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2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 June 2015
List of Participants
As of 27 May 2015
List of Public Figures
Martin Ledolter Managing Director Austria
Linah K. Mohohlo Governor and Chairman of the Board Botswana
Christian Paradis Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie
Canada
Cristina Duarte Minister of Finance and Planning Cape Verde
Abdourahmane Cisse Minister in Charge of the Budget Côte d'Ivoire
Ibrahim Mehleb Prime Minister of Egypt Egypt
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Vice-President of Ghana Ghana
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey Minister of Food and Agriculture Ghana
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Minister of Trade and Industry Ghana
Hanna Tetteh Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Ghana
Fatima Haram Acyl Commissioner for Trade and Industry INT
Yonov Frederick Agah Deputy Director-General INT
Bertrand Badre Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group; Managing Director
INT
Jin-Yong Cai Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer
INT
Makhtar Diop Vice-President, Africa INT
Getachew Engida Deputy Director-General INT
Keiko Honda Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer
INT
Donald Kaberuka President INT
Mukhisa Kituyi Secretary-General INT
Mothae Anthony Maruping
Commissioner for Economic Affairs INT
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
Chief Executive Officer INT
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Undersecretary-General and Executive Director
INT
Erastus J. O. Mwencha
Deputy Chairperson INT
Kanayo F. Nwanze President INT
Babatunde Osotimehin
Executive Director INT
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
INT
Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella
Undersecretary-General and Special Representative
INT
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Hiroshi Kato Vice-President Japan
Adan Mohamed Cabinet Secretary Kenya
Goodall E. Gondwe Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development
Malawi
Moustapha Ben Barka Deputy Secretary-General Mali
Boubou Cisse Minister of Mines Mali
Mamadou Diarra Minister of Investment Promotion and Private Sector
Mali
Mamadou Diarra Minister of Economy and Finance Mali
Mamadou Frankaly Keita
Minister of Energy and Water Mali
Ousmane Koné Minister of Health and Public Hygiene Mali
Mamadou Hachim Koumaré
Minister of Equipment, Transport and Opening Up
Mali
Choguel Kokala Maïga
Minister of Digital Economy, Information and Communication; Spokesperson of the Government
Mali
Noël Etienne Ghislain Sinatambou
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade
Mauritius
Paulina M. Elago Executive Secretary Namibia
Calle Schlettwein Minister of Finance Namibia
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President of Nigeria (2010-2015) Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance
Nigeria
Yemi Osinbajo Vice-President-elect of Nigeria Nigeria
Morten Høglund State Secretary Norway
Zhong Jianhua Special Representative on African Affairs of the Chinese Government
People's Republic of China
Claver Gatete Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
Rwanda
Geraldine Mukeshimana
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources
Rwanda
John Rwangombwa Governor Rwanda
Amadou Tidiane Ba Minister of Economy and Finance Senegal
Abubakarr Fofanah Minister of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone
Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Sierra Leone
Abdirahman Yusuf Ali Aynte
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Somalia
Hersi Ali H. Hassan Minister of Presidential Affairs Somaliland
Mohamed Bihi Yonis Minister of Foreign Affairs Somaliland
Lynne Brown Minister of Public Enterprises South Africa
Siyabonga Cwele Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
South Africa
Pravin Gordhan Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
South Africa
Derek Andre Hanekom
Minister of Tourism South Africa
Tina Joemat-Pettersson
Minister of Energy South Africa
Lesetja Kganyago Governor South Africa
Patricia de Lille Executive Mayor of Cape Town South Africa
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane
Minister of Water and Sanitation South Africa
Edna Molewa Minister of Environmental Affairs South Africa
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Aaron Motsoaledi Minister of Health South Africa
Nathi Mthethwa Minister of Arts and Culture South Africa
Faith Muthambi Minister of Communications South Africa
Nhlanhla Musa Nene Minister of Finance South Africa
Maite E. Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
South Africa
Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande
Minister of Higher Education and Training South Africa
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
Minister of Science and Technology South Africa
Mpho Parks Tau Executive Mayor of Johannesburg South Africa
Ebrahim Patel Minister of Economic Development South Africa
Jeff Radebe Minister in the Presidency South Africa
Ngoako Abel Ramathlodi
Minister of Mineral Resources South Africa
Susan Shabangu Minister of Women South Africa
Helen Zille Premier of the Western Cape Province South Africa
Jacob G. Zuma President of the Republic of South Africa South Africa
Isabella Lövin Minister for International Development Cooperation
Sweden
Charlotte Petri Gornitzka
Director-General Sweden
Abdallah O. Kigoda Minister of Industry and Trade Tanzania
Charles John Tizeba Deputy Minister of Transport Tanzania
Cina Lawson Minister of Posts and Digital Economy Togo
Dana Hyde Chief Executive Officer USA
Elizabeth Littlefield President USA
Leocadia Zak Director USA
Patrick Chinamasa Minister of Finance Zimbabwe
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List of Business
Lars Reno Jakobsen Senior Vice-President, Africa Region A.P. Møller-Maersk South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Harald Harvey Partner A.T. Kearney (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Wim Plaizier Partner A.T. Kearney (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Bart van Dijk Partner A.T. Kearney (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Johan C. Aurik Global Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board
A.T. Kearney Inc. USA
Naji Jreijiri Managing Director, Egypt, North and Central Africa
ABB Egypt Egypt
Ehab Younis Senior Vice-President and Member of the Board
