Perminas Marisi, Country Head, Rendeavour Ghana
Perminas Marisi is an experienced senior Real Estate manager with a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and post graduate qualifications in project management, health and safety.
Ebenezer Olusesi, Senior Vice President, Project Development & Finance, Genesis Energy Group
Ebenezer is an astute Finance and Investment Professional with a decade of experience in Investment, Fund Management, Treasury, and Securities Trading.
Bronte Weir, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Below Farm
Bronte Weir is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Below Farm, a socially certified, UAE based farm, using the power of fungi as nature’s tool in the circular economy to take waste organic matter available in arid climate and produce nutritious food: mushrooms.
Catherine Brassell, Head of UK Membership, Invest Africa
Cat joined Invest Africa in April 2024, as Commercial Development Manager. Her background is in corporate event management, promotion and new business development, with focus on partnerships and sponsorship acquisition. Cat prides herself on offering an end to end solution when it comes to all things partnerships.
Beatrice Muthoni, Business Development Manager, The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)
Beatrice is a Business Development Manager at PIDG and has over 15 years of experience in Project Development, Infrastructure and Climate Finance.
Allan Munyua, Senior Investment Director, Meridiam
Allan has over 15 years of experience in the Infrastructure Sector and is a Senior Investment Director at Meridiam – a developer and long-term investor in infrastructure projects across 3 focus areas including; renewable energy and clean energy transition; sustainable mobility; and critical public services.
Tania Swanepoel, Head of ESG, African Infrastructure Investment Managers
As Head of ESG, Tania leads the ESG practice, determines and drives the strategy and works to increase the ability of the business to execute on ESG and Impact aspects and activities.
Shirley Webber, Head of Natural Resources & Energy, Absa
Shirley joined Absa Bank Limited in 2011 and is the Coverage Head for Resources and Energy at Absa (Corporate and Investment Banking).
Beatrice Nyabira, Partner, Head of Projects, Energy & Restructuring, IKM Advocates (DLA Piper Africa, Kenya)
Beatrice is the head of the Projects, Energy & Restructuring Practice at DLA Piper Africa (Kenya), IKM Advocates. With over 18 years’ experience, she has acted for clients across the entire value chain including public sector entities, commercial lenders and project sponsors in PPPs, energy, infrastructure and public procurement.
Willy Ireri, Executive Director, Milele Energy
Willy Ireri is an Executive Director at Milele Energy responsible for leading the Nairobi-based development & execution team in making investments in power projects across SSA.
Christoff Pienaar, Partner, Webber Wentzel
Christoff has a wealth of experience in advising clients on corporate, commercial, fintech and the commercial aspects of intellectual property law.
Raphael Baiden, Director, Turner & Townsend
Raphael’s role as the mining and metals lead for South Africa includes understanding the project delivery challenges faced by Turner & Townsend’s mining clients and helping his team develop realistic and sustainable solutions for such challenges.
Nontokozo Nkosi, Director of Project Development, AMEA Power
Nontokozo is the Director of Project Development at AMEA Power South Africa. Her primary mandate is to orchestrate and implement market strategies, oversee intricate negotiations, conduct meticulous risk assessments, and propel the progression of initiatives within the company’s project pipeline.
N. Justin Chinyanta, Chairman & CEO, Loita Holdings Corporation
N. Justin Chinyanta, a Zambian national, residing in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the founder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loita Holdings Corporation.
Ademola Bamgbose, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells
Dr. Ademola Bamgbose is a senior associate in the international arbitration, construction and engineering group at Hogan Lovells International LLP in London.
Charlie Bird, Head of FX Trading, Verto
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 Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Grit Real Estate Income Group
Bronwyn is the CEO and a founding member of Grit. She is a Chartered Accountant and has served on several property company boards.
Angus Rollo, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard
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, Head of Research & Content, Seplat Energy
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, Investment Director, Infrastructure Equity, British International Investment
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.