Africa, Europe and North America for over 30 years. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
ZEMEDENEH NEGATU Managing Partner, Ernst & Young (Ethiopia) Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Federal Republic of Ethiopia Mr. Negatu has extensive global and African experience advising clients in financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and airlines. He recently led a high powered Mergers & Acquisition team for one of the biggest UK multinationals in its largest acquisition ever in Africa. Mr. Negatu has lived in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Saudi Arabia. He has been featured on CNN, BBC, CNBC, SABC, and by many other global media organizations. He completed Harvard Business School’s LSE program and received his Degree in Business Administration from Howard University (Washington, DC) and is a U.S. CPA.
MUKUL PANDYA - Chairperson Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director Knowledge@Wharton Mukul Pandya is Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director of Knowledge@Wharton, a web-based journal of research and business analysis published by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Wharton School is committed to sharing its intellectual capital through Knowledge@Wharton. Launched in 1999, Knowledge@Wharton has grown into a network of sites that includes a global edition in English and regional editions in Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, as well as a site for high school students and educators. The Knowledge@Wharton network offers free access to: analysis of current business trends; interviews with industry leaders and Wharton faculty; articles based on the most recent business research; conference overviews, book reviews; and a searchable database of more than 6,300 articles and research abstracts. Knowledge@Wharton has a newsletter circulation of 2 million, and a following of 80 thousand on Twitter. A winner of four awards for investigative journalism, Mr. Pandya has more than twenty years of experience as a writer and editor. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, Time Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer , and many other publications. He co-authored Knowledge@Wharton on Building Corporate Value. Mr. Pandya has an M.A. in Economics from the University of Bombay.
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Investment Spotlight: NIGERIA CHINEDU OKPAREKE COO and Deputy Managing Director Sahara Infrastructure & Venture Capital Company (Sahara Group) Established in 1996, Sahara Group is a leading privately owned Power, Energy, Gas and Infrastructure conglomerate with 660 em ployeees and 20 operating companies active in the downstream, midstream, upstream, infrastructure and power sectors , with annual revenue base of USD$11 billion . Sahara has a presence in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe. Chinedu joined Sahara Group in April 2013 as founding COO and Deputy Managing Director of Sahara’s Infrastructure and Venture Capital Company (SIVC) ; in this capacity he steers the Group’s vision of tackling infrastructure investment opportunities in Africa and emerging economi es across major social and economic sectors. Prior to Sahara Group, Chinedu was CFO and Director of Business Development for Africa in Oando’s downstream division; and Chairman of Ebony Oil & Gas Ghana. Prior to Oando, Chinedu worked for Imo State Government on secondment from Ocean & Oil Hol dings as founding Director General of Imo State Investment Promotion Agency. He attracted over N12bn worth of investments in Imo and incubatedinc the Imo Wonderlake Development Company. Prior to Imo State, Chinedu worked for Ocean & Oil Holding Group as Senior Vice President of the investments and advisory sub sidiary, where he provided investment advi sory to portfolio companies in the telecom, energy, financial and real estate sectors. He also ran Offshore Personnel Service s, a start-up he founded under Avaizon umbrella. Prior to OOH, Chinedu worked in the Information Services Division of Exxon Mobil. He has also workeded with Symmetricom, California; UBS Private Wealth Management; and Arthur Andersen & Co. He has advised the World Bank and five state governments in Nigeria and the Government of Gambia on investment promotion strategies and has been ment oring young professionals and offering scholarships to undergraduates sincesin 1998. Chinedu holds an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management & Corporate Finance from The Wharton School; and a B.Eng. in Electronic and Computer Engineering. Chinedu is WCA Nigeria Country Director and a Member of the Board of Directors of The Wharton Club of Africa.
ORE SOFEKUN Chief Executive Officer Investment-One Funds Management Ore is the CEO of Investment One Funds Management Limited (Investment -One Financial Services Limit ed). She has over 16 years post-PhD work experience spanning Financial Services, Management Consulting and Manufacturing sectors. She is versed in general management, finance & accounting, business analysis & process improvement, project management, operat ional risk assessment and strategic sourcing. She applied these the skills to ensure that CardinalStone Partners, an investment banking firm that began operations during the 2008 market melt -down, grew into a highly reputable firm that commands the respect of its competitors. In January 2014, she joined Investment One Financial Services to run Kakawa Asset Management Limited. Shee obtained o a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering (First Class Honours). She also holds Masters and Doctorate degrees in Chemical Engineering from IowaI State University and a MBA from The Wharton School. Ore is a Member of the 2016 WCA Summit Committee.
GBOLAHAN ELIAS Presiding Partner G. Elias & Co (Nigeria Partner, Africa Legal Network ) Gbolahan is the Presiding Partner of G. Elias & Co founded in 1994, today one of Nigeria’s leading business law firms with six practice areas in private equity and mergers & acquisitions, commercial, capital markets & banking, tax, dispute resolution, and intellectual property. The firm’ s sector focus includes financial services, agribusiness, FMCG, natural resources, media & technology, and infrastructure. The firm has received much international and r egional recognition including 2015 IFLR 1000 Top Tier Firm for Finance and Corporate, 2 014 The Legal 500 EMEA, 2014 Top Ranked Chambers Global, amongst others. Prof. Gbolahan Elias was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981 and the New York Bar in 1990. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (Nigerian QC equivalent). He was an Associate at Cravath, Swaine and Moore, the leading New York corporate law for, from late 1989 to mid -1993. EXIM banks both in Nigeria, Africa and beyondbe feature frequently in his practice in Lagos. He studied law at Oxford University and has that University’s BA MA BCL and D. Phil degrees with first-class honours. Over the years he has served on several Nigerian Committees to reform the law on trusts, pensions, petroleum and shipping.
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FELIX DELA KLUTSE - Chairperson CEO & Managing Editor Business Day Ghana Felix is a multi-award-winning journalist with over 13 years’ experience. He is currently the editor-in-chief and publisher of Business Day, a business and financial newspaper in Ghana and leads a youth association in Accra that works to harness the energy, talents, and potential of over 200 youth through activities and training. Felix has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and an Executive MBA from University of Ghana Business School. He is an alumnus of journalism and executive management courses at several prestigious institutions including the International Institute for Journalism in Germany, The Wharton School, and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is passionate about job creation for the youth and intends to return home with fresh ideas and great leadership skills to continue with the good work he has started. Felix is a Fellow of President Barack Obama’s Mandela Washington Fellowship Program and Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), which in 2015 brought 500 of the most promising young leaders in Africa under the age of 35 to the White House and top U.S. universities for a period of six-weeks for leadership training, academic coursework, mentoring, and networking opportunities.
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Investment Spotlight: MOZAMBIQUE LUIS GONCALVES BRANCO Deputy CEO Dominio Capital Mozambique Luís Gonçalves Branco, is the Deputy CEO of Dominio Capital Mozambique and Principal Investment Officer for Grupo Dominio Capital. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, Dominio Capital is a leading business and investment boutique of the Dominio Family Office, focused on the Portuguese native speaking countries, which has been creating value for its worldwide partners and clients for more than 30 years. With offices in Anglola, Mozambique, Brazil, the UK, and Washington DC, Dominio Capital acts as both principal investor and advisor in three sectors: Oil & Gas, Real Estate & Infrastructure, and Financial Markets. To date, Dominio has raised more than US$3.8 billion in equity funds, and advised on deals over US$4.2 billion. Previously, Mr. Gonçalves Branco served as City CEO of Groupon Portugal, CMO at Hemera Energy and Principal Consultant for Strategy and Business Development at Quifel Natural Resources (Venture Capital focused on Natural Resources in Sub- Saharan Africa and Brazil). Luis holds a Management Degree and Masters in Business from the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon and a post-graduate degree from Harvard Business School focused on the Emerging Markets. FLORIVAL MUCAVE Chairman - Genese Oil & Gas Based in Mozambique, Florival Mucave is the Chairman of Genese Oil & Gas and the Owner of the 5-star luxury White Pearls Resort in Ponta Mamoil, Mozambique. Genese is an Oil & Gas advisory firm providing Corporate Finance and Legal services to oil & gas companies in Mozambique and East Africa. Genese provided legal services to Empresa Mocambicana de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), and actively participated in their negotiations with Anadarko, ENI, Galp, Sub-Sea 7, as well as the incorporation and development of a business model for ENH Logistics. Prior to Genese, Florival worked with DeBeers International in Africa for over 12 years in new business development and as Legal Counsel in various capacities. Florival was in charge of DeBeers Legal and Commercial Operations in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic. For Angola and DRC, Florival successfully negotiated the agreements between DeBeers and the Angolan and DRC Governments that culminated with DeBeers return to both countries. Florival also acted as Senior Legal Counsel for De Beers Group Services (Johannesburg, South Africa), dealing with contracts and negotiations in Southern Africa. In this capacity jointly with Anglo-American and other stakeholders in the mining industry, Florival participated in the drafting and subsequent hearings of the first Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Bill post 1994, which took into account the new political dispensation and promoted Black Empowerment and participation in the minerals and petroleum industries. Florival was also Legal Counsel for Diamond Trading Company (DeBeers UK) dealing with competition law issues pertaining to DeBeers negotiations with the European Competition Commission (DG4), as well as, negotiations of new diamond concessions in Angola, Russia, and Canada. Florival is Mozambican and fluent in portuguese, french, and english. Florival has a LLB from the University of Geneva Law School Switzerland, and a LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from London School of Economics and Political Science. LISA LAMBIE - Chairperson Managing Partner Satatt Holdings International Lisa has a 20 year track record spanning private equity, alternative investments, investment banking, engineering, successful entrepreneurship; and has executed or managed US$5.0 billion in investments in the Emerging Markets; including US$850 million in the past 10 years in Africa. Satatt, co-founded in 2011, is an Africa investment holding firm representing private investment capital (primarily Family Offices) under investment agreements, and also co-invests with institutional investors and strategics through investment holding structures in private equity, mezzanine, and venture capital. Sector expertise is in Financial Services, FMCG, Real Estate & Hospitality, Agribusiness, and Infrastructure (Telecom, Transportation, Ports, Renewable Energy). Satatt’s primary focus countries are Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Morocco; and opportunistically select Sub-Saharan countries. Prior to Satatt, Lisa was a Managing Director at Cordiant responsible for Africa and mezzanine investments, Fund Operating Committee member, and Keyman for its US$211mm Africa Private Equity Fund (CIFA, joint GP with Actis) with 16 portfolio companies in 8 countries, and LP investments in Aureos (now Abraaj). At Barclays Capital/ABSA, Lisa was Director in Emerging Markets Structuring responsible for increasing its investment banking origination and execution for African and offshore institutional investors; and separately, Head of Sub-Sahara Africa distribution, team, and capital market approvals for 10 countries. At JP Morgan and BOA, Lisa was Principal in EMEA Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance arranging and executing 17
investments (incl. bank’s capital) for 14 of the largest global private equity firms, with primary coverage responsibility for The Blackstone Group and Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Lisa was also recruited as first Vice President, Corporate Finance for NCB (Portland Private Equity co.), where she successfully launched and built the highly profitable investment banking activities for the Caribbean’s largest financial institution at the time. Lisa has a BSE in Civil Engineering & Operations Research from Princeton University, a MBA in Finance (Howard E. Mitchell Fellow) from The Wharton School, and is President of The Wharton Club of Africa.
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Investment Spotlight – MOROCCO (in partnership with Association Marocaine des Investisseurs en Capital) HATIM BEN AHMED Founding Partner, Mediterrania Capital Partners Board Member, Association Marocaine des Investisseurs en Capital (AMIC) Hatim Ben Ahmed is a Founding Partner of Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity management company which invests in growth opportunities in the Maghreb region with potential expansion into Sub-Saharan African countries. The firm is a strong impact investor with over US$200 million in assets under management, and aggregated portfolio companies have a turnover of over US$ 1.2 billion employing over 7,000 employees across Africa. Mediterrania Capital Partners has had a strong focus on North Africa for the last 8 years. Hatim has completed 10 deals in the Maghreb region (of various sizes and in different sectors) and is particularly in charge of developing portfolio companies business in Sub-Saharan Africa (with recent activities including Ghana). As a board member of portfolio companies, Hatim participates alongside entrepreneurs, for the implementation of the 3 enterprise-wide processes: the strategic process, the budgeting process, and the HR process. Prior to Mediterrània Capital Partners, he has been in various roles in M&A and financial services in France and Europe.
