Mary Boakye, Founder, Oriol Associates & Consultant, Dentons

Mary Boakye, one of the UK's leading authorities on Africa, provides business advisory, strategy planning and legal services to a wide variety of clients including corporates, investment funds, financial institutions and governments in Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States.

She has extensive experience in international finance and corporate matters including M&A and private equity, with particular knowledge of capital markets transactions in Africa, and co-led the team that advised the Republic of Ghana on its 2007, 2013 and 2014 sovereign bond issues.

Mary is internationally acknowledged as a leader in her field and has been recognized by The Lawyer as one of the UK’s “Hot 100 Lawyers” and as being “skilled in dealing with complex regulatory environments and jurisdictions”. 

Mary is acutely aware of the opportunities and challenges facing organizations doing business in Africa and brings to her clients an in-depth understanding of African markets, a wealth of relationships and her many years of experience in both international and emerging markets. 

Mary is the Founder and Co-Chair of UNICEF UK Day of the African Child Committee.