Christo Roux is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting. He is a member of the Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in Cape town.

Dr Kwasi Ampofo is a Metals and Mining Analyst at BloombergNEF based in London. His research covers battery metals, the digitalisation of the mining industry and renewable energy investments in emerging markets.

Hein assumed the position of General Manager in 2016.  He has direct responsibility for projects in development, construction and operations including taking the lead on Mainstream’s Africa initiatives late in 2016.   

Ignatius is the CEO of KPMG South Africa. He has over 22 years’ experience within the Financial Services industry, and has served on numerous positions as well as several board memberships in his career.

Mpumi is the CEO of Kumba Iron Ore Limited. She is on the Kumba Board as an executive director and Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd. Mpumi started her career at De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer and worked in various leadership levels within production management.

Vincent Rouget heads Control Risks’ political and business risk analysis team for Sub-Saharan Africa, coordinating a team of country risk specialists based in six offices.

Eric is a geological engineer with 20 years’ experience in project and operations management for exploration mining, oil & gas and construction engineering.

Salim Hasham serves as President/CEO of KKM Healthcare International Ltd. a global health company headquartered  in USA with branches in Abu Dhabi, UK, and Kenya.  His primary focus is on emerging markets.

Victoria Mesquita Wlazlo counsels lenders and borrowers in the Middle East and Africa on complex, cross-border financing and capital markets transactions, including syndicated facilities, leveraged acquisitions, asset-based finance, private placements, and mezzanine financings, both on a conventional and Shari’a compliant basis.

Fola Fagbule is a banker and investment professional focused on infrastructure in Africa. He currently serves as Deputy Director and Head of Financial Advisory with overall responsibility for mergers, acquisitions, capital raising and other technical advisory assignments at the AFC.

Rory Connor specialises in project development and finance in the energy sector, both in the UK and globally, with a focus on Africa.

Terence is responsible for all Aon operations in South Africa. Before his appointment as CEO Aon South Africa, he was the Chief Broking Officer for Aon. He joined Aon in June 2001 as a Broking Director in Aon United Kingdom, and in August 2011 he became Head of Casualty Aon Global.

Angela joined Aon in 2020 as Head of Aon South Africa’s Financial Services Group and has 22 years’ experience specialising in Professional indemnity, Commercial Crime and Cyber Liability. 

Paul has over 30 years’ experience in the mining insurance industry and joined Aon as Global Mining Practice Leader in February 2016 from Bowring Marsh London where he headed up their Mining Practice between 2014 and 2016.

Dr Desné Masie is an economist and thought leader, specialising in international political economy, sustainability and capital markets. She has held senior roles in academia, media and finance in the UK and South Africa. She is the Chief Strategist and Founding Partner at IC Intelligence.

Leandro Cuccioli is the Head of Consumer and Industrials at BII.

Hadley began his career in commodities with Trafigura in 2007, where he specialised in African business in both operational and commercial roles.

Patrick has been Editor-in-Chief of The Africa Report since 2005, a monthly African politics and business magazine of Jeune Afrique Media Group.

Christie Viljoen is a Senior Manager and Economist at PwC South Africa. He has 15 years of experience in research and consulting related to emerging and developing markets, most frequently focussed on the African continent.

Hakim is a senior lawyer with over 14 years of experience advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters across multiple jurisdictions and sectors in Africa, focus on Maghreb and Francophone countries.