DEBORAH MCARTHUR President, George Washington Academy Founder & CEO, Global Lights For 11 years, she has lived in Morocco focusing on educating and coaching orphans out of poverty and into white-collar, multinational jobs; transforming the largest American K-12 school in North Africa into the Flagship for the region; and creating the first ever Talent Placement Agency for Anglo-educated Moroccans to find jobs with multinationals in North Africa, Global-Lights , the Lighthouse for Moroccan Leaders. All of these efforts are strategically linked: they equip Moroccans to stay in Morocco, helping its development from the inside-out. Now, returning to her roots as a Change Consultant, Deborah’s company is leading the US$1 million African Entrepreneurship Award (African-award.com) , powered by BMCE Bank of Africa. This annual award inspires and invests in African entrepreneurs so they are equipped to stay in Africa, creating jobs and improving lives, thus reducing the toxic charity and brain drain history of the 20 th century. Deborah MacArthur’s purpose in life is: Give it all away . Her leadership purpose is: Boldly change a messy world . Deborah both gives and invests her time, talent and assets into Morocco because she believes this geopolitically strategic country is vital to the world’s future. As a retired Accenture Technology Partner, Deborah fell in love with Morocco after visiting 40 countries for business and pleasure. She relocated permanently in 2004, after a 20-year career in the US leading large-scale change programs in Financial Services.
Deborah has a Advanced Management Program degree from The Wharton School.
ALI MAHMOUDY Senior Director Capital Trust Group (EuroMENA Funds)
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Power & Renewable Energy (co-hosted by CCTV Africa)
YOHANNES TILAHUN Chief Executive Officer General Electric (Ethiopia) Yohannes is the CEO at General Electric-Ethiopia. As the CEO he represents GE in the country and collaborates with the local GE businesses to drive incremental growth, and to develop key relationships with customers, business partners, as well as the governments and local authorities. GE imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the World. Before joining GE, Yohannes Tilahun was the Senior Director for StrategyYo h annes& Chief Techno logyTilahun Officer at the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC). The Mission of the Ethiopia’s Investment Commission (EIC) is to promote and facilitate investments in Ethiopia. As Head of Strategy & Chief Technology Officer, Yohannes acts as a special advisor to the Director General (CEO) of the EIC as well as other senior Government ministers on priority focus areas for greater economic development through private sector involvement. A native of Ethiopia, Yohannes has returned after more than 15 years of experience on Wall Street in the United States, with expertise in business management, corporate strategy, finance, and data analytics. During his career he has worked for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Wells Fargo and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency. Yohannes has been featured in publications such as Diversity Inc. Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper, and Addis Life Magazine. In addition, he was featured in a four part TV series on Leadership and Success broadcast worldwide and was voted as one of the top 100 diverse executives under age 50 in the United States by Diversity MBA Magazine. Yohannes currently serves on the board of directors for the School of Business at the University of District Columbia in Washington, DC. Yohannes holds a MBA and BSE in Finance, from the University of the District of Columbia as well as additional certifications from Securities Industry Institute (SII), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University .
RIK WUTS Co-Founder & Head, International Power Hive Rik is the Co-Founder and Vice President, International and is currently leading the international expansion of PowerHive. Powerhive, headquartered in Berkeley, California, is a technology venture founded in 2011 that partners with utilities and independent power producers to provide access to productive, affordable, and reliable microgrid electricity for millions of rural homes and businesses around the globe. Our proprietary technology platform and business model enables the financing, monetization, and management of distributed microgrid solutions. During the last decade, Rik has focused on combining cutting-edge technology and innovative business models to deliver market solutions. Before co-founding Powerhive, Rik was the Marketing Director at Intivation where he helped introduce solar powered devices in more than 30 countries. He has also consulted several large companies and SMEs on product innovation and business strategy. Rik earned a BS in Applied Physics and an MS in Product Design from Delft University of Technology.
CHAIM MOTZEN Co-Founder & Managing Director Gigawatt Global
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RAMAH NYANG - Chairperson Business News Anchor CCTV Africa Ramah Nyang joined CCTV in 2012 as Business Anchor and Reporter. Prior to that, he worked in various media houses, covering a range of business and political stories. As part of the business news team at CCTV, he is involved in expanding coverage of business events, economic and fiscal policy across Sub-Saharan Africa. CCTV Africa aims to provide a more nuanced, detailed view of the business and political landscape across over diverse African countries. Ramah’s covered developments in Kenya’s Capital Markets, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, as well developments in Kenya’s fiscal policy from 2008 to date. He’s interviewed various leading African CEOs, including Safaricom, Nigeria’s former President (Goodluck Jonathan), AOL Founder Steve Case, FUBU Founder Daymond John, Executive Chair of Kiva, Julie Henna, and outgoing head of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, among several other notable newsmakers across Africa. Ramah is an ALI/Bloomberg Media Initiative Fellow. CCTV Africa has been a Media Partner for WCA Executive Summits since 2013.
Agribusiness, Acquaculture, Husbandry and Forestry ELENI GABRE-MADHINI Founder & CEO, Eleni Exchanges LLC Former CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin is an Ethiopian economist, former CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange, and is an internationally recognized thought leader on commodity exchanges and rural development in Africa. She has held senior positions in the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington), and United Nations. Her accolades include: Winner of the prestigious Yara Prize, 2012; Winner of the African Banker Icon award 2012; Invited to address world leaders at the G8 Summit Camp David 2012; ,named among New African magazine’s 2012: “ 100 Most Influential Africans ”, listed in the “ 50 Women Shaping Africa ” 2011;. and voted “ Ethiopian Person of the Year ” 2009. She has a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University, and Bachelor's and Master Degrees in Economics from Cornell University and Michigan State University, respectively.
MUTUMA MARANGU Director, Sage International Investments Shareholder & Director, Green Resources Mutuma is an investor in forestry, agriculture, energy companies and real estate across Sub–Saharan Africa. Mr. Marangu has been an active and substantial shareholder of the Norwegian company, Green Resources (GR) since 2003, Africa’s largest forestation company and leader in East African wood manufacturing. Green Resources group has invested ca. US$300mm of equity in its African operations to date, employs 3,500 people, has 45,000 ha of standing forest in Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda; and operates East Africa’s largest sawmill, electricity pole, and charcoal plants. GR is also one of the first companies globally to receive carbon revenue from its plantation forests. Marangu is also a private Investor and Director in several other companies in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Power Africa Corporation, Rook Investments, Soyken Jersey, Soy Afric, and Mukin. He is a Director of Sage International Investments (2003- present); specialising in petroleum, forestry and renewable energy sectors, and Senior Adviser to the Chairman of Seplat Petroleum, playing a leading role in its successful pre-IPO investment from Mercuria Capital Partners and its landmark dual listing IPO on the London Stock Exchange and Nigerian Stock Exchanges. Mutuma sits on the Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority’s Master Plan Steering Committee (CMMPSC), the Africa Advisory Board of the London Stock Exchange and the USAID’s Private Capital Group for Africa. Mutuma has been involved in the physical commodity sector in Africa for more than 20 years, having worked at Glencore AG for 12 years as a Physical Trader. Prior to this, he worked as a Financial Analyst at Morgan Stanley and Commodity Trader at Philipp Brothers in New York. Mutuma has a BA in Economics from Vassar College; an MPhil in Economics and Politics of Development from Cambridge University, UK, and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School. Mr. Marangu is a Board Director of The Wharton Club of Africa.
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BRUCE HAMILTON Managing Director & Shareholder Verde Beef Founded in 2014, Verde Beef is quickly becoming Ethiopia's premium beef feedlot, producing thousands of cattle annually and maintaining the highest quality standards.Verde Beef Processing PLC was founded by the Ethiopian venture firm, Verdant Frontiers, whose founders have established and sold numerous successful companies both in the US and Ethiopia. Verde has a globally experienced management team with particular expertise in Ethiopian agribusiness who have collectively managed seven businesses in Ethiopia over the past five years. Verde Beef Processing seeks to become the largest beef production company in the Ethiopia that will be locally and internationally recognized as a premier producer of high quality beef. Mr. Bruce Hamilton serves as the Managing Director of Verde Beef PLC and has twenty years management experience in the horticultural and agricultural industry with extensive experience managing large farms in Africa. Prior to joining Verde Beef, Mr. Hamilton managed a commercial floriculture farm for the Dumen Group (Germany) with 2400 employees in Ethiopia. He’s also managed cattle breeding, stud and retail vegetable production farms throughout Africa. Mr. Hamilton provides overall management as well as operational and risk management oversight to the feedlot.
VANESSA ADAMS Director USAID AGP Agribusiness Market Development Vanessa Adams has over 13 years of experience in 27 African countries working with businesses to increase productivity, meet buyer specifications, access finance, and compete in international markets. Vanessa has facilitated over $200 million in exports, $57 million in investments, and $90 million in credit. As leader of technical and operational teams, she has developed innovative strategies for value chains, launched brand and communications campaigns, and leveraged stakeholder relationships (ECOWAS, UEMOA, US Trade Representative, IDH, multinational buyers, investors, exporters). She contributed to the foundation and growth of three pan-African NGOs including the African Cashew Alliance, the Borderless Alliance, and Global Shea Alliance; and launched the Women in Agribusiness Leadership Network (Ethiopia) benefitting 900 business-women. In Ethiopia, she manages over 120 staff in 5 offices, as well as 10 subcontracts facilitating increased income for 1.5 million smallholder famers. Partner entities include Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, and Ethiopian Coffee Exporters Association; she has facilitated new international partnerships with buyers in the US, Germany, Italy and Israel; and has developed sustainable partnerships with Starbucks, Nestle, JDE (former Kraft), Tchibo, Olam International, and Costco Wholesale. Vanessa has an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
GUILLAUME MAILLARD Financial Director Moringa Partnership Guillaume has 10 years’ experience in finance (structuring private equity funds, deal origination, mergers and acquisition with Lazard and Natixis and auditing with Ernst & Young. Guillaume spent five years with La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild (CBR) before transitioning to Moringa in 2013. With CBR, he executed several fund raisings for European clean-tech companies, before participating in the structuring of several private equity funds with strong environmental and social focuses. In particular, he participated in founding and creating BeCapital, a €148 million European clean tech fund co-developed with Cobepa (Belgium), and structuring Moringa for CBR. He worked on defining strategies, recruiting investment teams, legal and tax structuring, and organising and structuring deals. Guillaume has a MBA in Corporate Finance from CMLyon Business School.
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BRYAN MCCOY - Chairperson Co-Founder & CEO, Yalelo Ltd Chairman, Sdemane Farming Bryan McCoy is the CEO of Yalelo Ltd, a venture-backed aquaculture and sustainable fish distribution business and pioneer of aquaculture in Zambia, bringing together local resources and world-leading practices. Founded in 2011, Yalelo is now the leading fisheries firm in Zambia and second largest aquaculture firm in Africa. In 2014, Yalelo was awarded the leading company in Zambia in exemplifying “Job Creation to Promote Inclusive Growth” , at summit hosted by the World Bank and Government of Zambia. Brayan has led Yalelo from the start-up stage in 2012, to its position today as an industry leader undertaking a regional expansion strategy. Bryan is also a Co- Founder and Director of both Zambezi Aquafeeds, which in 2016 will begin construction of the largest and most advanced fish feed plant in SSA, as well as Yendelela Trading Ltd, which began distribution of Bajaj motorcycles and 3-wheelers across Zambia in 2015. Prior to Yalelo, Bryan was the CEO of Sdemane Farming, a rural business in Swaziland which produces, aggregates, packs, and exports high-value vegetable crops. Bryan restructured Sdemane out of bankruptcy in 2009, and remains as Chairman and lead Shareholder. Largely in parallel to his work in Swaziland, Bryan spent two years in private equity at H.I.G. Capital (Miami, 2008-2010) and two more completing his Wharton MBA (WG’12). He also spent three years at Bain & Co (Boston), including an externship at TechnoServe Swaziland which served as his introduction to Africa. Bryan is originally from Louisville, KY, has a BA in Economics from Williams College, a MBA from The Wharton School, is the Zambia WCA Country Director and the Strategic Club Officer for The Wharton Club of Africa.
