Elijah C. Sichone, Executive Secretary, Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA), Namibia
Elijah C. Sichone is Executive Secretary of the Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) and has just over 23 years working experience in the energy sector.
Madalo Minofu, Resident Representative for Zambia and Malawi, International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group
Madalo has over 20 years of experience in the development and project finance arena at various levels in the Southern Africa region.
Frederik J. van den Bosch, CEO, EDFI MC
Frederik is the CEO of the EDFI Management Company in Brussels. EDFI MC is the fund management structure set up on behalf of fifteen European Development Finance Institutions, to enhance their collaboration with the European Commission.
Gilles Vaes, CEO, InfraCo Africa
Gilles Vaes comes to InfraCo Africa from Engie (ex GDF Suez) and was most recently based in Casablanca where he was responsible for business development in North Africa.
Douglas “Pug” Bennet, Chief Investment Officer, Africa GreenCo
Pug is the former Chief operating officer of GuarantCo’s Management Company and was involved with GuarantCo since 2007, taking GuarantCo from a trial initiative to the leading local currency guarantor in such markets.
Ana Hajduka Shields, CEO & Co-Founder, Africa GreenCo
Ana is qualified as a lawyer in both England & Wales and the State of New York and is an infrastructure and energy professional with more than 17 years’ experience.
Hon. Peter Kapala, Minister of Energy, Zambia
Hon. Kapala is a Registered Engineer (PrEng), a registered consultant with the Association of Consulting Engineers in Zambia (MACEZ) and a Fellow of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (FEIZ).
Ian Mackay, Senior Manager, PwC
Ian Mackay, a PwC Smart mining specialist, has extensive experience in improving operations in underground and opencast mining
Estelle Levin-Nally, CEO & Founder, Levin Sources
Estelle Levin-Nally is CEO and founder of Levin Sources, a social venture that builds sustainable, valuable and equitable minerals sectors and supply chains.
Christoph Reimnitz, Chief Development Officer, Genesis Energy
Dr. Reimnitz joined Genesis Energy as Chief Development Officer in 2021. He has over 35 years of work experience in the energy and finance sector.
René Awambeng, Global Head - Client Relations, Afreximbank
René has worked in Pan-African banking for over 20 years. He recently joined the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), as Director, Client Relations in 2016.
Warren Bolttler, Head of Marketing and New Business, Price Forbes SA
Previously Chief Risk Officer at Dimension Data Holdings Plc, where he held that office for 8 years.
Simon Collins, Board Member, Tantalex, Afrimet
Simon Collins has been in the commodities business for over 25 years. He started his career in London specializing in the physical metals markets.
Bertrand Troiano, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Mr. Troiano has over 20 years of experience across large and small companies in base metals and bulk commodities, commodity trading, mining services, and chemicals.
Fortune Mojapelo, CEO, Bushveld Minerals
Fortune Mojapelo is a Co-founder and Chief Executive of Bushveld Minerals.
Victor Wambua, Vice President, Equity Africa and Global Climate Investments, DEG
Victor Wambua is a Vice President at DEG , the German Development and Investment Corporation based in the Nairobi Office.
Ngetha Waithaka, General Partner, Norrsken22
Ngetha is General Partner of Norrsken22 based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Boubacar Bocoum, Lead Mining Specialist, World Bank
Boubacar holds a Master degree in Mining Engineering and Economics, and an MBA. He has twenty-five years of experience in the public and private mining sectors.
Patrick Smith, Editor Africa Confidential, and Editor-in-Chief, The Africa Report
Patrick has been Editor of Africa Confidential for over 30 years. Founded in 1960 it remains the preeminent publication concerning political and economic risk in Africa.
Raksha Naidoo, Deputy Chairperson, WIMSA
Raksha is a BSc graduate and an executive level professional who has amassed over 18 years of experience in all facets of efficient and effective analytical research, mineral processing…