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Director, Senior Economist - Africa | SMBC

Brian Menell | TechMet

Ulanga Gaspar Martins |Chairman & CEO | Poliedro Oil Corporation SA

Rene Awambeng | Founder and CEO | Premier invest

Gracelin Baskaran | Founding Director | Critical Minerals Security Programme

Derek Crandon | Loinette Capital | Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Nolwandle Mgoqi | CEO for South Africa | Anon

Prof. Carlos Lopes | Professor At the nelson Mandela School of Public Governance | University of Cape Town

Oludamilare is an economist with extensive experience in research & analysis, project management, and strategic advisory.

Vincent Rouget heads Control Risks’ political and business risk analysis team for Sub-Saharan Africa, coordinating a team of country risk specialists based in six offices.

Tom leads Control Risks consulting business across the Middle East & Africa. He has considerable expertise in advising businesses as they embark on growth strategies across the region.

 Claudine leads the Global Issues team at Control Risks, a group of senior analysts and experts in global risk, including geopolitics, regulatory risk, maritime security and terrorism.

Sophie joined the Invest Africa team in October 2024 as a Consult Business Development Associate.

Thibault has over 10 years of experience in the origination, development and structuring of transactions in the energy and infrastructure industry.

Marco is Group Chief Sustainable Impact Officer at the Private Infrastructure Development Group which he joined in 2019.

Andrew Kitson has been with BMI for 15 years, after also working as a Senior Analyst at Juniper Research and Principal Analyst at International Telecommunications Intelligence.

Craig has led significant transactions across all sectors but has a particular focus on the Financial Services, Technology and Energy sectors.

El-Shebah is an experienced financial services professional, having held several roles in banking in South Africa since 2010. She completed her Business Science degree with Finance Honours, and a post graduate degree in Accounting in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Brenda Mbathi is a dynamic executive with extensive experience across diverse sectors in Africa. Currently serving as the CEO of Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation Centre SEZ (TRIFIC SEZ), Brenda leads the establishment of Kenya's first privately owned bespoke-to business services Special Economic Zone (SEZ).