Rt Honourable Mark Simmonds, Chairman of the Advisory Board

Rt Honourable Mark Simmonds

Mark Simmonds was until recently The Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister with responsibilities for Africa, the Caribbean, UK Overseas Territories, International Energy and Conflict Prevention. He served as a Member of the UK Parliament for 14 years.

He focussed on driving and facilitating inward investment into Africa across a range of key economic sectors. He has a strong knowledge of the economic and political composition of African Governments, countries and regions.  He chaired the UN Security Council on two occasions.

Mark now has a number of international roles including senior consultant to Kroll, Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council as well as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Invest Africa. He currently holds a senior advisor position at a large US hedge fund.