ABB Egypt Egypt
Ross Botha Senior Vice-President, Sales Southern Africa
ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Nthabiseng Dube Director, Government Relations ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Leon Viljoen Managing Director ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Hadi El-Amaary Manager, Large Projects, Africa Programme
ABB United Arab Emirates
Tobias Becker Head, Africa Programme ABB United Arab Emirates
Ali Majid Head, Equity Strategy Abu Dhabi Investment Authority United Arab Emirates
Saeed Musallam Al Mazrouei
Member of the Management Committee, Private Equities Department
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority United Arab Emirates
William Mzimba Chief Executive, South Africa Accenture South Africa
Rafael Esteban Director Acciona Energy South Africa Global (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Rafael Mateo Alcalá Chief Executive Officer Acciona Energy Spain
Venkatram Vasantavada
Chief Operating Officer, Asia and Africa; Director
Advanta Ltd India
Shabbir Khan Business Lead, Africa and Middle East Advanta Seeds JLT United Arab Emirates
Jean-Christophe Adler Chief Executive Officer Affaires Publiques Consultants (APC)
France
Richard Kiplagat Chief Operating Officer Africa Practice Kenya
Julius Gatune Research and Policy Adviser African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)
Ghana
Kordeidja Malle Diallo Director, Private Sector Operations (OPSM)
African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Jean-Louis Ekra President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Kanayo Awani Director, Trade Finance and Branches African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Hippolyte Fofack Director and Chief Economist African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Benedict Oramah Vice-President, Business Development and Corporate
African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Vitalis Ekene Uzor Manager, Strategy and International Cooperation
African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Vuyo Mahlati Principal Consultant African Financial Group South Africa
Paul Malherbe Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
African Management Services Company (AMSCO)
South Africa
Patrice Motsepe Founder and Executive Chairman African Rainbow Minerals South Africa
Brian Dames Chief Executive Officer, Energy & Power African Rainbow Minerals South Africa
Sandile Langa Legal Executive African Rainbow Minerals South Africa
Imrhan Paruk Executive, Corporate Development African Rainbow Minerals South Africa
Andries Jacobus Wilkens
Executive Director, Growth and Strategic Development
African Rainbow Minerals South Africa
Rudolph Rashama Chief Executive Officer African Union Communication South Africa
Ike Chioke Managing Director and Chief Executive Afrinvest West Africa Limited Nigeria
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Officer
Charles Gassoub Vice-President, Aviation, Africa Agility United Arab Emirates
Ajay James Chief Executive Officer, Global Real Estate
Agility Kuwait
Sylvain Kluba Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and Africa
Agility United Arab Emirates
Deanne de Vries Senior Vice-President, Africa Agility United Arab Emirates
Geoffrey White Chief Executive Officer, Africa Agility United Arab Emirates
Levent Cem Egritag Vice-President, International Banking Akbank TAS Turkey
Hulya Kefeli Executive Vice-President, International Banking
Akbank TAS Turkey
Roberto Penno Group President, Southern Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Amec Foster Wheeler Plc United Kingdom
Dorian T. G. Emmett Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer Anglo American South Africa Ltd
South Africa
Mpho Makwana Chairman of the Board ArcelorMittal South Africa
Alan Knight Head, Corporate Responsibility ArcelorMittal United Kingdom
Chifipa Mhango Chief Economist, Africa ArcelorMittal South Africa
Themba G. Nkosi Head of Human Resources, Transformation and Communication
ArcelorMittal South Africa
Carlo Andreatini Director, Rapid Development Countries Ariston Thermo Spa Italy
Emanuele Stano Country Manager, South Africa Ariston Thermo Spa Italy
Paul Clark Fund Manager Ashburton Investments South Africa
Stavros Nicolaou Senior Executive, Strategic Trade Development
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd
South Africa
Eric Loeb Vice-President, International External Affairs
AT&T USA
John Vitalo Chief Executive Officer Atlas Mara Group of Companies
United Kingdom
Arina McDonald Chief Financial Officer Atlas Mara United Arab Emirates
Bradford M. Gibbs Member of the Executive Committee Atlas Mara United Arab Emirates
Bob Diamond Founder and Chief Executive Officer Atlas Merchant Capital LLC USA
Patrick Durkin Managing Director Atlas Merchant Capital LLC USA
Thomas Finke Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Babson Capital Management LLC
USA
Brigitte Posch Head, Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Babson Capital Management LLC
United Kingdom
Innocent Dutiro Partner; Head, South Africa Financial Services Practice
Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Fabrice Franzen Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Vittorio Massone Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Oliver Merkel Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Stephane Timpano Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Anja Wittrup Director, Global Corporate Affairs Bain & Company Inc. Belgium
Wildu J. Du Plessis Partner Baker & McKenzie South Africa
Gary Senior Partner and Member of the Executive Committee
Baker & McKenzie United Kingdom
Jean-Pascal Beyrard Limited Partner and Group Managing Director
Bank Lombard Odier & Co. Ltd Switzerland
Abi Ajayi Director, sub-Saharan Africa, Global Corporate and Investment Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Yvonne Ike Managing Director and Head, sub-Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Peng Chun President Bank of Communications People's Republic of China
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Craig Bond Chief Executive, Retail and Business Banking
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Wendy Lucas-Bull Chairman Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Mizinga Shansonga Melu
Chief Executive, Barclays Africa Regional Management
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Nomkhita Nqweni Chief Executive, Wealth and Investment Management, Africa