Mobile E-Commerce and Technology (chaired by Knowledge@Wharton) STEVE BERRY Executive Chairman Waterbridge Capital Steve Berry has over 35 years of international business experience in corporate finance, from early stage to providing growth capital. He started his career at Bankers Trust and worked in the capital and securities market in NY, Tokyo and London. This period in investment banking was followed by a career in venture capital, a focus retained to the present day. Based on his experience in building several organisations in the secure telecommunication and tactical intelligence space, he is currently focusing mainly on cyber security related technology companies. Steve is currently Chairman of Waterbridge Capital, a London based venture capital firm with a portfolio of small cap companies in digital media, telecoms and cyber security, Pfortner Group, a South African secure communications & technology firm and CyNation, a cyber security and information compliance services & solutions company. He is also a Non Executive Director at Unison Capital Holdings, one of Japan’s largest private equity companies. Based on his experience in building several organisations in the secure telecommunication and tactical intelligence space, he is currently focusing mainly on cyber security related technology companies. Having been involved in the start-up of more than 20 companies, he is an avid supporter of entrepreneurship and angel investing, he recently founded InvestSouth, with the mission to mentor, invest and help grow early stage companies on the South Coast, UK. In line with his interest in cyber security, Steve is also working on “CyberCity”, a Cyber Security Innovation Centre to be based in the UK. “CyberCity “ will be a collaborative effort between academia, industry and government to promote innovation and skills training in cyber security. Steve has lived and worked in a number of countries, including the US, Japan and the United Kingdom. He currently lives and works in London. He gained an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc in Economics from The Wharton School.
HAM NAMAKAJJO Co-Founder Fezah
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MUKUL PANDYA - Chairperson Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director Knowledge@Wharton
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Consumer Goods and Manufacturing PAUL KAVUMA CEO Catalyst Principal Partners Paul is the Chief Executive Officer of Catalyst and serves as a member of the Catalyst Investment Committee. Paul has 18 years of management consulting, entrepreneurial, investment banking and private equity experience. He was previously a Director and Head of East Africa Private Equity at Actis Capital LLP in London and Nairobi, where he managed a significant and diverse regional investment portfolio. Before Actis, he worked at HSBC Investment Bank in London and Johannesburg where he led several high profile merger and acquisition transactions across Africa. Previously, he was Founder and CFO of Virtua Café, a hi-tech entertainment and retail business in Miami, and served as a Senior Consultant at PWC in Washington DC, and as Project Officer at the East Africa Development Bank in Kampala. Paul is an Executive Committee Member of the Young Presidents Organization and a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative East Africa Foundation (member of Aspen Institute Global Leadership Network). He has held directorships for leading financial institutions and property companies across Eastern Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Business at Cornell University.
KACHI ONUBOGU Executive Director Promasidor Promasidor is multi-local food manufacturer that produces, distributes, and markets a quality range of products that are affordable in over 40 countries across Africa - milk powders, dairy, cereal products, culinary, and beverages . Promasidor has been recognised as 1 of the top 100 most respected companies in Nigeria. Kachi’s professional career began in 1995 with Procter and Gamble and in the past 18 years he has worked across Africa with some of the largest global FMCG players including Diageo and Kimberly Clark. He also had a two-year stint in Kenya with private equity firm Prosperity Capital. He has vast knowledge of the FMCG business in Africa having managed many leading brands across the continent. Kachi holds a BSc. in Physics from the University of Jos Nigeria, an MBA from Gordon’s Institute of Business Sciences (University of Pretoria), and the Advanced Management Program degree from The Wharton School
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ALPHA KIFLU Deputy Chief Executive Officer & CFO Alle Bejimla Alpha Kiflu is the Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer of ALLE, a consumer goods wholesale business based in Ethiopia. ALLE is an innovative public enterprise that was initiated by the Ethiopian government in partnership with A.T. Kearney in 2013. The overarching vision of the enterprise is to combat poverty caused by food price inflation, as well as to develop a modern trade sector in Ethiopia. ALLE currently operates 6 cash & carry stores offering a wide variety of consumer goods, with plans to open over 30 stores strategically located across the country. In his role, Alpha led the launching of the company’s first 3 wholesale stores located in Addis Ababa, and currently leads the strategy and execution of its current operations and nationwide expansion across Ethiopia. Previously Alpha had a successful career in the investment banking industry for nearly 8 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. He joined the firm as an Analyst and was promoted through the years covering a variety of areas including investment, advisory and risk management. Most recently he held the position of Vice President in the Special Assets Group, a principal investing desk within Goldman Sachs & Co Securities Division. Alpha holds a B.A. degree in both Economics and Finance and a minor in Computer Science from James Madison University
CJ BAK - Chairperson Chief Executive Officer Liberty Eagle Holdings CJ is the Managing Director of Liberty Eagle, and acts as the Development Agent for the Subway restaurant brand in Kenya and Tanzania. CJ first began investing in Africa on behalf of Greylock Capital, a New York-based emerging markets hedge fund. He also has experience advising small and medium-sized businesses in East Africa on operational and financial matters, through his work with Serengeti Advisors, based in Dar es Salaam. CJ consulted for SABMiller on their market re-entry strategy for beer products in Kenya, as well as distribution strategies for their bottled water products. CJ has a BA in economics and political science from Williams College and an MBA in Global Strategy from The Wharton School, and is the WCA Country Director for Kenya.
Education & Healthcare DR. AHMED EMARA CEO & Managing Director ReAya Holding ReAya Holding is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in startups, grass-roots investments, joint-venture partnerships, expansion capital, growth capital, acquisitions, green field projects, and management buyouts in emerging small to medium sized private companies. It seeks to invest in the medical, healthcare, and life sciences sectors. Dr. Emara is a Healthcare operator and investor, enjoying a very strong international operational background & a solid track record of Private Equity deals where he assumes the responsibility of identifying and implementing best practices, business process assessments, mapping and process re-engineering. In addition, he has founded and has been Managing Partner of several entrepreneurial ventures including Muse (a healthcare M&A and managing-advisory firm), and Tech Developers (a pioneer intellectual- properties-commercialization venture). Earlier, Dr. Emara held various senior management positions in affiliations with distinguished multinational companies like Sanofi, Bayer, Abbott, & Spimaco. He has also held and still holds several positions: Chairman & CEO of Avrupagoz, a leading Turkish chain of ophthalmology centers; Chairman of Orzax, a Turkish production & marketing co. nutritional supplements; CEO of Jeddah BioCity, a pioneer life science venture-capital firm; Board Member, Executive& Finance Committee of Arabio, first JV Biological plant in MENA; Managing Director of ESD, a hazardous-medical-waste-management corporation; Managing Director of BioScan, a unique cyclotron cancer-diagnostic center; Board Director at SABA Medical, a 30 yrs old Ambulatory Healthcare group; Managing Director & CEO of Metrek a chain of retail pharmacies and polyclinics; Managing Director & CEO of Zahrawi, Dubai-based distributor of Medical Devices. As a "thought leader”, Dr. Emara is a regular panelist and speaker on healthcare private equity & operational excellence at industry conferences. Dr. Emara, received his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine & Surgery from Cairo University and earned his MBA from City University, Seattle.
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DR. HASSAN RADOINE Executive Director Ecole Nationale d’Architecture Dr. Hassan Radoine is a leading architecture curator, critic, educator, author and consultant. He is currently the Executive Director of the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture in Morocco. A former Fulbright Scholar, he holds a MSc and PhD in Architecture, University of Pennsylvania. He received an M.Phil. in Architecture from the University of Wales and the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture. His Diploma of Architecture is from the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture in Rabat. He has been an active professional consultant for international bodies such as UNESCO, UN-Habitat, ICCROM, MCC, Aga Khan (Award of Architecture), and the World Bank. His research and practice interest includes Contemporary Architecture & Urbanism, Urban Conservation & Development, and Sustainable Urban Design in the MENA region. He was also the curator of the Exhibition on “Contemporary Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East” organized by the Center of Architecture, American Institute of Architects (AIA), in New York, 2012. Dr. Radoine has published several chapters in books, journal papers, and technical reports.
EVANS NJORO Advisor Futures Initiative Futures Infinite is a social enterprise based in Nairobi, Kenya seeking impact investors for its education and employment interventions for scalable socio-economic impact. Evans Njoro is a social entrepreneur and educator with a passion for youth development. For over 20 years, his work in the private sector and with non- governmental organizations has strengthened his purpose to equip young people with marketable skills and a viable opportunity to successfully transition in life. He is a Youth & Enterprise Development Specialist at Futures Infinite Consulting, providing advisory and technical assistance to youth start-ups and non-profits to enhance their capacity to be mission compliant. Previously, he has served as Kenya Country Director for Digital Opportunity Trust, Operations Director for Eastern & Southern Africa at Junior Achievement Africa, Executive Director of Junior Achievement Kenya and Enterprise Advisory Services Administrator at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is Chairman of the Action Network for the Disabled in Kenya and Founding Member of the Eastern Africa Social Entrepreneurs Network. Evans has a Bachelors degree in Education from the University of Nairobi, is a certified accountant and a graduate of the Executive Development Program at The Wharton School.
BIJU MOHANDAS - Chairperson Head of Education & Healthcare (SSA) International Finance Corporation Biju leads the Health and Education investment team for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Sub Saharan Africa. In this role he is responsible for leading new investments for IFC in Health and Education companies in the region, managing existing investments in these sectors and for leading and developing a team of investment professionals. IFC is one of the largest multilateral investors in Healthcare and Education sectors in the Emerging Markets and manages a US$250 million portfolio in these sectors in Sub Saharan Africa. Biju has over 15 years of operating and investing experience across multiple frontier and Emerging Markets in India and Africa. His investment experience includes equity, quasi equity and debt transactions, distressed asset turnarounds and PPPs in healthcare, education, agribusiness and renewable energy sectors. Before IFC, Biju was the East Africa Director of Acumen Fund and was responsible for their East Africa related investments, operations and business development activities. He has an MBA from the Indian School of Business majoring in Analytical Finance and also served in the Indian Army.
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Real Estate & Hospitality YOFI GRANT Executive Director, Grant Dupuis Investment Managers Chairman, Ghana Telecom (One Touch) Yofi Grant is one of the most well-known and popular business personalities in Ghana with more than 28 years of experience in banking, financing and private sector business. His experience in banking and finance includes treasury, financial restructuring and management, divestiture and privatization as well as equity, debt and project finance. He is Executive Director of Grant Dupuis Investment Managers and Avodire Ltd, a residential development company and holder of the first franchise for Coldwell Banker in Ghana. Yofi till December 2012 was an Executive Director and Partner with the Databank Group, the premier investment bank in Ghana, where he played several senior roles over 16 years. He was also responsible for the development and implementation of one of the largest agriculture (SME) funds in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yofi holds several Supervisory Board mandates (telecommunication, commodities, education). He has also played many policy advisory roles to government, particularly in private sector development. He was member of the Venture Capital Association of Africa, Vice President of the Ghana Securities Industry Association, Chairman of the Listing Committee of the Ghana Stock Exchange, a member of the Governing Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange and executive council of the Association of Ghana Industries. He is currently Chairman of the Finance Sector Committee of the Association of Ghana Industries and a Fellow of the Aspen Leadership Global Network. Yofi holds a BS in Psychology and studied for an MPhil in industrial and organizational psychology at University of Ghana.
