Sanjeev Gupta is Africa Finance Corporation’s (“AFC”) Executive Director for Financial Services and a Member of the Board of Directors. His overall responsibility in AFC includes Treasury, Trade Finance, Debt Syndication, Country & Investor Relations and Financial Advisory.

Ms. Natznet Tesfay is executive director of research and analysis on country risk at IHS Markit, focused on Africa. Her areas of specialization include analysis of political developments affecting the offshore energy sector in West Africa, particularly Nigeria; commercial developments, especially in mining, energy, and infrastructure in East Africa; and piracy risks in the Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Guinea

Gagan is the co-founder of ARISE IIP, ARISE IS and ARISE P&L, three pan-African companies developing industrial ecosystems and their dedicated infrastructure and logistics solutions.