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Maria Ramos Chief Executive Officer Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Stephen van Coller Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Jeremy Wilson Vice-Chairman, Corporate Banking Barclays Bank Plc United Kingdom
Makram Azar Chairman, Banking, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Barclays United Kingdom
Antony Jenkins Group Chief Executive Barclays United Kingdom
Diane Eshleman Managing Director and Global Head, Citizenship and Reputation
Barclays United Kingdom
Jon Whitehouse Managing Director, Government Relations
Barclays United Kingdom
John Winter Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Banking
Barclays United Kingdom
Hernan Vizcaya Group Managing Director Bata International - Africa South Africa
Frans Labushcagne Responsible, South Africa Bayer AG South Africa
Eric Bureau Head of Business Development, Africa Bayer CropScience AG Germany
Peter M. Mehlape Director, Global Health, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Becton Dickinson (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Ian Wakefield Country General Manager, Southern Africa and Business Manager Africa, BD Medical and Procedural Solutions
Becton Dickinson South Africa
Neverl Kambasha Chief Executive Officer Beryl Holdings South Africa
Ayo Ajayi Director, Africa Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Gargee Ghosh Director, Development Policy and Finance
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Elisa Keller Director, Office of the President Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Mark Suzman President, Global Policy, Advocacy and Country Programmes
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Haddis Tadesse Country Representative, Ethiopia Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Adam Freeman Managing Director, Bloomberg Media, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bloomberg LP USA
Keith Thompson Head, Sales, Southern Africa Bloomberg LP USA
Dan Ahern Chief Executive Officer BNP Paribas Securities Services
South Africa
Valerie Kodjo Diop Chief Executive Officer BNP Paribas South Africa
Chukwudalu Uzodima Ajene
Head, Corporate and Investment Banking, Nigeria, Ghana
BNP Paribas Bahrain
Eric Deudon Head, Global Markets, Middle East and Africa
BNP Paribas Bahrain
Jean-Christophe Durand
Chief Executive Officer, Corporate and Investment Banking, Middle East and Africa
BNP Paribas Bahrain
David Bester Sales and Development Director, East and Southern Africa
Bolloré Group France
Tony Stenning Managing Director, East and Southern Africa
Bolloré Group South Africa
Khader Mattar Regional Vice-President, Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bombardier Aerospace United Arab Emirates
Isaac Kwaku Fokuo Jr Principal Botho Ltd Kenya
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Baeti Molake Molake Executive Director Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
Alan Keep Managing Partner Bowman Gilfillan South Africa
Alice Puoane Acting Chief Executive Officer Brand South Africa South Africa
Charlotte Maponya Chairman of the Board of Trustees Brand South Africa South Africa
Oliver Fortuin Country Manager, sub-Saharan Africa BT Group Plc South Africa
Kevin Hardy Head, Business Partnerships and Development, sub-Saharan Africa
BT Group Plc South Africa
Michael Rake Chairman BT Group Plc United Kingdom
Larry Stone President, Group Public and Government Affairs
BT Group Plc United Kingdom
Kevin Taylor President, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Turkey
BT Group Plc Hong Kong SAR
Abdulsamad Rabiu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer BUA Group United Kingdom
Robyn de Villiers Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Burson-Marsteller Africa South Africa
Thero Setiloane Chief Executive Officer Business Leadership South Africa
South Africa
Gary Nigel Lawrence Managing Director, Southern Africa CA Technologies South Africa
Nitin Maru Senior Vice-President, Area Sales, Emerging Markets and Growth Markets, Europe, Middle East and Africa
CA Technologies United Kingdom
Brendon De Boer General Manager Cargill Kenya
Johan Steyn Managing Director, Middle East and Africa
Cargill Egypt
Michele Sullivan President Caterpillar Foundation USA
Emmanuel Leeka Chief Executive Officer, Barloworld Equipment
Caterpillar Inc. South Africa
David Picard Regional Manager, Africa and Middle East
Caterpillar Inc. USA
Diana Walker Adviser to the President of the Foundation
Caterpillar Inc. USA
T. Neal Chapman Chairman, First National Bank (1997-2000)
United Kingdom
Hilton Romanski Senior Vice-President and Head of Corporate Development
Cisco Systems Inc. USA
Clive A. Fynn Chairman, South Africa Cisco South Africa
Siya Madyibi Director, Government Affairs Cisco South Africa
David Meads President, Africa, Emerging Theatre Cisco United Kingdom
Robert Pepper Vice-President, Global Technology Policy Cisco USA
Ademola Ayeyemi Chief Executive Officer, sub-Saharan Africa
Citi South Africa
Miguel Azevedo Head, Investment Banking Africa Citi United Kingdom
Dennis Evans Country Officer, South Africa Citi South Africa
Amin Manekia Managing Director and Head, Corporate Banking, South Africa
Citi South Africa
Raymond McGuire Head, Global Banking Citi USA
Peter Sullivan Head, Africa, Public Sector; Managing Director
Citi United Kingdom
Titus Edjua Director, Africa Group Clifford Chance LLP United Kingdom
Stephen Harder Managing Partner, China Clifford Chance LLP People's Republic of China
Roberta Naidoo Managing Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Rakesh Wahi Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman CNBC Africa South Africa
Sid Wahi Chief Executive Officer CNBCAfrica.com South Africa
Ben Digby Head of Group, International Confederation of British United Kingdom
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Industry (CBI)
Simon Moore International Director Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
United Kingdom
Sunir Chandaria President Conros Canada
Nayef Haddad Manager, Business Development Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Greece
Antonios Lianos Head, Finance and Treasury Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Greece
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
Chairman Coronation Capital Limited Nigeria
Edward Marlow Head, Fixed Income, sub-Saharan Africa, Investment Banking