SAMUEL SIDIQI Chief Executive Officer National Real Estate Co (Kuwait) Mr. Samuel Sidiqi is the CEO of NREC, one of the region’s longest standing and largest property developers and asset managers. Kuwait based NREC is publicly listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (NRE) has more than $1.9 billion of assets and is present across the Middle East and North Africa. NREC’s largest projects today are Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi, a $1 billion USD shopping, entertainment and leisure destination and Grand Heights in Egypt, a 3.8 million square meter master planned community located in 6 th of October City near Cairo. NREC also has significant projects directly or through joint ventures in Jordan, Libya, Iraq and Kuwait. In Libya NREC is the 50% shareholder of MIH which has developed Palm City, a 413 key beach front residential complex built on 1.3 km of coastline. Before joining NREC, Mr. Sidiqi spent 8 years with Agility Logistics where he led numerous acquisitions and held roles in strategy and operations across the Middle East, the US, Europe and South Asia. Prior to that, he worked with Bain & Company where he provided strategic advice to several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Sidiqi graduated from MIT,was a Fulbright Scholar, and received his MBA from The Wharton School.
KEVIN TEEROOVENGADUM Chief Executive Officer ATT Africa Since August 2013, Kevin is the Founder and CEO of African Land Investments which has merged with Atterbury Africa forming AttAfrica Limited, based in Mauritius. AttAfrica is focused on investing, developing and acquiring A-grade shopping centres in key Sub-Saharan African Markets excluding South Africa. The opportunity exists as Africa continues to grow economically, rapid urbanisation and the emergence of a middle and consumer class and there are very few A-grade shopping malls throughout the continent. In addition, the expansion of South African, African and European retailers has also created a demand for A-Grade retail space. Its portfolio currently consists of Manda Hill Shopping Centre, the biggest retail in Lusaka (Zambia), Accra Mall, the biggest retail in Accra. In addition, the portfolio consists of 3 malls under constructions in Ghana. Kevin also sits on various boards of companies such as Blue Life Ltd, a listed property company on the Mauritius Stock Exchange and 2 Centara hotels in Mauritius. Prior to ATT, Kevin was at Actis LLP as part of their Africa Real Estate team. Kevin spent 6 years as a director of Actis Africa Real Estate Fund, the first private equity Real Estate Fund to invest in and develop A-grade properties in SSA. He led the exits of Accra Mall (the first A-grade retail property in Ghana) and Capital Properties (the first A-grade office property in Tanzania) to completion to offshore buyers, setting the benchmark for exits in both West and East Africa. His experience at Actis covered retail, office, mixed use, logistics / industrial and hospitality asset classes. After gaining his BSc Economics, MBA and MSc in Finance from the University of Leicester (England), Kevin moved back to Mauritius and worked for Ernst & Young, Deloitte and KPMG in corporate finance and business consultancy before moving to the Pan-African advisory and investment-banking boutique, Loita Capital Partners Group, based in Johannesburg. There he assisted clients with their fundraising activities (in multiple sectors including banking, telecoms, commodities, and logistics) in various countries including Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia.
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JAMEEL VERJEE Founder Diar Capital Jameel, a former lawyer, set up Diar Capital, an investment company focused on creation of growth businesses with a focus on the African marketplace. This led to the creation of Rift Valley Properties (for property development) and CityBlue Hotels (Africa's fast-growing business hotel group focused on the mid-market sector). Four more companies are due to be launched shortly, all with a digital focus. These include an online retail channel ( thecollectionafrica.com ) and a hospitality aggregator (afrooms.com ). Separately, Diar Capital has also participated as a founding shareholder in a number of investment companies in its regions of focus.
LUCIO FRIGO - Chairperson Founder & CEO Materia Inc Lucio founded Materia in 2013 with the vision of growing it into the real estate developer of reference for economically efficient and architecturally and socially relevant real estate projects across Africa and beyond. Through the identification of generational supply-demand source imbalances in real estate assets types, capital and information, Materia achieves attractive risk-adjusted returns by developing thriving and successful communities through Impact Investments that achieve: i) Economic Efficiency, ii) Technological Innovation, iii) Architectural Quality, and iv) Social Relevance. Lucio is based between the UAE and Materia’s countries of presence in Africa and oversees both the strategic expansion of the company and the ground project development. Leveraging Lucio’s broad experience in real estate investment and development, Materia collaborates with world-class urban, financial and architectural practitioners. Before Materia, Lucio was at The Abraaj Group, a USD7.5 billion fund, with responsibility for real estate investments in Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East. Prior to Abraaj, Lucio was at Colony Capital in London, a USD 24 billion real estate firm investing in value-add real estate assets across Europe. Prior to Colony Capital, Lucio worked at Bosse Development, a property developer focused on NYC. Lucio started his career at Goldman Sachs, London, in the Investment Banking Division advising multinational companies across Europe and the MENA region on M&A, corporate restructuring and IPOs. Lucio holds a MS and MA from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a BSc from Bocconi University, Milan.
Tourism and Entertainment ABIY BERHANE Minister Counsellor – Public Diplomacy Ethiopia Embassy (UK)
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KINGSLEY PUNGONG Founder Rainbow Investment Group Kingsley is an entrepreneur and investor with a vast experience in starting and running businesses in Africa. Prior to co-founding Rainbow World Group, Kingsley worked in the Washington D.C at Wasserman Media Group, as a client relation’s manager. WMG is a leading sports and media management, marketing and content company, and its divisions collectively represent some of the industry’s most recognised athletes and brands. He was later transferred to the London office as Director of Africa Projects with overall responsibility of directing the firm’s Africa strategy. In this position, Kingsley advised governments, leagues, sportswear manufacturers and professional football clubs in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. He has represented a number of high profile sporting individuals and has advised upon a number of specialist sports initiatives and high profile product endorsements for football players of African extraction. Kingsley holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Honors) a certificate in enterprise from the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. He is an alumnus of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, USA where he studied Entrepreneurship.
ANNA GETANEH Founder & Creative Director, African Mosaique Founder & Executive Chairman, Ethiopian Childrens Fund Anna Getaneh is a former acclaimed international model, a humanitarian and social entrepreneur. She is also the Founder and Creative Director of African Mosaique, a luxury clothing design, manufacturing and retail fashion brand and company. She serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Africa.com, LLC. African Mosaique was inspired by the relatively weak presence of direct African participation in leading fashion platforms internationally. It began in New York as a non-profit and now with a commercial wing established, Anna designs a core collection seasonally and represents and collaborates with established and emerging African designers. Its core philosophy is to help develop the African Fashion Industry and Designers, and by manufacturing within Africa help provide jobs and sustain traditions and ultimately build a Luxury African Brand. Anna’s hallmark is her passion about children and development. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Ethiopian Childrens Fund (ECF), a U.S. 501c3 not-for profit social enterprise and registered NGO in Ethiopia, with development operations and investments in Ethiopia. She spearheaded the establishment of The ECF Village, an integrated development project for children and young people in Aleltu, 55km north of Addis Ababa. It comprises schools (ages 5-18), a health clinic, a feeding centre, a vocational centre and environmental programmes for 600 poor, vulnerable children, mostly orphans. Anna speaks English, French and Amharic, and has a BA degree in Marketing and Business Management Studies, from the University of Maryland. She is the mother of two and currently resides in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. DR. SAMUEL TADESSE Deputy Chief of Party, DAI Europe Owner, Mogilee Lodges Dr. Samuel Taddesse, is recognized as an expert on social accountability and governance, and brings over 40 years of professional experience in public administration, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, and local government capacity building. He has directed and evaluated a broad range of development programs including the redesigning of programs and projects for effective and efficient local public administration service delivery, local economic development, and policy frameworks for broad-based economic growth, increased trade and investment, and human resources management programs. He has extensive regional experience in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, Asia, Hungary and Poland, and the Middle East, including Ethiopia, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, West Bank-Gaza, North Africa, Afghanistan, Indonesia, India, the Phillipines, and Yemen. He served as Chief of Party for USAID/Sudan Services Under Program and Project Offices for Results Tracking (SUPPORT) Project in Sudan, and for USAID/Lebanon Performance Management Plan, where he provided direct technical assistance for program/project monitoring and evaluation. In Ethiopia he has led various evaluation teams that evaluated the Ethiopian Social Accountability Pilot Program and the Design of the Second Phase; and the USAID Basic Education Overhaul Program. He has evaluated the Ethiopia Public Finance Management Capacity and designed Strategic PFM Skills Development Training Program. He has also assessed whether USAID/Ethiopia’s programs incorporate social accountability principles. He is fluent in Amharic and English. He holds a MBA in Quantitative Analysis from Farleigh Dickenson University, and a PhD in Finance and Applied Economics from The Wharton School.
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JORDAN FABYANSKE - Chairperson Ethiopia Country Director & Global Leader, Inclusive Growth Dalberg Development Advisors Based in Addis Ababa, and as Global Leader of Dalberg’s Inclusive Growth practice area, Jordan has worked extensively with in ternational donors as well as local ministries in developing country governments to understand the barrier s to market-based and locally-led solutionions for income growth and job creation, and to inform priorities for public and private investment. He has worked with foundations, private sector investors, governments, multilat eral organizations, NGOs and corporations across a number of industries to achieve this goal including tourism, agriculture and services sectors. Most recentently, he supported the African Development Bank with the design of its new continent-wide Youth Employment Initiative and developing a maj or donor’s strategy orr investingi over US$ 80 million to create jobs, both of which include a deep look at the tourism sector . He has also worked with private investors to identify innovativative financing mechanisms to help spur investments in traditionally under-invested sectors. Prior to Dalberg, Jordan was based in Dubai as a Manager in Booz and Company’s Public Sector Strategy pract ice, where he worked with Middle Eastern and North African governments to craft national policy agendas and plans for economic development, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. Jordan holds a Master of International Business degree from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Mat hematics Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Financial Services BRADFORD GIBBS CIO & Member of Executive Committee Atlas Mara Brad is a member of the Executive Committee. He is a 50% beneficial owner of Mara Partners FS Limited, a founding entity in A tlas Mara Limited. Brad was previously Head of South Africa Investm ent Banking and served as a member of the Board of Directorss ofo Morgan Stanley South Africa (Pty) Limited. His background includes 18 years of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, Lazard, UBS and Salomon Brothers. During his tenure in investment banking, Bradford executed more than $100 billion of mergers and acquisitions across the financial services, information technology, logistics, and basic materials industries. Brad has a MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
JOHN GACHORA Group Managing Director/CEO NIC Bank John Gachora is Group Managing Director of NIC Bank in Kenya. He joined NIC from Barclays Africa where he had been Managing D irector and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking. Prior to this he held several execut ive positions at Absa Bank, in South Africa, as wellll asa Bank of America and Credit Suisse First Boston in the United States. He joined NIC Bank in September 2013, as Group Managing Director and was appointed to the Board on 21 Augu st 2013. Mr. Gachora holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and a MBA from T he Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gachora is a Member of the Executive Advisory Board of The Wharton Club of Africa.
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IBRAHIM SAGNA Head of Financial Advisory, Africa Finance Corporation Non-Executive Chairman, First Continent | Board, Rwanda Capital Markets Authority Ibrahim is Head of Financial Advisory at Africa Finance Corporation and Non-Executive Chairman, First Continent Holdings. Ibrahim was previously Managing Partner of Century Capital Holdings, a privately held asset manager and private investments advisory firm focused on Africa. He has over 15 years of experience managing private equity and entrepreneurial ventures across Africa. Ibrahim advises the Government of Rwanda and serves on the boards of multiple African family offices owned companies and select African private equity & philanthropic ventures. Throughout his career, he has been involved in landmark African transactions such as Celtel International (today Bharti Airtel Africa), Safaricom, PanAfrican Energy (now part of Addax), and First Bank Zambia. His professional experience includes Merrill Lynch, Central Bank of West Africa (BCEAO), the IMF, Emerging Markets Partnerships (EMP Global), The Resource Group (TRG), Millennium Global Investments, and Blackthorn. Ibrahim was Member of the Presidential Investment Council of H.E. Abdoulaye Wade. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Finance from Boston College, and has been sponsored to management programs both at Harvard Business School and London Business School.
