Orli Arav, Managing Director - Facility For Energy Inclusion (FEI) - Lion's Head Global Partners
Orli Arav is development finance and impact investing and specialist with over 20 years of experience in these fields.
Vusi Mahlangu, Managing Director, Tamela Capital Partners
Vusi Mahlangu is a Managing Director of Tamela Capital Partners. He leads the firm’s mezzanine investment activities across sectors and is a member of the firms’ investment committee, portfolio review committee and operating committee.
Vusi Thembekwayo, CEO, MyGrowthFund Venture Partners
Vusi Thembekwayo is a Global Business Speaker, private equity Managing Partner at Watermark Afrika, CEO of pan-African impact investment firm MyGrowthFund Venture Capital & convenor of leading research boutique IC Knowledge Bureau
Greg Voigt, Advisor, Adlevo Capital
Greg Voigt is currently an Advisor to Adlevo Capital, prior to which he was a partner from 2007 to 2014.
Jean-Philippe Syed, Principal, Development Partners International (DPI)
JP is a Principal at DPI, an Africa focused emerging market PE fund with US$1.5bn AuM, which he joined in 2016.
Raj Kulasingam, Senior Counsel, Dentons
Raj is a senior corporate/commercial lawyer at Dentons and an angel investor, adviser and mentor.
Dr Ola Brown, Founder, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group
The Flying Doctors Healthcare Group invests and operates across the healthcare and wellness value chain.
Olaf Schmidt – Manager, Health, Education, Manufacturing, Tourism, Real Estate, Retail - Africa Region at IFC (World Bank Group)
Olaf Schmidt is Manager, Manufacturing, Health, Education, Tourism, Real Estate, Retail, Africa Region at IFC (International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group).
Michael Jordan, Senior Advisor, Power Africa
Michael Jordan is a Senior Advisor at Power Africa, the U.S. Presidential Initiative that has supported $22 billion in power generation and brought first-time electricity to 74 million people across sub-Saharan Africa since 2013.
Beatrice Nyabira, Partner, DLA Piper Africa, Kenya (IKM Advocates)
Beatrice Nyabira is the Partner in charge of the Projects and Infrastructure practice at IKM. She specializes in energy, infrastructure, public-private partnerships (PPPs), public procurement and government contracting.
Natasha Luther-Jones, Partner, Global Co-Chair of Energy and Natural Resources, International Co-Head, Sustainability and ESG, DLA Piper
Natasha Luther-Jones advises on developments, financings acquisitions, disposals, EPCs, O&Ms and PPAs in the energy sector. She has a varied client base, advising developers, EPC and O&M contractors, equity investors, purchasers, sellers and off-takers in respect of development, construction and operational energy projects.
Barbara Nel, Country President, African Cluster, AstraZeneca
Barbara is AstraZeneca’s Country President (CP) for the African Cluster, with responsibility for South Africa, Sub Sahara and French Speaking Africa.
Shehzad Jamal, Partner, Knight Frank
Shehzad is a Partner at Knight Frank’s and is responsible for developing the Healthcare & Education practice in ME&A.
Adam Brown, Strategic Projects Manager, Jersey Finance
As the fintech lead at Jersey Finance, Adam builds on a career in banking, technology, strategy, and digital transformation and is responsible for the development of fintech as an enabler for positive change in the finance industry through active partnerships and collaboration.
Yves Nono, Vice President of Mobility Solutions and President of Automotive Aftermarket, Region Africa, Robert Bosch
Yves joined Bosch in 2004, served in several functional roles including research and engineering, product management and business development across the Bosch range of automotive portfolios and OEMs for various vehicle segments. H
Dhiren Vanmali, Executive Director Government Affairs, International Market Group - Africa, Ford Motor Company
Dhiren Vanmali joined Ford Motor Company in May 2001. In 2016 he was appointed as the Executive Director of Government Affairs for Africa and sits on the Board of Directors for Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa.
Dr. Golden Mahove, Chief of Party, USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub
Golden is a leading expert in inclusive agribusiness and enterprise development using the market systems development approach and an accomplished Team Leader on five multi-million-dollar multi-country programmes.
Vicky-Lynne Baillie, Senior Scientist, Wits Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit
Vicky Baillie is a senior researcher at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Analytics (VIDA) researcher unit, South Africa.
Mohan Vivekanandan, Group Executive, Origination and Client Coverage, Development Bank of Southern Africa
Mohan is a member of the DBSA’s Group Executive Committee, with accountability for deal origination and client relationship management in South Africa and the rest of the African continent.
Louis van Ravesteyn, Head Agribusiness - Business and Commercial Clients, Standard Bank Group
Seasoned banker with 27 years’ experience in banking on the Africa continent.