Credit Suisse AG United Kingdom
Naveed Ahmed Managing Director ISC, Africa & Pakistan Credit Suisse United Arab Emirates
Nozipho Bardill Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Credit Suisse South Africa
Mason Cranswick Director, Fixed Income, sub-Saharan Africa, Investment Banking
Credit Suisse South Africa
Rick Menell Senior Adviser, Investment Banking, Department, South Africa; Chairman, Credit Suisse Securities Johannesburg
Credit Suisse South Africa
Anthony Mandiwanza Group Chief Executive Dairibord Holdings Limited Zimbabwe
Charles Thiemele Founder and Chief Executive Officer Damalex SA Switzerland
Zouera Youssoufou Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Foundation
Dangote Group Nigeria
Anthony Chiejina Chief Corporate Communications Officer Dangote Group Nigeria
Mansur Ahmed Director, Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Communications
Dangote Industries Limited Nigeria
Halima Aliko Dangote Executive Director Dangote Industries Limited Nigeria
Abdu Mukhtar Group Chief Strategy Officer Dangote Industries Limited Nigeria
Lwazi L. Bam Chief Executive Officer Deloitte South Africa
Vanessa Borchers Global Diversity and Inclusion Leader Deloitte South Africa
Trevor Brown Chairman Deloitte South Africa
Gary Coleman Managing Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Clients and Industries
Deloitte USA
Tawanda Gumbo Transitional Leader Deloitte Nigeria
Thiruvasan (Thiru) Pillay
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, Africa
Deloitte South Africa
Andre Andrade Chief Executive Officer Dentsu Aegis Network Iberia and SSA
Spain
Dawn Rowlands Chief Executive Officer Dentsu Aegis Network South Africa
South Africa
Ashok Tuniho Aram Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa
Deutsche Bank AG United Arab Emirates
Peter Wharton-Hood Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Bank AG South Africa
Hendrikus Leenen Head, Global Transaction Banking, Middle East and North Africa
Deutsche Bank AG United Arab Emirates
Patrick Khulekani Dlamini
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Sherie Panton-Ntshona
Manager, Stakeholder and Strategic Partnerships
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Rieaz (Moe) Shaik Chief Executive Officer, International Division
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Sinazo J. Sibisi Group Executive Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Mohan Vivekanandan Group Executive, Strategy Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Alvino Wildschutt Specialist, Infrastructure Programmes Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
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Harshil Mehta Chief Executive Officer Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd
India
Charles Brewer Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa DHL Express South Africa
Amadou Diallo Chief Executive Officer DHL Freight GmbH Germany
Bassirou Kane Head, Compensation and Benefits; Human Ressources Business Partner, Europe, Middle East and Africa
DHL Global Forwarding - DHL Management (Switzerland) Ltd
Switzerland
Adrian Gore Chief Executive Officer Discovery Limited South Africa
Ayanda Ntsaluba Executive Director Discovery Limited South Africa
Lystra N. Antoine Global Director, Agriculture Development DuPont USA
Prabdeep Bajwa Regional Director, Africa DuPont South Africa
James C. Borel Executive Vice-President DuPont USA
Pierrick Le-Gallo President, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa
DuPont Turkey
Richard Okine Regional Director, sub-Saharan Africa DuPont South Africa
Albert Essien Group Chief Executive Officer Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Patrick Akinwuntan Group Executive, Domestic Banking Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Sebastian Ashong-Katai
Group Head, Financial Institutions Ecobank Transnational Inc. Ghana
Charles Kie Group Executive, Corporate and Investment Bank
Ecobank Transnational Inc. South Africa
Laurence do Rego Group Executive Director, Finance Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Andre Opperman Vice-President and General Manager, Africa
Ecolab Inc. USA
Francois Baird Chairman, Africa Edelman PR Worldwide South Africa
Tod Donhauser Managing Director, Edelman South Africa Edelman USA
Fabrice Aidan International Adviser to Baroness Ariane de Rothschild
Edmond de Rothschild Group France
Olivier Saen Board Member and Group Head, Africa Edmond de Rothschild Group France
Jean-Francis Dusch Managing Director Edmond de Rothschild United Kingdom
Xavier Leroy Managing Partner, Africa Egon Zehnder International Limited
South Africa
Heloise Nel Head, Mining and Energy, Africa Egon Zehnder International Limited
South Africa
Shayne Nelson Group Chief Executive Officer Emirates NBD United Arab Emirates
Jonathan Morris General Manager, Wholesale Banking Emirates NBD United Arab Emirates
Lamberto Dai Pra Enel Country Manager, South Africa Enel Green Power SpA South Africa
Ryan O'Keeffe Director of Group Communications Enel SpA Italy
Fredrik Jejdling President, Region sub-Saharan Africa Ericsson South Africa
Shiletsi Makhofane Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations, Region sub-Sahara
Ericsson South Africa
Firdhose Coovadia Director Essar Capital Limited South Africa
Benedikt Sobotka Chief Executive Officer Eurasian Resources Group United Kingdom
Ajen Sita Chief Executive Officer, Africa EY South Africa
Joe Cosma Partner EY South Africa
Michael Lalor Lead Partner, EY Africa Business Center EY South Africa
Claire Lawrie Partner EY Nigeria
Roderick Wolfenden Africa Advisory Leader EY South Africa
Neeshal Modi Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Division Firestar Diamond Limited India
Lorato Boakgomo-Ntahwana
Deputy Chief Executive Officer First National Bank (FNB) South Africa
Johan Burger Deputy Chief Executive Officer FirstRand Ltd South Africa
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Kevin Welman Managing Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa South Africa
Vanessa Baard Director and Partner Fleishman-Hillard South Africa South Africa
Mimi Kalinda Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa South Africa
John Coumantaros Chairman Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc USA
Paul Gbededo Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Alfonso Garate Head, Corporate Development Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc USA
