Robert Hutchinson leads & manages the Control Risks’ East Africa business where he supports clients to be secure, resilient and compliant in their market entry, operations and growth across a footprint of ten countries. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya and specialises in advice to business leaders and investors on matters relating to enterprise risk, business resilience and crisis management. 

Charles Asiedu is the Managing Director of Ecobank Tanzania since August 2020. Prior to Tanzania, Charles held the same position for Ecobank’s subsidiary in Malawi for 7 years where he led a well-motivated team to reposition Ecobank Malawi among the top three banks in Malawi, from bottom two.

Paul is Managing Director DHL Worldwide Express Kenya Limited and has nearly 25 years of business management experience in Africa and abroad.

Mark Dunford is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Knight Frank Kenya and has over seventeen years of experience in real estate advisory across EMEA. As CEO he is responsible for the overall business which provides our clients real estate services including; commercial and residential valuation, management and agency, project management and general real estate consultancy.

Dominic Rebelo is a Partner at ALN Kenya, Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) at the Corporate department and co-heads the firm’s Competition Group. He has wide-ranging experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, competition and capital markets matters. Prior to joining Anjarwalla & Khanna, Dominic was a Partner at Daly & Figgis Advocates.

Bhupen Dubey is a successful leader and the Global CEO of Advanta Seeds, a UPL group company. His leadership is driven by a strong understanding of farmer’s needs and a passion for sustainable agriculture.

Nicole co-founded Eos Capital in 2015 and led it as Managing Partner until 2022. Nicole is currently focused on developing sustainable jobs in Namibia.

George has been at DHL Express for 4 years and plays an instrumental role as the bridge between Network Operations, Commercial teams & Customers.

Lesley is the CEO of the African Risk Capacity “ARC” Ltd, a parametric insurance provider.

Mark Dawe is the Managing Director and Country Manager for B2Gold Namibia – a position he took up in February 2015.

Lawrence leads external affairs activities in support of Rio Tinto’s operations globally.

Marcus Williams is the Global Head for Energy and Extractive Industries at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group.

The Honourable Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi was the first woman elected President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), serving in that role from April 2019 to December 2020.

Charles Vivian started his communications career at Citigate Dewe Rogerson in 1997 before co-founding Pelham Public Relations in 2004

Torben Huss is the CEO of the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU).

Sadock Magai is the Managing Partner and Head of the Banking and Finance department at IMMMA Advocates. Sadock has been consistently recommended by the IFLR1000 and Chambers and Partners as a leading lawyer in Tanzania

Shahab Mossavat is a marketing consultant, specialising in Brand Optimization.

Alex Simalabwi is Africa GreenCo’s Non-Executive Director and is the Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Southern Africa.

Quentin is Senior Investment Officer for the Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI).

Jon Carrick is a CFA® charter holder who has focused his career on development finance initiatives across the globe.