Hoda Moustafa, Regional Head - Africa, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Hoda Atia Moustafa is the Head of the Africa Regional Office of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group.
Roseanne Harris, Head of Regulatory and Policy Affairs, Discovery Health
Professor Roseanne Harris, Head of Regulatory and Policy Affairs at Discovery Health and adjunct Professor in Actuarial Science at WITS, has been nominated President of the International Actuarial Association (IAA).
Dr. Valeria Biurrun-Zaumm, Senior Investment Manager, DEG
Valeria is a Senior Investment Manager in DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH’s Project Finance Energy and Infrastructure team, primarily covering Africa and Latin America.
Wilf Blackburn, Regional CEO, Insurance Growth Markets, Prudential Corporation Asia
position he assumed with effect from February 2020. In this role, he is responsible for steering 16 markets across Asia and Africa towards greater growth. Prior to this, Wilf was the CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Prudential Singapore), a position he held for four years.
Ladi Asuni, Partner, Emerging Technology, Data & Analytics, KPMG
Ladi is a Partner and lead for KPMG’s Emerging Technology, Data & Analytics service in Nigeria.
Melissa Moore, Investment Analyst, Futuregrowth Asset Management
Melissa Moore is an Investment Analyst at Futuregrowth Asset Management. Her responsibilities include deal origination, investment analysis, deal negotiation and structuring in the unlisted credit market. Melissa’s key focus at present is on the agriculture and agro-processing sector.
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.