Hugh Glyn-Jones Managing Director, Agro Allied Division Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Sadiq Usman Head, Corporate Business Development Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Mark Flower Director and Vice-President, Business Development and Strategy
Fluor South Africa (PTY) Ltd South Africa
Judith Anne MacGregor
High Commissioner to South Africa Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom
South Africa
Graça Machel Founder Foundation for Community Development (FDC)
Mozambique
Shawn der Kinderen Partner and Co-Head, Africa Group Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Netherlands
Arun Kumar Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Finance
Frontline Development Partners Limited
United Arab Emirates
Jon Aarons Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting United Kingdom
Max Gebhardt Managing Director, South Africa FTI Consulting South Africa
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown
Senior Adviser FTI Consulting United Kingdom
Bruno Bensasson BU Africa Project Leader, Head of Africa GDF SUEZ France
César Ortiz Sotelo Deputy Director International Department, European and International Relations Directorate
GDF SUEZ France
Skander Malcolm President and Chief Executive Officer, Emerging and African Growth Markets
GE Healthcare Turkey
Thomas Konditi President and Chief Executive Officer, Transportation, Africa
GE South Africa
Vishal Agarwal Managing Director, Development and Investments, Africa
GE Kenya
Thulisile Phiri Head, Communications and Public Affairs, Southern Africa
GE South Africa
Osayaba Giwa-Osagie
Senior Partner Giwa-Osagie & Co. Nigeria
Jane Wales Founder and Chief Executive Officer Global Philanthropy Forum USA
Willem Baars Managing Director, Investment Banking, sub-Saharan Africa
Goldman Sachs South Africa
Colin Coleman Managing Director and Head, Investment Banking Division, sub-Saharan Africa
Goldman Sachs South Africa
Olivier Frendo Managing Director, Investment Banking, sub-Saharan Africa
Goldman Sachs South Africa
Doron Avni Director, Public Policy and Government Relations, Middle East, Africa, Israel and Turkey
Google Inc. Israel
Gur Biron Head, sub-Saharan Africa Google Inc. Israel
Doha Mahmoud Mohamed Marzouk
Head, Marketing, sub-Saharan Africa Google United Arab Emirates
Luke Mckend Managing Director, South Africa Google South Africa
Jude Kearney Partner and Chair, Africa Practice Group Greenberg Traurig LLP USA
Gregory Kehoe Partner Greenberg Traurig LLP USA
Mortimer Hope Director, Africa GSMA United Kingdom
Robyn Imray Partner Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Véronique Parkin Partner Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
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Allen Shardelow Partner-in-Charge Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Wiebe Boer Director, Strategy Heirs Holding Ltd Nigeria
Carsten Kern President, South Africa and Chief Financial Officer, sub-Saharan Africa
Henkel South Africa Pty Ltd South Africa
Nomo Khumalo General Manager, South Africa Henry Schein Inc. USA
Alaa Alshimy Vice-President, Enterprise Group; Managing Director, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa
Hewlett-Packard Company United Arab Emirates
Pieter Bensch Managing Director Hewlett-Packard Company South Africa
Ann Christine Ewasechko
Global Manager, Corporate Affairs Hewlett-Packard Company United Kingdom
Aziz Mohamed Managing Director, Corporate Affairs, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa
Hewlett-Packard Company United Arab Emirates
Shanu S.P. Hinduja Member of the Board Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd Switzerland
Patrick Edward Omondi Ooro
General Manager Hitachi Johannesburg Office South Africa
Hitoshi Shirai President Hitachi Research Institute Japan
Oba Otudeko Chairman Honeywell Group Nigeria
Teddy Ngu Group Head, Corporate Development & Investments, Honeywell Group
Honeywell Group Nigeria
Fred Chima Regional Head, Global Capital Financing, Africa
HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Andrew Dell Chief Executive Officer, Africa HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Richard Hodder Regional Head, Export Finance, Africa HSBC United Kingdom
Wu Congcheng Chief Executive Officer, South Africa Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd South Africa
Ding Shaohua Senior Vice-President Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd People's Republic of China
Li Peng President, Eastern and Southern Africa Huawei Technologies South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Wang Shun Li Vice-President, Southern and Eastern Africa Region
Huawei Technologies South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Gavin E. R. Wilson Chief Executive Officer IFC Asset Management Company LLC
USA
George Ombima Head, Africa Capitalization Fund IFC Asset Management Company LLC
USA
Katherine Scott Chief Executive Officer Ignite Africa United Kingdom
Issam Darwish Chief Executive Officer and Founder IHS Holding Limited Mauritius
Ajay Kalsi Founder and Chief Executive Officer Indus Group United Kingdom
Anil Aggarwal Co-Founder Indus Group United Kingdom
Busi Mabuza Chairperson Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Geoffrey Qhena Chief Executive Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
David Jarvis Divisional Executive, Corporate Strategy Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Phakamile Mainganya Chief Risk Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Shakeel Meer Divisional Executive, Chemicals and Textiles
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Andrew Philbrick Chief Executive Officer INET BFA South Africa
Christian Morales Collado
Corporate Vice-President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Intel Corporation Germany
Videsha Proothveerajh
General Manager, South Africa Intel Corporation South Africa
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Jens O. Floe Senior Vice-President and Regional Chief Executive Officer
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)
South Africa
Chris Derksen Head, Frontier and Emerging Market Equities
Investec Asset Management Limited
South Africa
Hendrik du Toit Chief Executive Officer Investec Asset Management Ltd
United Kingdom
Katherine Tweedie Executive Director, Investec Investment Institute
Investec Asset Management Ltd
United Kingdom
Stephen Koseff Chief Executive Officer Investec Ltd South Africa
Khaya Gobodo Co-Strategy Leader, Africa Public Markets
