Kamal Shah, Partner, Head of the Africa & India Groups, Stephenson Harwood LLP
Kamal Shah is a partner and head of the Africa and India groups at Stephenson Harwood.
Nadine Laure Tinen Tchangoum, Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa Regional Senior Partner, PwC Cameroon
Nadine is a territory Senior Partner for PWC Subsaharan Francophone Africa with more than 20 years of experience.
Paul-Harry Aithnard, Regional Executive, Francophone West Africa & Managing Director, Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire
Paul-Harry leads Ecobank’s business in Francophone West Africa (UEMOA) and is Managing Director for Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire.
Nacim Bounouara, Partner, DLA Piper
Nacim is a project finance lawyer with extensive experience advising on energy and infrastructure projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Rola Abu Manneh Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank, UAE
Rola Abu Manneh joined Standard Chartered Bank, UAE as Chief Executive Officer in August 2018.
Olivier Fille-Lambie, Partner, Hogan Lovells
As a partner in our Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects department based in Paris, Olivier Fille-Lambie's practice focuses on acquisition, project and structured finance. He works principally for French commercial banks but also for domestic and multilateral development institutions and, to a lesser extent, for borrowers and sponsors.
James Carter, Partner, DLA Piper - Moderator
James Carter specialises in complex commercial arbitration and litigation. He acts for clients across a broad spectrum of sectors including energy, construction and infrastructure, banking and financial services, telecommunications and technology. James is the Head of the UK Energy and Natural Resources practice.
Ade Adeola, Managing Director, Energy & Natural Resources, Standard Chartered Bank
Ade Adeola has responsibility for leading Standard Chartered Bank’s Energy & Natural Resources business for EMEA with a focus on providing investment banking solutions for clients across the energy value chain using multiple products.
Kizzita Mensah, Partner, DLA Piper Africa, Ghana (Reindorf Chambers)
Kizzita Mensah has worked extensively in providing legal advice within the particular context of corporate organization, project finance, policy formulation as well as organizational development.
Lisa Pinsley, Director: Head of Africa, Energy Infrastructure, Actis
Lisa joined Actis in 2016 and in 2020 was appointed Head of Africa for the Energy Infrastructure team taking responsibility for originating and managing energy investments across the continent.
Marvin Bell, East Africa Director, Meridiam
Marvin is an Investment Director in the Africa team of Meridiam SAS, a global infrastructure investor and asset manager.
Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando PLC
Wale Tinubu is the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the first African company to have a cross-border inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Rory Connor, Partner, Infrastructure Projects & Energy, Addleshaw Goddard
Rory Connor specialises in project development and finance in the energy sector, both in the UK and globally.
Cheryl Buss, Chief Executive Officer, Absa International
Cheryl Buss is currently the CEO of Absa International which includes Absa Securities United Kingdom.
Tariye Gbadegesin, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, ARM-Harith
An investment professional with over 20 years’ experience in finance, principal investments and infrastructure, Tariye has mobilized over US$3 billion of capital for infrastructure projects in Africa.
Philippe Valahu, Chief Executive Officer, PIDG
Philippe joined PIDG as Chief Executive Officer in 2014. He is a member of the PIDG Ltd. Credit, Investment and HSES Committees.
Nicholas Wrigley, Chief Executive Officer, Winch Energy
Nicholas founded the Winch Energy Group in 2008.
Emily Buckley, Senior Manager, New Technologies & Solar Growth, bp
Emily Buckley is bp’s senior manager for solar and new technologies growth.
Madelein Van Zyl, Director, KPMG South Africa
Madelein has extensive experience in the area of Value-Added Tax and specialises in VAT since 1994.