JAMES KANAGWA Country Representative Ecobank (Ethiopia) A Pan African Executive with an extensive background in Project Management, Finance and Strategy. His professional experience includes Commercial Banking, Corporate Development (M&A), consulting, strategic studies and Risk management. Currently he is the Country Representative (Ethiopia) for Ecobank Group; previously he was a Senior Executive, Ecobank Uganda responsible for Domestic Business including Government Institutions. Prior to that he was a Corporate Development officer (Project Manager), East & Southern Africa sub region for Ecobank Group, whose mandate was to assist with the setting up of the Bank in the sub region. He also worked as a Senior Manager with Barclays Bank, Nile Bank Uganda and a Senior Mortgage officer, Origination and Construction finance with Housing Finance Bank Uganda. In Ethiopia Ecobank seeks to provide trade finance and investment banking services to local banks and Government Institutions. James is Ethiopia Country Representative and 2016 Co-Chair for the WCA Executive Investment Summit & CEO Forum.
SAM ROSENFELD - Chairperson Managing Partner Rosenfeld Holdings
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Entrepreneurial Leadership & Impact Investing MATT DAVIS Founder, Partner and CIO, Renew LLC Manager, Impact Angel Network Matthew Davis is the founder and a partner at RENEW LLC, an impact investment advisory firm that invests in Sub-Saharan Africa and manages the Impact Angel Network, one of the largest U.S.-based angel networks for Africa. For more than ten years, Mr. Davis has worked with U.S. and African government leaders and private investors on investment strategies for frontier markets. He has extensive experience investing in Africa and Central Asia. Mr. Davis leads the RENEW team in Ethiopia, specializing in deal structuring and serving as the company's chief investment officer. Mr. Davis sits on the board and advises numerous companies in RENEW’s portfolio. Prior to founding RENEW, Mr. Davis worked as a principal consultant at the Touchstone Consulting Group, a strategy and management consulting firm in Washington, D.C. During his career, Mr. Davis has worked with the United States Government in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security. He has run projects in Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Afghanistan and many other countries. Mr. Davis has guest-lectured at universities and presented at international conferences on impact investing, and investing in Sub- Saharan Africa. Mr. Davis is an active angel investor and has invested in a number of companies in Ethiopia. Mr. Davis received an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s of science in physics and business from the University of Utah, and is a Charted Financial Analyst® (CFA®) charterholder.
TAT-SENG CHIAM Director of Investments Global Innovation Fund Tat-Seng Chiam is Investment Director at the Global Innovation Fund (GIF) with experience in impact investing, strategy consulting and investment banking. As a Manager at the Monitor Group, Tat-Seng led several consulting engagements in Africa and the Middle East at the intersection of the private and public sectors. He has also worked at Omidyar Network in their intellectual capital and governance/citizen engagement teams, and Credit Suisse in their energy investment banking group. GIF is headquartered in London, with an initial capitalization of US$200 million from Silicon Valley tech investors and donor development agencies. GIF’s mandate is to invest in scalable innovations (backed by rigorous evidence) that improve the lives and opportunities of the extreme poor. GIF is designed to be flexible, able to invest in a range of sectors and geographies through several financial instruments, including philanthropic grants, debt and equity instruments. Tat-Seng holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and a MBA with honours from The Wharton School.
HENOK ASSEFA Partner, Precise Consult & Investments Chairman, Ethiopia CEO Forum
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CALEB MEAKINS Chief Executive Officer Ethiopia Entrepreneurs Association Caleb Meakins heads up the Ethiopian Entrepreneurs Association which he founded in London in 2014. After growing up in Ethiopia and moving to study a Masters in Civil Engineering in the UK, Caleb spent several years developing companies in London. In 2013 he was awarded 'The Graduate of the Year' by Milkround, the UK’s leading graduate recruitment firm, for 'My 40 Days’ - a social project on failure. Caleb moved back to East Africa to work for a Venture Capital fund called Novastar Ventures before returning to Ethiopia to develop and grow the Ethiopian Entrepreneurs Association. The mission of the Ethiopian Entrepreneurs Association is to inspire enterprise, fuel a culture of entrepreneurship and connect investors to investment opportunities within Ethiopia. The organisation works with the diaspora, governments and businesses to achieve this. With offices in London and Addis Ababa and teams in Sydney, Stockholm and Copenhagen the organization is looking to grow and play a significant role in Ethiopia’s private sector development. Alongside heading up the Ethiopian Entrepreneurs Association, Caleb leads the Corporate Strategy for Cambridge Industries, a renewable energy company constructing waste-to-energy biomass plants in Africa. The company is currently completing the construction of a 50MWe waste-to-energy facility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and working on the development of waste-to-energy biomass plants in Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Senegal and Djibouti.
AUBREY HRUBY - Chairperson Co-Founder, Africa Expert Network Advisor, Wharton Social Impact Initiative Aubrey Hruby is Advisor to the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, Co-Founder of the Africa Expert Network (AXN), and an advisor to investors and Fortune 500 companies doing business in Africa. She designs market entry strategies, sources opportunities and facilitates transactions. Aubrey leads CEO-level delegations to Africa and has worked in more than 20 African markets. As a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, she speaks regularly on African business issues. She has interviewed with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg Radio, CCTV, Africa24, and VoiceAmerica Business . She writes regularly for the Financial Times and the Washington Post. Aubrey is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the co-author of The Next Africa (July 2015, Macmillan). She earned a MBA from The Wharton School, and a MA from Georgetown University.
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 16: SUMMIT DAY TWO Africa Keynote Game-Changers Investors Roundtable (chaired by CNBC Africa) VIMAL SHAH CBS MBS Chief Executive Officer Bidco Group and Bidco Africa Mr. Shah is regarded as one of Africa’s most distinguished and visionary business leaders and has been awarded the “First Class: Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS)” in addition to the “ Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (OBS)” . These highly prestigious Presidential awards recognize those who have played a major role in Kenya’s national development since the country attained its independence. Vimal has also been awarded the prestigious East African Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2012 by All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC Africa and Forbes Africa; and was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Africa Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 , a position he held together with his brother and business partner, Tarun Shah. Vimal is a much sought after speaker on various fields. Harvard Business School also carried out a case study on Bidco Group with an objective of creating a success model for other enterprises to follow. In 2008, the Kenya Institute of Management awarded him the CEO of the Year Award with BIDCO winning Company of the Year Award. Vimal is the Chairman of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance; Chairman of the East African Business Council (EABC), and on the Advisory Board of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. He is also one of the leading private investors in Tatu City, the US$3 billion ultra-modern satellite city to be set up on the outskirts of Nairobi. Bidco Africa is the largest manufacturer of edible oils in East and Central Africa, and manufactures detergents, soaps, baking powder and canola, as well as other edible oils. Bidco exists to serve daily consumer needs to enhance Happy Healthy Living by Branding, Transforming, and Distributing the goodness of Mother Nature . Bidco has a 49% share of the edible oils market in Kenya. In 1985, Vimal Shah, his father and younger brother started manufacturing soaps and in 2002, acquired a significant portion of Unilever's edible oil businesses. Bidco has 48 brands, which are manufactured, sold and distributed in 17 countries across Africa: Edible Oils, Cooking Fats, Margarine, Baking Products, Hygiene Products, Detergents, Laundry Bars and Animal Feeds. Bidco employs more than 2,000 people directly and more than 20,000 in the value chain. Vimal has a BSc in Business Administration and Finance from United States International University, Nairobi.
MOHAMMED NYAOGA Chairman Central Bank of Kenya Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga holds an LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Nairobi and Diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law. He is a Certified Public Secretary (CPS); a Certified Company Director and a member of the London Institute of Directors. He was called to the Bar in 1985. He specialises in corporate finance, civil and commercial litigation. He is a recognized authority on bank securities. In addition to the practice of Law, he is the immediate past Vice-Chairman of the Law Reform Commission and the Chairman of its Business Laws Committee. In addition he is a certified training consultant in corporate governance with the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance.
MAHER KALLEL President, Carthage Business Angels | Owner, KM Management (Tunisia) Executive Vice President for International Investments, Poulina Group (Former) Maher Kallel is the Owner of KM Management advising Family Offices across North Africa and internationally on Family Business Development and succession; and Maher is a private Angel Investor for several venture capital start-ups in North Africa. Maher is also President of Cathage Business Angels Association (the 1st Tunisia business angels association) and founding member of the 1st private incubator in Tunisia (Wiki Start-up).. Maher is former Board Member, Executive Vice President of International Investments of Poulina Group, and was a member of PGH management for 23 years, including heading Poulina business development and strategy. Poulina is the largest industrial conglomerate in Tunisia with operations in Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, 2 countries in West Africa; and has 75 companies in 6 sectors: food & services, aviculture, ceramics, packaging, real estate, industry. Mr. Kallel is currently Chairman of Med Factor (Poulina), President of NOU-R think tank (created after the 2012 Tunisia revolution) and works closely with the Tunisian Government on economic and social issues.. Mr. Kallel holds an Engineering Degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris, a Msc in Technology, and a MBA from MIT.
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BONNEY TUNYA - Chairperson Anchor CNBC Africa Bonney Tunya is CNBC Africa’s East Africa Anchor. He has a wealth of experience moderating high-level financial and economic debates like the World Economic Forum - ‘Road to Davos’ ; presenting real-time African financial news, providing actionable market information, insightful and solution-seeking interviews and well researched features through CNBC Africa’s broadcast to 48 countries across the African Continent. Prior to joining CNBC Africa, he served as the business and general news anchor with the Kenya Television Network (KTN) hosting two daily television news shows. Before KTN, Bonney was a rapporteur and content generator for the Picha Mtaani - UNDP project in addition to hosting and producing the “ Wednesday Night Live ” show. Together with his work at CNBC Africa, Bonney also contributes to Forbes Africa Magazine. Bonney studied Journalism at the United States International University (USIU) Kenya, and is an alumni of the Reuters News Foundation, The Global Short Film Project, and the African Media Initiative.
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Private Equity, Mezzanine & Alternative Investments ALADDIN EL-AFIFI Managing Director Qalaa Holdings (formerly Citadel) Aladdin El-Afifi is a Managing Director at Citadel Capital, a Cairo based private equity firm turned conglomerate. He is heading the firm’s investments in the Mining Sector, one of five core sectors Citadel Capital is focusing on, managing operations involving quarry management, the production of calcium carbonate and mineral insulation and the exploration of precious metals. He is also heading the firm’s investments in solid waste management through Tawazon. Mr. El-Afifi joined Citadel Capital’s Downstream Team in early 2006 and helped establish Taqa, a full-service energy (natural gas and electricity) distribution group. He also helped negotiate and sign the Framework Agreement that later resulted in the establishment of the Egyptian Refining Company, a USD 3.7 billion hydrocracker being built in the outskirts of Cairo. He was later involved in the setting up of the Citadel Capital Algerian operations. Prior to joining Citadel Capital in 2006, Mr. El-Afifi was part of the UK Mergers and Acquisitions and the Industrials and Natural Resources teams at Goldman Sachs & Co in London. There, he worked on a number of high-profile investment banking deals and advised clients including Mittal Steel, Petroplus, Saint-Gobain, BP, Shell, BG, InterGen, MOL, SAS, ICI and Odeon Cinemas on mergers and acquisitions,
equity and debt market strategies and raid-defense activities. He started his career as an investment banker at EFG Hermes, the leading investment bank in the region, where he was involved in an advisory role on a number of high profile deals and IPO’s. Mr. El-Afifi is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) who holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from The Wharton School with a concentration in Finance, Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management.
