Taiwo is  a Vice President at the Africa Finance Corporation. She leads origination, structuring and execution of transactions in the natural resources sector in the oil, gas, mining and associated infrastructure.

H.E. Adrien Bokele Djema was born in Dekese in the province of Kasaï in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In his early years, he joined the faculty of political economy at the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) with a view to a political career.

Marie-Pascal was previously a technical advisor to the Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism, José Endundu, carrying out several missions on behalf of the Republic.

H.E. Ngokwey Ndolamb is a former senior international civil servant with thirty years of experience at the United Nations in humanitarian, development and peacekeeping.

Christo Roux is a Senior Managing Director within the Corporate Finance practice and leads the South Africa Business Transformation service at FTI Consulting.

Lesley Reddy is a Principal and Head of CrossBoundary’s Southern Africa Advisory team. Ms. Reddy is based in Johannesburg where she leads the execution of regional advisory mandates including capital raises, transaction structuring, fund advisory, and due diligence.

Thoko Elphick-Pooley is the Executive Director of Uniting to Combat NTDs and Co-Chair of the G7 Taskforce on Global Health.

Patrick joined Diligencia in 2015 to lead the business, focusing on our clients, strategy and service. Initially based in Dubai, Patrick relocated to the UK in 2017 to work from Diligencia’s headquarters in Oxford.

Nikhil is a dual-qualified corporate partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP and advises clients on international deals with a particular focus on equity investment into Africa and the emerging markets.

Ronald Philip heads strategy for Agility Logistics Parks, a leading $7BN developer of logistics parks across the Middle East & Africa.

Simon is an Investment Director in British International Investment’s (BII) Infrastructure & Climate team, focusing on direct equity investments.

Chantelé is the Strategic International Markets Leader at PwC UK. She works across industries and services with UK companies transacting in Africa.

Paul is responsible for Standard Bank’s oil and gas sector coverage activities for Southern Africa (11 countries), across upstream, midstream, downstream, services and process industry clients.

Emmanuel Grand is an economist specialising in the energy sector, with more than 15 years of experience in market analyses, contract negotiations, investment appraisal, regulatory analyses, and economic expertise in litigation.

A seasoned professional with over three decades of experience in the engineering, and construction industry, Mohamed Elwakeel is the Head of Business Development for Africa at Dar Group.

Suzan is Head of Energy at Africa Specialty Risks and is a qualified chemical engineer with over 12 years’ experience in the insurance industry.

Rahul leads the global analytical team responsible for the publication of Moody's Second Party Opinions, which assess how green, social and sustainability bonds and loans contribute and align to sustainability principle.

Titus focuses on project development, finance and corporate transactions in Africa, with a particular focus in the energy and natural resources sectors - power, oil & gas, mining and infrastructure.

Guy Winter is a Partner in Fasken’s London office. He is recognized for his particular experience in Equity Capital Markets, Private Equity / VC, Public and Private M&A, JVs and complex reorganizations in the Energy & Natural Resources sector.