Dr. Ademola Bamgbose is a senior associate in the international arbitration, construction and engineering group at Hogan Lovells International LLP in London.

Charlie has a background in Emerging Market Macro Hedge Funds and Mathematics, Charlie leads the Trading Desk at Verto FX, managing market risk and liquidity across the B2B Cross-Border Payments space.

Bronwyn is the CEO and a founding member of Grit. She is a Chartered Accountant and has served on several property company boards.

Angus is a corporate Partner. He has over 25 years' experience of advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, joint ventures, complex reorganisations and private equity and investment transactions across a number of sectors.

Carl Franklin is Seplat Energy's Head of Research & Content, have previously been the company's Head of Investor Relations. In his new role he helped to develop the company's energy transition strategy.

Saad Ul Islam joined British International Investment (BII) in 2016 and is an Investment Director in the equity team within the Infrastructure and Climate group with responsibilities for leading investments across renewable power, transmission & distribution, and water utility investments in Africa and Pakistan.

Shabnam is a senior finance professional with 25+ years of banking, finance, Islamic finance, private equity, corporate advisory, and structuring experience in Europe, the GCC, the Far East, North Africa, and North America.

Nkosi Moyo has a strong background in the financial industry, with experience spanning over several years. Nkosi began his career at Standard Chartered Bank in 2004, where he worked as a Product Manager in Cash Management for Africa.

Jaweria Hasan has been with SCB for 18+ years with experience spanning across Financial Markets and Client Coverage.

Theresa Henshaw is currently the CEO, UBA UK. Prior to this appointment, Theresa was the DMD, Business Development, UBA America, and joined UBA UK in November 2020 as Head of Business Development from Crown Agents Bank UK, where she led the Global Markets Sales desk and Africa team.

Nathan Searle is a partner in Hogan Lovells’ international arbitration group, acting for large multinationals in complex and high-value international arbitrations and cross-border disputes.

James Osun-Sanmi is a senior associate in the Debt Capital Markets and Islamic Finance practices in Dentons’ Dubai office. He has 9 years' experience working on a wide range of conventional and Islamic international debt capital markets transactions including advising governments, financial institutions and general corporate clients.

Badis Shubailat is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Badis covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic banks in the GCC and North Africa as well as a Gulf-based alternative asset manager with a global footprint.

David has 25 years of finance experience with an extensive African fund management, portfolio construction and risk management track record covering all asset classes across more than 20 African countries.

Samuel Kariuki is a senior Business, Finance, and Investment Executive, with over 16 years of experience in Corporate Leadership, Finance & Investment, and Audit. Before joining Mi Vida, he was the Managing Director at Centum Real Estate.

Caroline joined SMBC in 2007 and in 2023 was appointed Head of the Sustainable Finance Unit within the International & Structured Finance Department, driving business and product development across the sustainable finance space.

Rebecca is the Invest Africa Finance Director and has been with the company since May 2019. She has many years of international experience living and working in Germany, Switzerland and the US.

Thoriso Maloka is a seasoned and accomplished professional with nearly a decade of diverse experience in business development, management consulting, and communications.

Hon. Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP was appointed as the Minister of Finance and National Planning for the Republic of Zambia in August 2021.