CHRISTOPH EVARD Partner Kibo Capital Partners Kibo Capital Partners is a private equity management company, and venture between Ciel Finance (the financial services arm of the Ciel Group), and the firm’s management team. Kibo Capital Partners has currently two funds under management with assets totaling US$100 million. Our funds target growth companies in Eastern and Southern Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean. Prior to joining Kibo Capital Partners in 2014, Christoph was Vice President at DEG/KfW Group, where he structured and managed equity and mezzanine investments across Africa. He previously worked in M&A Corporate Finance for Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan, where he held several positions. In 2001, Christoph co-founded Vistage Germany, a business in the services industry, working closely with CEOs of mid-sized corporations.He holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University, USA, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Basle, Switzerland.
SAAD AOUAD Founding Partner & CIO 54 Capital 54 Capital is an asset manager focused on the African continent, which has a focus on the countries where Saad had accumulated the most experience to date; Morocco and Ethiopia. 54 Capital’s first transaction was a €5 million investment in UPM Holding (at the holding level), the largest Private University in Morocco. In 2014, 54 Capital established Bluebird, through which it acquired majority stakes in 5 FMCG manufacturing businesses in Ethiopia. The vision behind Bluebird is to create the leading FMCG group in Ethiopia by bringing working and growth capital, talent, expertise and technology, as well as leveraging the multiple potential synergies between companies. In Q1 2016, 54 Capital invested in Addis Pharmaceutical Factory, Ethiopia’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturer. The initial investment of US$30 million will be used to increase national and international reach through improved production capacity and product portfolio, as well as obtaining WHO certification. APF manufactures a significant number of high quality products of different therapeutic categories that it supplies primarily to the Ethiopian market. In addition to Bluebird and APF, 54 Capital has also invested in Aquasafe within the mineral water market, and has a significant pipeline of deals that will be executed in the coming year. Saad started his career in 2004 in JP Morgan in London. Following his investment banking experience, Saad joined Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management in 2008, the leading pan-African private equity fund at the time. Saad sourced, executed, managed and exited multiple transactions for Kingdom Zephyr, including the exit from CNIA Saada in Morocco. In 2011 he moved to Duet Group, where he co-founded and managed the Africa private equity platform. During his time at Duet, he led the origination and execution of the second largest private equity transaction in Ethiopia to date (US$90 million invested in Dashen Brewery, the second largest brewery in the country), as well as investments in Uganda in Nigeria. Saad graduated from EM Lyon with an MSc in Finance. He is a native speaker in Arabic and French, and fluent in English.
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ASHISH PATEL - Chairperson Managing Director Abraaj Group Ashish Patel is a Managing Director withi n the Abraaj Group and based in Nairobi. He has more than 20 years of private equity experience in strategy, operations and investment. Before joining The Abraaj Group, he was Head of Strategy, Emerging Markets and Corporate Development at AVG Techn ologies and served as a Board Member. Previously, he was Managing Director at Intel Capital responsible for all their activities in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and has worked with Actis as an Investment Director. Ashish qualified as a Chartered Accountant wi th Coopers & Lybrand. He graduated in Ecoconomics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
KOBI SAM - Chairperson Investment Executive, Africa Private Equity Investec Asset Management Kobi Sam is an investment executive in the Investec A frica Frontier Private Equity Fund. He joined Investec Assetet ManagementM from Evercore Partners, an independent investment bank, where he spent six years focused on mergers and acquisitions and advised on over US$50 billion of completed M&A transactions. Prior to joining Evercore, Kobi was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and also worked in structured finance at JPMorgan. He has also been involved with TechnoServe, a non-profit that promotes business solutions to poverty in the developing worl d, and volunteered withith them in Ghana and Senegal. Kobi has an MB.A from The Wharton School where he was a Joseph Wharton Scholar and a BSE. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Ne w York where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies.
Family Office & Direct Private Investing (in partnership with Family Office Council) ANTONIO ZENO Vice Chairman & President Zeno Group Investments Italian Family Office and global financial group (founded in 1968 by Antonio’s father, Sir Arnaldo Gani Zeno) which to date has US$4.2 billion in assets under management of which 75% has been in the Emerging Markets . The family has a long history of operations and investments particularly in West Africa (i ncluding Liberia, Guinea, Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire) in the construction, real estate, agriculture, forestry, mining, and energy sectors. Subsida ries of Zeno Group include Zeno Brothers Construction, and the Zeno Private Equity and Venture Capital arm. Zeno Group also offers Limited Partners investment opportunities as Co -Investors alongside the family through Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment in the following sectors: Pharmaceutical Industry, Mining and En ergy, Infrastructure and commonly in the International Trade Finance Market. Since 1968, Zeno has continuously invested between US$30 to US$50 million annually, which makes it a total of US$1.8 billion of their own personal funds, to date. This is a living proof and strong demonstration not only of Zeno Group Investestments founding principle of partnership, but also of consistent alignment between its own interests and those of its co -investors.
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ABBAS JAMIL HIJAZI Group CFO & Chief Investment Officer Abdullah Al Mohammed Subeaei Holdings (AIMS) With solid foundations built on strong family bonds, AIMS (established in 1933) stands as one of the leading family-owned conglomerates in Saudi Arabia, thus ensuring AIMS and the Al Subeaei family, continue to hold a respected position in the Kingdom. When AIMS founder, Sheikh Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed Al Subeaei, established his family business, it was with the vision of providing exceptional value to customers. Headquartered in Riyadh, AIMS is a family-owned holding company that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of investments in sectors such as Banking, Real estate, Industrials, Hospitality, and Education. Through social and entrepreneurial investment and innovative business ventures, AIMS embodies an ethos of integrity, transparency and mutual respect in order to achieve its vision. AIMS Investments Subsidary endeavours to sustain the optimal balance between preserving current returns on investment and ensuring future growth. To ensure the Group makes investments in a responsible and controlled manner, AIMS established an Independent Advisory Board of Experts that focuses primarily on building the existing portfolio by 40% before the end of 2017. Prior to AIMS, Abbas was the Group CFO and Chief Investment Officer of Othaim Holding Company (headquartered in Riyadh) and responsible for spearheading and leading the financial management, strategy, treasury and structuring of its Family Office and investment strategy. Prior to this, Abbas held various executive positions at Gulf Fashion Trading Company, United Real Estate Company, The Sultan Center, and KPMG. Abbas has a BBA in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, a MBA from IMD Business School, and an Executive Education certificate in Organisational Leadership from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
PEDRO PINTO FERREIRA Chief Executive Officer Grupo Dominio Capital Dominio Capital (founded by Pedro’s father , Carlos D Espiney Pinto Ferreira) is today a specialised business and investment boutique focused on the Portugese speaking world, with offices in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, the UK, and currently US$150 million in assets under management. Pedro is Executive Board Member and CEO of Grupo Dominio Capital, a role he has held since 2009. Prior to joining Grupo Dominio Capital, he held roles at Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild (BPER) and Linklaters LLC. Since 2012 Pedro has also been an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador for Sovereign Order of Malta to the Republic of Mozambique and in charge of several humanitarian causes, including the Financing of the National Wealth Plan of Mozambique against Leprosy in coordination with the local Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. Pedro holds a law degree from the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, a Masters in Law and Business from the Portuguese Catholic University, and a post-graduate degree from Harvard Business School. Pedro is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English and was a semi- professional athlete.
GREG METRO Managing Director Schulze Global Investments Greg Metro is Managing Director for Schulze Global in Ethiopia. He has over 15 years of professional experience in private equity, investment banking, strategy consulting and operations. He worked as a senior investment professional with JP Morgan Private Capital Asia, a US$750 million private equity fund, where he covered Southeast Asia and China. Mr. Metro also has a background in management consulting, having worked with Monitor Group in the Philippines and Indonesia. He also co-founded and sold a venture capital funded financial technology startup. He holds a Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut.
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GEORGE NHEWEYEMBWA Director, Boka Family Office CEO, ZB Bank George Nheweyembwa is an advisor to the Boka family. Over the past 5 years, he has served the family in various capacities including as a non-executive director on the Boards of some of the businesses owned by the family, and a stint as the Finance Director. In these capacities, he has played a key role in investment selection, strategy formulation, and governance oversight. Wearing a different hat, George is the CEO of ZB Bank, a leading Zimbabwean Commercial Bank. He is currently in the throes of restructuring the Bank, as it undergoes a significant transformation, the positive effects of which are starting to show. George has also previously held a position with the African Development Corporation, a German private equity firm, which acquired equity in, owned, and managed banks and insurance companies in several African countries. In this role George led the firm's deal makers in acquisitions across the continent. He is a Chartered Accountant who trained with Ernst and Young in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. H holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne Switzerland.
KEITH JOHNSTON - Chairperson Chief Executive Officer Family Office Council The Family Office Council (FOC), headquartered in the United Kingdom, is a membership group of Single Family Offices and private Multi Family Offices. The purpose of the Family Office Council is: to create a community for Family Office Executives to meet their needs; to improve the services provided to Family Offices and UHNW individuals internationally by providing a forum for communication of best practices amongst Family Offices; improve public understanding of Family Offices and create a better environment for Family Offices. Prior to FOC, Keith worked as Director of Communications at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) where he was Editor of the STEP Journal and Editor-in-Chief of STEP’s publications. Keith has been active in community management, communications and public policy in the wealth sector for the past ten years, and was intimately involved in campaigns over the taxation of UK non doms and defending the reputation of the wealth sector internationally. He started in 1997 as a lobbyist at a public affairs consultancy and is a graduate of the University of Glasgow. Keith is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and a fellow of the Public Relations Consultancy Association (PRCA).
Africa Venture Capital NICOLA BETTIO Head, KAUST Innovation Fund King Abdullah University (Saudi Arabia) The KAUST Innovation Fund, formerly known as the Seed Fund, supports the University's pipeline of technology-based startup projects and companies. It also invests in high-profile international technology companies willing to establish their operations in Saudi Arabia and to benefit from synergies with KAUST research activities. The new fund is one of the very few players in Saudi Arabia making venture capital investments in technology-based startups from seed (less than US$200,000) to early-stage (up to US$2 million). KAUST has taken a bold stance in contributing to the emerging venture investing ecosystem in Saudi Arabia and is actively supporting KAUST- based startups and high-profile early stage companies willing to move to the Kingdom. The Innovation Fund is currently managing a portfolio of more than 15 startups and has adopted a hands-on approach to ensure their success. The new Fund intends not only to provide the financial resources needed by a startup to grow, but also aims to be a long-term strategic partner providing operational support. This approach is quite novel in academic institutions and is the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the Innovation Fund is working with more mature startups needing to finance further stages of their growth, in order to raise larger investment rounds in partnership with financial and industrial co-investors in Saudi Arabia and the region. Prior to KAUST, Nicola was the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of EonTech Ventures for 14 years (based in Paris), which is an independent Venture Capital firm focused on technology-driven companies in rapidly growing markets within the information and communication technology industry. It has invested in Digital Entertainment, Advanced Automotive Components, Enterprise Software, Data Communication, and Medical Devices sectors, in France, Italy and the UK. Nicola has a MS in Economics & Business Administration from Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, and a MBA from INSEAD.
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PARDON MAKUMBE Co-Founder & Partner CRE Venture Capital Pardon is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CRE Venture Capital. He was previously a Principal at EL Rothschild, a Rothschild family investment holding company, overseeing investments and holdings in India, Europe, and Africa. Earlier on, he worked at Bain & Company in New York, at Emerging Capital Partners in Johannesburg, and at Temasek Holdings in Singapore. He is a graduate of Princeton University and The Wharton School.