Investec Ltd South Africa
Hiroyuki Tsubai Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Africa
Itochu Corporation South Africa
Kimihiko Inaba Executive Director Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan
Ashish Kumar Chief Executive Officer Jindal Africa South Africa
Miniya Chatterji Chief Sustainability Officer Jindal Steel and Power Limited India
Colin Dyer President and Chief Executive Officer JLL USA
Anthony Lewis Director JLL South Africa
Xander Nijnens Senior Vice-President JLL South Africa
Alma Scott Global Head, Global Public Health Country Operations and Partnerships
Johnson & Johnson USA
Alan Tennenberg Vice-President, Global Health, Worldwide Government Affairs and Policy
Johnson & Johnson USA
James Jones President and Chief Executive Officer Jones Group International USA
Zeona Jacobs Director, Marketing and Corporate Affairs JSE Ltd South Africa
Donna Oosthuyse Director, Capital Markets JSE Ltd South Africa
Hanan Abdelmeguid Chief Executive Officer Kamelizer Egypt
Ajay Kanoria Chairman and Managing Director Kanoria Group India
Carl Dyer Regional Senior Executive, sub-Saharan Africa
Kentz (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Abang Rahmat Yusuf Managing Director Khazanah Turkey Regional Office
Turkey
Kayode Akinola Director, Private Equity Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Ltd
United Kingdom
Josphat Mwaura Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, East Africa
KPMG East Africa Kenya
John B. Veihmeyer Global Chairman KPMG International USA
Oluseyi Bickersteth Chairman, Africa KPMG Nigeria
Trevor Hoole Chief Executive and Senior Partner, Southern Africa
KPMG South Africa
Adebisi Lamikanra Partner and Africa Head, Management Consulting and Financial Services
KPMG Nigeria
Bryan Leith Chief Operating Officer, Global Africa Practice
KPMG South Africa
Makgotso Letsitsi Partner and Head of Advisory, Southern Africa Region
KPMG South Africa
Dapo Okubadejo Partner and Head, Deal Advisory and Private Equity, Africa
KPMG Nigeria
Guillaume Hallez General Manager, Africa Kudelski Group France
Thierry Legrand Senior Vice-President, Sales and Services, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Kudelski Group France
Xavier Atieh Managing Director and Head, Middle East and Africa
Lazard Frères France
Thomas Lambert Executive Director Lazard France
Lourdes Caposso Fernandes
Managing Partner Legal Counsel Firm (LCF) Angola
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
13/36
Thabo Dloti Chief Executive Officer Liberty Holdings South Africa
Sandile Hlophe Chief Executive, Group Arrangements Liberty Holdings South Africa
Robin Smith Director Libstar Operations Pty Ltd South Africa
Andrew Jones Head, Africa Group Linklaters LLP United Kingdom
Ben Magara Chief Executive Officer Lonmin Plc United Kingdom
Lerato Molebatsi Executive Vice-President, Communications
Lonmin Plc South Africa
James Wild Chief Executive Officer, Africa and Middle East Region
Louis Dreyfus Commodities Mea Trading DMCC
United Arab Emirates
Thomas Couteaudier General Manager, Southern Africa Louis Dreyfus Commodities South Africa
Yusuff Ali Managing Director Lulu Group International United Arab Emirates
Lyndy Vandenbarselaar
Managing Director ManpowerGroup South Africa
Mark Satterfield Chief Operating Officer, Middle East and Africa
Marriott International Inc. South Africa
Shin Unzai Regional Senior Operation Officer for Africa
Marubeni Corporation Japan
Shigeru Yamaguchi Regional Director, sub-Saharan Africa Marubeni Corporation South Africa
Takashi Yao Regional Chief Operating Officer Marubeni Corporation South Africa
Omokehinde Ojomuyide
Country Manager, International Markets, West Africa
MasterCard Nigeria
Tara Nathan Executive Director, International Development
MasterCard USA
Raadhika Sihin Vice-President, Public Policy, Africa MasterCard South Africa
Paul Tswanya Vice-President, Government Services and Solutions
MasterCard Nigeria
Henrik Arwidi Director, Africa McKinsey & Company South Africa
Pal Erik Sjåtil Director, Eastern Europe, CIS, Middle East, Turkey and Africa
McKinsey & Company Russian Federation
David Robert Fine Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Achankeng Leke Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah
Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Eliot Pence Director, Africa Practice McLarty Associates USA
Neo Momodu Head, Corporate Affairs Media24 South Africa
Peter Fuller Vice-President and General Manager Medtronic Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
William Stranix Director Sub Saharan Africa Medtronic Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Daniel Grossman Senior Director, Global Health Innovation Medtronic Inc. USA
Atiq Mirza Director, Strategy and Business Development, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and Turkey
Medtronic United Arab Emirates
Thabani Mpofu Company Secretary Meikles Limited Zimbabwe
Monsuru Olaoye Olaoluwa Abiola
Managing Director, Africa Mercuria Energy Group Holding SA
Switzerland
Thierry Déau Chief Executive Officer Meridiam Infrastructure France
Mouhamadou Niang Managing Director, Meridiam Africa Meridiam Infrastructure France
Julien Touati Director, Corporate Development; Director, Investments
Meridiam Infrastructure France
Martin Collard Managing Director and Head, Corporate Banking, sub-Saharan Africa
Merrill Lynch SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Faruk Saleh Group Chief Executive Officer Metro Capital Advisory Group Nigeria
Amrote Abdella Director, 4Afrika, Innovation Microsoft Corporation Kenya
Louis Otieno Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Corporation Kenya
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
14/36
Lutz Ziob Dean, 4Afrika Academy Microsoft Corporation South Africa
Antony Cook Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Middle East & Africa
Microsoft Turkey
Fernando de Sousa General Manager, Africa Initiative Microsoft Turkey
Michael Wilson Managing Partner Migson Ghana Ltd Ghana
Satohiro Akimoto Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Global Relations Department
Mitsubishi Corporation Japan
Sachio Kaneki Senior Vice-President; Deputy Regional Chief Executive Officer, Europe and Africa
Mitsubishi Corporation South Africa
Yukihiro Nishikawa Director, Johannesburg Branch Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd Japan
Hironobu Ishikawa Senior Executive Managing Officer Mitsui & Co. Ltd Japan
