Mark O’Sullivan, Founder & CEO, IPT Africa
Mark is an experienced payment expert who has led various payment companies across Europe and Africa for over 20 years.
Abu Baker Mehtar, Senior Customer Success Manager, London Stock Exchange Group
Abu Baker Mehtar overseas relationships with all Major banks and Central Banks across Sub Saharan Africa and the Middle East for Risk.
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.
Isaac Otolo, Associate Director, PwC Kenya
Isaac is an Associate Director of Transaction Services within PwC Kenya. He has an accumulated experience of 8 years within the transactions and corporate finance space.
Guracha Adi, General Manager, Investor Services, KenInvest
Mr. Guracha Adi is currently the General Manager, Investor Services at KenInvest.
Mphokolo Makara, Executive Head, Energy & Infrastructure, Stanbic Bank Kenya
In her role, Mphokolo provides strategic oversight and interventions to originate, structure and execute transactions across the East Africa region, primarily in the markets in which Standard Bank has a presence, namely, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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.