PAT WILSON Vice President Quona Capital Drawing on his experiences as both an entrepreneur and investor, Pat Wilson is focused on Quona’s investment activity in East and West Africa. Pat has founded two start-ups, most recently serving as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of an Impact Investment Fund focused on affordable housing. He spent his early career focused on middle-market buyouts where he worked as an investment banker and private equity investor at Citigroup, Brazos Private Equity Partners and HBK Capital Management, a global hedge fund managing US$14 billion in equity capital. Pat attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a BSc in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
MBWANA ALLIY Managing Partner, Savannah Fund Mbwana Alliy is the Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund, an Africa focused Technology Venture Capital fund that runs both an accelerator and seed investments in financial services, e-commerce, entertainment, education technology and social networking. In his work in building technology ecosystems and bridges between he has co-taught classes and spoken about Africa technology and entrepreneurship at University of Cape Town, University College London and Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is passionate about product development and launching new ventures in technology. He is an experienced Product Manager within consumer web, enterprise Software & SaaS. He is originally from Tanzania and has lived and worked in 3 continents (USA, Europe and Africa). As of 2015, he has overseen 21 investments in Africa in 6 countries (Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana). These companies, most less than 2 years old have generated over 150 full time jobs and raised over US$15 million in venture financing. Mbwana has a Bachelor's Engineering degree from Bristol University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
EGHOSA OMOIGUI - Chairperson Founder & General Partner EchoVC Partners EchoVC Partners is an experienced seed & early stage technology-focused Venture Capital Fund focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams and business models in Sub-Saharan Africa, North America, and Southeast Asia. Africa portfolio investments include hotels.ng and printivo.com , as well as, 20 investments in portfolio companies in North America. Prior to EchoVC, Eghosa was with Intel for 10 years including as Intel Capital Director (Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies). Eghosa also drove ICap's investment focus on next generation semantic technologies, smart data, and the realtime web. Eghosa was personally responsible for developing and sourcing investment opportunities including AdMob, Jaiku, Powerset, Facebook, LinkedIn, Teracent, and Pandora. Prior to this, Eghosa was Chief of Staff to the President of Intel Capital (the largest global tech corporate VC), and Chief of Staff for Intel’s Treasury organisation, helping oversee an US$18 billion cash platform. Investments included GraphScience, Stipple, Frid.ge (acquired), Retailigence, Betaworks, Sense Networks, Voxify
(acquired), SmartZip, Yatra, BuzzInTown (acquired). Eghosa holds a MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College, and a LLM in Corporate Law and Finance from the University of Pennsylvania. Eghosa is Chair for the Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Group for The Wharton Club of Africa.
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Africa Pension, Sovereign Wealth Fund, and Institutional Investing TITI LAWANI General Manager, Nigeria Breweries Closed Pension Fund Vice-Chairman, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria Mrs. Titi Lawani is presently an Executive Director at Nigeria Breweries PLC, Vice-Chairman of the Pension Fund Operators of Nigeria, and General Manager of Nigeria Breweries Closed Pension Fund, with responsibility for Pension Fund Administration. Helen Titilola Lawani, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria also an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators England. After her HND, She trained with Deloitte Haskins and Sells, qualified as a Chartered Accountant before joining Nigerian Breweries in 1985 as a Manager. She has been with the company (A subsidiary of Heineken International) for over 29 years working in various units of the business including the Treasury, HR, and Brewery Accounting. She commenced managing the company’s Pension Fund in December 1999.
ALEXANDER DIXON Executive Director, Diaspora Investment Alliance (Aspen & Rockerfeller Foundation) Prior to the Diaspora Investment Alliance, Alex most recently served as the Senior Advisor to USAID, where he assisted USAID's missions and private investors with investment structuring and negotiations related to Power Africa. Prior to this, he was Vice President for Africa at the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund (SEAF). SEAF is a global private equity firm that specializes in small business investing through its 19 offices around the world. Prior to SEAF, Alex ran his own entrepreneurial venture, the Drews, Borroughs & Co., a private consulting firm that developed ventures in affordable housing and the adult beverage industry. Before his entrepreneurial career, Alex served as the Chief Operating Officer for Automated Business Systems and Services, an IT Technology firm that provides consulting and system development services to public sector clients throughout the US. Prior to ABSS, Alex was in the US Government's Senior Executive Service and served as the Managing Director of the Enterprise Development Fund at the African Development Foundation (ADF). During his tenure at ADF, he spearheaded several landmark initiatives, including the US Government's partnership with the Government of Ghana and global technical assistance partnership with Accenture. Before ADF, Alex served as the Deputy Managing Director of Framlington Asset Management and the Manager of the West Africa Growth Fund (The Fund). The Fund was an IFC-sponsored investment fund managed from Cote d'Ivoire that made equity investments in Francophone Africa. Prior to joining Framlington, Alex established a brokerage and investment banking firm, Gold Coast Securities, in Accra, Ghana. The firm is Ghana's second largest investment banking firm. He also served as the Director of Pennsylvania Technology Transfer Center, responsible for the commercialization of emerging advanced technologies and managing a strategic investment fund. He began his career as a global commodities trader with the Louis Dreyfus Corporation. Alex has a BS in Finance & MIS from the American University, and a MBA in Finance & Entrepreneurial Managemement from The Wharton School.
MOHAMMED AL TOOQI Africa Director & Tanzania Country Manager State General Reserve Fund (Oman) In order to capitalize on the growing opportunities in Sub-Saharan Countries, in 2015 SGRF opened a new office in Tanzania and appointed Mr. Mohamed Al Tooqi as the Country Manager. The office is legally registered under the name of Onyx Stone Company Limited, to pursue SGRF’s investments in the East African Region. Bagamoyo Free Zone project is the first opportunity in Tanzania, and will have a Port and supporting Infrastructure within the Free Zone perimeter as well as supporting infrastructure outside the Free Zone. Tanzania is bordered by 8 countries whose growth shows a similar trend. The strategic nature of this investment is really looking at the Southern Corridor of trade that leads to a market made up of eight land locked countries with a population of over 120 million people. Having an investment on the gateway and the Free Zone creates further opportunity for Omani businesses to participate in a transparent one-stop shop effective environment. SGRF will thus achieve not only a long term hold on a good investment but also create a multiple of opportunities for the Omani enterprise. Mohamed Al Tooqi is a Chartered Management Accountant, and worked at PDO and Shell for over 28 years holding senior management positions in Finance and Procurement. He was a member of Shell Finance as well as, the procurement leadership team. He served a 3 year post in Nigeria as Head of Budget and Planning. He also worked on one of the worlds biggest oil and gas project - US$25 billion (Sakhalin-Russia) as the Finance Controller and Acting Finance Director He resigned whilst in the Hague as Head of Governance and Controls for Shell International Worldwide to join his family business. In the past 6 years in addition to assisting his family business he was also Director of Treasury and Information Planning for Shelf Drilling a 38 offshore jack-up rig company with a turnover of over US $1 billion. He has also set up his own professional services business in Dubai 29
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MAMADOU BARRO Regional Manager ICD-Islamic Development Bank
Middle East-Africa Investment Partners Segment (in partnership with MENA Private Equity Association) SHEREEN TAWFIQ Executive Advisor to Minister Ministry of Economy & Planning (Saudi Arabia) Shereen is currently Executive Advisor to the Minister, of the Ministry of Economy and Planning. Prior to this position, Shereen Founded and is CEO of Initiativez based out of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, providing customised business training redefining business training in the Middle East by delivering experiential and innovative workshops focused on gaining competitive advantages in the global market place, and helping to enhance organizational and employee performance. Other firms include Deutsche Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi. Shereen is Past Co-President of The Wharton Club of the Middle East, and has a MBA in Finance from The Wharton School.
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KOROSH FARAZAD Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Farazad Investments Global The Founder, Chairman and CEO of Farazad Investments (FI), Mr. Korosh Farazad, asserts market integrity and an unconventional approach to Structured Financing. He was awarded by the IAIR Awards as the CEO of the Year for Structured Finance (EMEA 2015), and awarded with the Best Structured Finance Company 2015 (by European CEO). FI is headquartered in the UK and proud member of British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. FI currently operates across five continents, with a presence in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, Australia, and United States, with an ever expanding portfolio and new innovative funding ventures worldwide. FI has successfully assisted in advising and structuring projects for funding valued over USD $3.7 billion to date. Mr. Farazad’s unique approach has been at the forefront to the firm’s success and paved the way for international recognition from regulatory bodies, who actively seek out his expertise. It is this transparent approach to financing and creative thinking, which introduced an award winning in-house financing formula, which has been praised by international institutions aspiring to adopt the formula and enhance traditional funding methodology. FI’s capability in the lending market strengthened with access not only to regulated funding houses, but also to private Family Offices that often demonstrate more willingness to compete in the market. FI's survival during challenging times, counted on Mr. Farazad’s ability to diversify and establish a secure platform, by adapting the traditional mechanics of conventional financing, in a volatile market. FI is specialised in accessing capital for projects via sophisticated, highly structured debt and equity solutions. FI’s experienced portfolio of international investors has uniquely positioned and facilitated FI as one of the most recognised and proven boutique investment houses, with global access to capital and industry focused expertise.
ALBERT MOMDJIAN Founder & CEO SOKOTRA Capital (UAE) Albert is a seasoned investment banker with over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry, working for various prestigious financial institutions including HSBC, Credit Suisse First Boston and Crédit Agricole CIB. Most recently, Albert spent almost 3 years with UBS AG, heading up the bank’s Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) and Corporate Advisory Groups for the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region. In this role, Albert was responsible for a team of over 55 professionals across Zurich, Geneva and the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). During his career, Albert has advised various blue-chip clients into and out of the MEA region on several landmark transactions and has developed extensive relationships at all levels with government officials, CEOs, and CFOs in the region. He is fluent in English, Arabic, and French. Albert holds a Master in International Finance, with Honors from the University of Paris Dauphine (France).
ADAM HADIDI Credit Investments - Africa Gulf Capital Investment team member of the flagship credit business that offers innovative financing solutions to companies and private equity firms operating in North Africa. Prior firms and positions included UBS Investment Bank (Special Situations Group), MezzVest (investment team member managing a portfolio of over US$3.0 billion in European mezzanine); and RBS (Leveraged Finance). Adam has a Beng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Strathclyde.
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KARIM BURHANI Managing Director Emerging Investment Partners Karim M. Burhani is a Co-Founder and Managing Di rector at Emerging Investment Partners. He has over 12 years in Private Equity and Corporate Finance practice in the MENA region. Prior to co-founding EIP in 2014, Mr. Burhani served for eight years as a Director in EuroMena Funds sponsored by Capital Trus t Group. At the Fund he oversaw several of the Group’s activities across the MENA region. These responsibilities included deal sourcing, developing a nd maintaining relationships with investment banks, private equity houses and advisory firms in MENA and GC C; reviewing, screening and analyzinzing investment opportunities; execution, due diligence and monitoring activities among others. Mr. Burhani led several of the firm’s investments and analyzed several potential oppo rtunities in diverse industries including oil and gas, construction, food processing, insurance, packaging, retail etc.While at EuroMena, Mr. Burhani served as Interim Chi ef Financial Officer at the Sakson Group (one of the Fund’s portfolio companies), where he assumed a significant role in oil dr illing fleet expansion dececisions, debt structuring and implementing corporate governance procedures. Before that, Mr. Burhani held a number of advisory posts for public and private companies in the Kingd om of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Burhani holds a B.S in Bankin g and Finance, is a CFA Charter holder, and received an MBA from London Business School.
KARIM ANJARWALLA - Chairperson Managing Partner Anjarwalla Khanna Advocates Karim is Managing Partner of Anjarwalla & Khana Advocates based in Kenya. Under Karim' s leadership, A&K estabtablished ALN (formerly the Africa Legal Network), an association of independent top tier African law firms aimed at providing quality, timely and efficient commercial legal servi ces to clients across the Continent. Since its inception in 2004, ALN has expanded into the UAE and 13 African Countries (Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenyaya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia) with over 150 lawyers. Chambers Global lists both A&K and ALN, of which AnjarwallaAn is a director, as leading legal organizations. Karim regularly advises domestic, regional and international clients on M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments, IT a nd telecommunications. He obtained his Legal Practice Course from the Col lege of Law in London. Prior to A&K, Anjarwalla was a trainee solicitor at SNR Denton. Karim is currently ranked 1st in Kenya by Chambers Global, legal 500, IFLR1000, PLC Which Lawyer; 2010 Middle East & African Law Firm – British Legal.