Yasuhiko Hashimoto General Manager, Europe Structured Finance Division
Mizuho Bank Ltd United Kingdom
Yasuyuki Yamaji Head, Johannesburg Representative Office
Mizuho Bank Ltd South Africa
Nicolaas Kruger Chief Executive Officer MMI Holdings Limited South Africa
Blum Khan Chief Executive Officer, International Business
MMI Holdings Limited South Africa
Vuyo Lee Brand and Corporate Affairs Executive MMI Holdings Limited South Africa
Jan Schoombee Chief Commercial Officer MMI Holdings Limited South Africa
Mary Vilakazi Group Chief Financial Officer MMI Holdings Limited South Africa
Davide Marcovitch President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Canada
Moët Hennessy Brazil
Mohammed Dewji Group Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (MeTL)
Tanzania
Zulfikar Chandoo Business Strategist Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (MeTL)
Tanzania
Lawrence MacDougall Executive Vice-President and President, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mondelez International Inc. South Africa
Senzeni Ndebele Corporate Engagement Lead, Africa Monsanto Company USA
Gyanendra Shukla Africa Business Lead Monsanto Company USA
Marc Mourre Head, Africa Morgan Stanley United Kingdom
Risana Zitha Country Head, South Africa Morgan Stanley South Africa
Shumani Gereda General Manager, Regulatory Affairs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited Nigeria
Junior John Ngulube Chief Executive Officer Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Ltd (MRoA)
South Africa
David Henderson Chief Operating Officer National Aviation Services Kuwait
Philisiwe Mthethwa Chief Executive Officer National Empowerment Fund South Africa
Smit Crouse Managing Executive, Rest of Africa Investments, Alliances and Strategy
Nedbank Group South Africa
Graham Dempster Chief Operating Officer Nedbank Group South Africa
Adriaan Du Plessis Managing Executive, Rest of Africa Subsidiaries
Nedbank Group South Africa
Lynette Chen Chief Executive Officer NEPAD Business Foundation South Africa
Geoffrey Rothschild Director NEPAD Business Foundation South Africa
Ian Donald Chairman and Managing Director Nestlé (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
South Africa
Herbert Oberhaensli Vice-President, Economics and International Relations
Nestlé SA Switzerland
Allen Burch Managing Director, sub-Sahara and South Africa
Nielsen USA
Babs Omotowa Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Nigeria LNG Limited Nigeria
James Stephen Dando
General Manager Nissan Motor Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
15/36
Mike Whitfield Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Nissan Motor Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Peter Attard Montalto Chief Economist, Emerging Europe and Africa
Nomura International Plc United Kingdom
Eivind Fjeldstad Managing Director Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA)
Norway
Rebecca Stevens Director, Public Affairs, Malaria Initiative Novartis AG Switzerland
Jürgen Brokatzky-Geiger
Global Head, Corporate Responsibility Novartis International AG Switzerland
Linus Igwemezie Executive Vice-President and Head, Malaria Initiative
Novartis Pharma AG Switzerland
Patricia Kabuleeta Head, Government Affairs, Africa Cluster Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Mahesh Karande Head, Africa Cluster Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Luciano Marques CPO Head and Country President Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Olufemi Adeyemo Group Chief Financial Officer Oando Plc Nigeria
Abayomi Awobokun Chief Executive Officer, Oando Downstream
Oando Plc Nigeria
Omamofe Boyo Deputy Managing Director Oando Plc Nigeria
Ayotola Olubunmi Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary
Oando Plc Nigeria
António Poncioni Merian
Head, Africa, United Arab Emirates and Portugal
Odebrecht Portugal
Sylvia Elizabeth Lucas Premier of Northern Cape Office of the Premier of Northern Cape Province
South Africa
Phumulo Masualle Premier of Eastern Cape Office of the Premier of the Eastern Cape Province
South Africa
Tavaziva Madzinga Chief Executive Officer, Southern and East Africa
Old Mutual South Africa
Peter Mwangi Group Chief Executive Officer Old Mutual Kenya
David Marshall Strategy Director, Emerging Markets Old Mutual South Africa
Jurie Swart Head, Infrastructure Old Mutual South Africa
Matthew J. Bannick Managing Partner Omidyar Network Services LLC USA
Pascal K. Agboyibor Partner and Member of the Board Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe France
Colin Graham Partner, Energy and Infrastructure Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe United Kingdom
Alexander Janes Partner Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe United Kingdom
Riaan Jonck Managing Director Pearson Plc South Africa
Brian Wafawarowa Executive Director, Learning Services Pearson Plc South Africa
Philip Myers Senior Vice-President, Public Policy, Government Affairs and Communications, Europe
PepsiCo Inc. Switzerland
Miguel Angel Tordesillas
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Pescanova Namibia & South Africa
South Africa
Samuel Dossou-Aworet
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Petrolin SA Switzerland
Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo
President and Group Chief Executive Officer
PetroSA South Africa
Lindiwe Bakoro Group Chief Financial Officer PetroSA South Africa
Foluso Phillips Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phillips Consulting Nigeria
Hervé-Lomami Steimes
Senior Vice-President Pictet & Cie Group SCA Switzerland
Patrick Mhango Chief Executive Officer and Executive Secretary
Press Trust Malawi
Boye Olawoye Group Managing Director Primera Africa Finance Group Nigeria
Thabo Qhesi Chief Executive Officer Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL)
Lesotho
Francisco N. Chief Executive Officer ProMéxico Mexico
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
16/36
González Díaz
Catherine Clark Head, Government Relations, Emerging Markets and Africa
Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Matt Lilley Chief Executive Officer, Africa Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Arjun Mallik Head, Strategy, Africa Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Admassu Yilma Tadesse
President and Chief Executive Officer PTA Bank Burundi
Shango Dion Regional Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, South Africa and Southern Market Area
