Nouri Bakkali is the Founder and Managing Director at Diligencia, having founded the company in 2008 with the singular ambition to help bring clarity to doing business in the Middle East & Africa as a means of promoting growth and prosperity in its economies.

Víctor González the Director of the Spanish branch of Xcalibur Multiphysics Group, a leading company in airborne geophysics solutions.

Simon is an Investment Director in British International Investment’s (BII) Infrastructure & Climate team, focusing on direct equity investments. BII (formerly CDC Group) is the UK’s development finance institution, investing to create more productive, sustainable and inclusive economies in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

Tris has over 7 years' experience as a strategic advisor and due diligence consultant, with a particular focus on Francophone West and Central Africa. He has advised clients across numerous sectors - including extractives, financial services, real estate, healthcare and agriculture.

Stacy has more than 14 years’ experience working as an International Development Specialist and Strategic Advisor on areas surrounding gender, natural resources, renewable energy, social impact investment, disaster risks and climate resilience, and large national and international infrastructure development projects across the commercial, public and multilateral sectors.

Dr. Mitima Djuma Hamani reached 20 years of career this year with 17 in  international experience. He is an expert in management of Humanitarian and Development Programs.

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.