Asia-Africa Investment Partners Segment (co-hosted by The Africa Report in partnership with Singapore Business Federation ) LOUIS TAY Managing Director (Africa) Surbana International Er. Louis Tay has 32 years of experience as a professional engineer in the design and implementation of housing infrastructure.in He spent the first 20 years of his career with the Singapore's Housing & Development Board (HDB) working on technology development programmes that helped it build fast er and better quality world class housing for its citizens. The Singapore Government awarded him the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 1997 for his significant contributions to the Industrialization of Singapore's housing construction industry. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Derringto n Award from the British Institution of Engineers for housing technology development. Surbana ( 2006 BCI Asia Top Ten Architectural Firms Award ) was born out of the privatization of HDB's huge in -house technical consultancy division. Since 2003 he has been one of the key officers responsible for spear heading the internationanalization of Surbana's consultancy business in Middle East and Africa and also its move into developing solutions to better manage the built environment. He is an acknowledged ex pert in sustainable housing solutions and a strong proponent that more needs to be done by governments both on the design and management of the Urban Built environment t o realize true sustainability in any development. He is a regular presenter at International Co nferences on housing infrastructure development and has written several papers on this subject matter.. Louis Tay was voted by fellow speakers and delegates as 1 of the “ Game-Changers for the 2013 WCA Executive Investment Summit & CEO Forum”
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JAMES WILSON Managing Partner EMPower Capital EMPower Capital, is a Beijing-based China-Africa focused project development company centred primarily on partnering with, developing, and advising select companies an d governments in Africa on natural resources, infrast ructure, and large scale procurement projects. Empower has direct links with many of China’s leading industrial, energy, and natural resources related companies and investors. As an investment banker with JP Morgan and Morgan Joseph, James specialized in m ergers & acquisuisitions and capital raising for corporate, private equity, and management clients. He is currently on the Board of Sky Alliance Resources, an exploration company with significant mining as sets in West Africa; the Strategic Advisor for TSX-V listed West Africa Iron Ore Corporation, and has partnered with and is an advisor to several of the largest state -owned companies in China. James has a MBA from Wharton and is the WCA Director for China.
NICHOLAS NORBROOK - Chairperson Managing Editor The Africa Report Nicholas is the current Managing Editor and also one of the Founding Editors of The Africa Report ( www.theafricareport.com ), the continent's authoritative monthly on business and politics. The award-winning magazine celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015. His interests centre onn industrialisationi in Africa, the creation of strong local companies, and the potential and perils of economic nationalism. Travelling and living in Africa th is last decade, hee previouslyp worked at Radio France Internationale, and Africa Confidential. Nicholas is a regular commentator on global news outlets such as Al Jazeera, BBC, France24. "
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Investor Presentations ALI MOHAMED Head of Africa Qatar Financial Centre Established by the Government of Qatar in 2005, the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is an on-shore Centre which has become an integral part of Qatar’s economy and rapid growth story. It is fulfilling its mandate to help build a world-class financial and business environment in Qatar, providing a platform for domestic, regional and international growth. QFC consists of a commercial arm, the QFC Authority; and an independent financial regulator, the QFC Regulatory Authority. It also has an independent judiciary which comprises a civil and commercial court and a regulatory tribunal. Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) was once again recognized in 2015 as the “GCC Financial Centre of the Year” . Mr. Mohamed is the Head of Africa for QFC, and in his current role he is bridging the gap between Qatar and Africa across all sectors. In his previous role with Hassad Food-Qatar Investment Authority, he was in charge of assisting in business development of new and existing business lines across different asset classes within the Sub Saharan Africa region. Mr Mohamed's has been involved in a variety of Islamic financing deals, capital raising and advisory transactions across the GCC and Sub Saharan Africa. Mr Mohamed has been described as the “ Pride of Africa and Qatar ” by high net worth individuals in Africa and Qatar. Mohamed is regarded as part of the second generation of Islamic Bankers and practitioners who come with a solid academic background in Islamic Banking and Finance industry. He has 13 years of international experience in banking and most specifically in Conventional, Islamic Finance and investment banking. Previously he has worked with QInvest in Qatar, BNP Paribas in UK, ING Bank UK and with Citigroup UK. Mr Mohamed has successfully completed the Harvard Business School Agribusiness Executive Education program and he has also successfully completed ‘’Developing the Leader’’ EMBA program with HEC Paris in Qatar. Mr Mohamed is a holder of a MBA in Islamic Finance. Mr Mohamed is a Certified Sharia’a Auditor and Advisor (CSAA) in East Africa with the Accounting and Auditing Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) in Bahrain.
Strategic Presentations LOLU ADUBIFA CEO, Lavayo Energy Lolu is the CEO of Lavayo Energy, and has over 15 years experience in the energy industry in North America and West Africa. Prior to his appointment as MD, Lolu was the Country Executive for GE Energy Nigeria, where he oversaw the various energy subsidiaries with annual revenue of US$540 million (FY2011). He has also had roles in management consulting with Arthur D. Little in Boston, and Accenture in Lagos; where he was an executive in the Energy practice, and in the Origination and Structuring group at Reliant Energy in Houston, where he led various M&A projects. Board of Directors served on include the American Business Council, Scanpower Ltd, and IndexBrook Ltd (an oil and gas service company). Lolu has a BSE in Electrical Engineering from the University Of Nevada (Las Vegas), and a MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania).
RAVI TEJI Executive Head, Private Banking AfrAsia Bank Ravi was born in Kenya, a British National, has over 12 years' experience in Banking and Wealth Management; with extensive knowledge of Global Markets and International Banking. Prior to joining AfrAsia Bank, Ravi also held the position of International Wealth Manager with HSBC Bank Group for 10 years based in London and South Africa developing the East African Region. He obtained a Diploma in International Banking and Financial Planning through Institute of Financial Services UK.
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MESFIN TAFESSE Founder and Managing Attorney Mesfin Tafesse & Associates (Africa Legal Network – Ethiopia) Established in 2007 in Addis Ababa, Mesfin Tafesse and Associates, is one of the leading law offices in Ethiopia providing high quality legal advisory services in the commercial/investment law, M&A, banking and finance, taxation, mining and energy, publishing, manufacturing, construction, environment, and civil society law. The firm is a team of lawyers with substantial experience across diverse areas of Ethiopian law, including preparation of M&A due diligence opinions, corporate title legal opinion, business negotiations, investment agreements, local presence facilitation, representation, research and consultancy. In 2015, Chambers and Partners, ranked MTA as a Band I legal service provider in Ethiopia. Mesfin holds an LLB from Addis Ababa University and an LLM in International Trade from University of London. He has over 25 years of experience in the public, private and civil society sectors. Mesfin worked as a judge in the Public Service Tribunal of the Federal Government. Later, he joined the Ministry of Justice as head of the department of civil cases and, in that capacity, advised the Ministry and individual government agencies on various issues including preparation of proposals and expert opinion for cases pending at international commercial arbitration forums. Also at the Ministry, he was a senior researcher to the inter-ministerial committee for the revision of the Commercial Code of Ethiopia. As Director of External Relations and Resource Mobilization Directorate of the Ministry of Capacity Building, he was also engaged in the mobilization of resources for capacity building programs and the provision of legal services. In that capacity, he worked closely with various bilateral and multilateral agencies. Mesfin also served as Commissioner of the Federal Civil Service Commission ( now called Ministry of Civil Service) where he led and coordinated a number of inter-institutional national teams for reforming the public sector, particularly the civil service, and initiate and ensure the enactment of relevant laws and directives. Mesfin has also taught a number of courses at Addis Ababa University both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
RIZWANA AMEER MEA Chief Executive Officer Sphere Management (Mauritius) Rizwana is the Chief Executive Officer of Sphere Management (Mauritius) Limited. She is a qualified barrister. She was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2002 at the Middle Temple, and called to the bar in Mauritius in 2003. She counts several years of experience in offshore structuring and administration, and currently leads a team of professionals involved in the administration of various global funds, companies, and trusts. The combination of her experience in professional practice and in general management provides her with the requisite experience for advising international businesses in tax-efficient corporate structuring and administration. She serves as director on the board of several companies and funds. Rizwana is also a member of the Mauritius branch of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Rizwana is a Board Director and the Corporate Secretary of The Wharton Club of Africa.
Investor Deal & Fund-Raising Forum JEAN-PHILIPPE DE SCHREVEL Founder & CEO Bamboo Finance & Africa Energy Fund Jean-Philippe de Schrevel is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bamboo Finance. He provides overall leadership, management and vision for the firm. Previously, he co-founded BlueOrchard Finance in 2001 and remained a part of its management team until 2011. He joined Dexia Asset Management in 2000 as the Dexia Micro-Credit Fund Manager. Prior to that, he was Junior team economist in Romania for a EU PHARE technical assistance program, Field Consultant in Microfinance for a Belgian NGO, an Associate with McKinsey & Co, the Operations Director of a private Microfinance Foundation in Argentina, and a Consultant for the UNCTAD Microfinance Unit in Geneva. Jean-Philippe is fluent in French, Spanish and English. He holds a MA in Economics from Université Notre-dame de la Paix in Namur, Belgium, and a MBA from The Wharton School.
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ROBERT HORNSBY Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer American Homebuilders of West Africa Robert (Bob) Hornsby is Co-Founder and CFO of Jobomax Global (d.b.a. American Homebuilders of West Africa), a US-registered LLC engaged through its wholly owned subsidiaries in development, design, land acquisition, construction and sale of high quality residential and commercial buildings in West Africa. In the past two decades Bob has built and led teams as a business development and project management executive in entrepreneurial and small business ventures. From 2000 to 2004 he was President of technology services company Slingshot Solutions, where he co-authored US Patent No. 7,228,287 and led the company's fundraising and strategic partnering agendas. He subsequently directed new business unit development for USAID contractor Overseas Strategic Consulting before co-founding JOBOMAX in 2005. Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Hornsby served in the Peace Corps in West Africa as a public health volunteer. Bob speaks French and English, and basic Japanese. He has worked in residential construction trades from concrete to framing and roofing, and owns a modest rental property portfolio in the US. He holds an MBA
from The Wharton School and an MA in International Economics and African Studies from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He received a BA in Economics at Davidson College, with a focus on Economic Development.
OLUMIDE OBASEMO Chief Executive Officer Nigerian Fruit Concentrates (NFC) Limited
KAVANEET KIVI DHAMI Founder KDH International LLC Kavaneet Dhami is the CEO/Founder of KDH International, a multinational company and investment platform focused on Sub-Saharan Africa that allows investors the opportunity to tap into a mosaic of highly valued, often restricted portfolio of investments. KDH serves as a major catalyst for joint initiatives, customer procurement, and long-lasting partnerships. KDH’s strategy is to build diversified, market-leading companies operating in high-growth sectors of high-growth countries. KDH is largely sector agnostic with sectors including natural resources, infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, education, financial services, technology, and manufacturing. KDH team includes experience at international organizations such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and European Commission. Kavaneet has a BSE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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THURSDAY MARCH 16: POST-SUMMIT Wharton –Lauder MBA Program, Information, Alumni Panel, and Networking Luncheon DR. KEREN WEITZBERG Faculty Member, Lauder Africa Program & Director, Lauder Summer Program The Wharton School
SARAH RYAN Director, Alumni Relations (EMEA) The Wharton School After graduating with a degree in economics from Duke University, Sarah Ryan began her career at Merrill Lynch in the global industries coverage group in her hometown of Chicago, where she advised companies in the industrial and automotive sectors on strategic alternatives, and then in equity capital markets in London, where she marketed, priced and allocated IPOs, secondaries and convertible-bond offerings. Sarah returned to Merrill Lynch after Wharton, joining the M&A group in London. She also was director of international M&A for LexisNexis and Thomson Financial. In these roles, she led transaction due diligence and structured complex deal terms globally, including deals in the Middle East, Russia, China, India, South Africa and Europe. After ten years in investment banking, Sarah changed career paths and joined Wharton External Affairs, covering Alumni Relations and Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based out of London.
ALUMNI PANEL Please see Website (at bottom of Programs Page) for listing of Alumni Panelists
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