PwC South Africa
Uyi Akpata Regional Senior Partner, West Africa, Africa Oil and Gas Leader
PwC Nigeria
Taiwo Oyedele Head, Tax and Regulatory Services PwC Nigeria
Stanley Subramoney Strategy Leader, Southern Africa PwC South Africa
Elizabeth Migwalla Senior Director, Government Affairs, Africa
Qualcomm Inc. South Africa
Franck Alain Behiblo Managing Director, Head of Corporate Development
Quantum Global Corporate Services AG
Switzerland
Howard Meyers Chairman Quexco Inc. USA
Henk Mulder Managing Director, Rabo Development Rabobank Group Netherlands
Ritesh Shah Chief Executive Officer, Africa Rabobank International Kenya
Ben Valk Global Head, Multilateral Development Banks
Rabobank International Netherlands
Srinath Sridharan Member, Group Management Centre Rajesh Wadhawan Group India
Ngugi Kiuna Head, Investment Banking, Africa Rand Merchant Bank South Africa
Michael Larbie Chief Executive Officer and Regional Head, West Africa
Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria
Tshepidi Moremong Head, Coverage Africa Rand Merchant Bank South Africa
Ebrahim Suleman Motala
Head, Global Market, Rest of Africa and International
Rand Merchant Bank South Africa
Hermann Erdmann Chief Executive Officer Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA)
South Africa
Erik Holst-Roness Chief Executive Officer ReddiPAY Nigeria
Robin Lingg Chief Executive Officer, Africa and Asia Ringier AG Switzerland
Mpho Mothoa Managing Director, Richards Bay Minerals and Country Head, South Africa
Rio Tinto Management Services SA (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Alan Davies Chief Executive Officer, Diamonds and Minerals
Rio Tinto Plc United Kingdom
Markus Thill President, Africa Robert Bosch (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Emery Rubagenga Chief Executive Officer Roka Mining Ltd Rwanda
Martin L. Kingston Chief Executive Rothschild (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Trevor Manuel Deputy Chairman Rothschild (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Juan Jacques van Dongen
Chief Executive Officer, Africa Royal Philips South Africa
Thierry Boulanger Vice-President and General Manager, Philips Lighting Africa
Royal Philips South Africa
Ronald de Jong Chief Market Leader Royal Philips Netherlands
Walter van Kuijen Senior Vice-President, Global Government and Public Affairs
Royal Philips Netherlands
Peter van de Ven General Manager and Health Sector Leader, Africa
Royal Philips Netherlands
Alan Clark Chief Executive Officer SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
John Davidson General Counsel and Corporate Affairs Director
SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
17/36
Anna Swaithes Head, Livelihoods, Land and Food Security
SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
Andrew Wales Director, Sustainable Development SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
Mark Bowman Managing Director, Africa SABMiller South Africa
Monwabisi Fandeso Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Transformation
SABMiller South Africa
Sarit Shah Director Safal Investments (Mauritius) Ltd
Mauritius
Robert W. Collymore Chief Executive Officer Safaricom Limited Kenya
Raymond Farhat Chief Executive Officer Saham Finances Morocco
Tonye Cole Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Sahara Group Limited Nigeria
Uade Ahimie Corporate Governance and Compliance Officer
Sahara Group Limited Nigeria
Goutam Dev Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Executive Officer
SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Sunil Geness Director, Government Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility, Africa
SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Michael Pittelkow Vice President, Public Services, SAP EMEA
SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd Nigeria
Martin Stork Vice-President, Africa Growth Plan, Fast Growth Market Strategy Group
SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Frédéric Massé Vice-President, Government Relations, SAP Europe, Middle East and Africa; Deputy Head, Global Government Relations
SAP France SA France
Ahmed Al Subaey Executive Director, Marketing, Supply and JV Coordination
Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia
Bharat Thakrar Chief Executive Officer Scangroup Kenya
Francois Strydom Chief Executive Officer Senwes South Africa
Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka Orjiako
Chairman Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Nigeria
Celine Loader General Manager, Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Nigeria
Chioma Nwachuku General Manager, External Affairs and Communications
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Nigeria
Charles C. Okeahalam
Director Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Nigeria
Chike Onwudiwe Executive, Brand Management Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Nigeria
Semyon Vavilov Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development, Asia
Severstal Russian Federation
Sabine Dall'Omo Chief Executive, Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa
Siemens Africa South Africa
Clifford Klaas Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, Human Resources and Sustainability
Siemens Africa South Africa
Kevin Pillay Vice-President, Energy Management and Mobility, Southern and East Africa
Siemens Africa South Africa
Jan Rabe Director, Sustainability Siemens AG Germany
Alexandre Zeller Chairman of the Board of Directors SIX Group AG Switzerland
Alexander Vouk Chief Financial Officer SKIDATA AG, Kudelski Group Austria
Jérôme Vial Vice-President, Sales SmarDTV SA-Kudelski Group Switzerland
Cathia Lawson-Hall Senior Banker, Africa Société Générale France
José Filomeno dos Santos
Chairman of the Board of Directors Sovereign Fund of Angola Angola
Konrad Reuss Managing Director Standard & Poor's South Africa
Razia Khan Managing Director, Head, Africa Macro Research
Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom
Olukorede Adenowo Managing Director and Co-Head, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
18/36
Financial Institutions and Public Sector, Africa
Ebenezer N. Essoka Vice-Chairman, Africa Region Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
Richard Etemesi Chief Executive Officer, South Africa and Area General Manager, Southern Africa
Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
Diana Layfield Chief Executive Officer, Africa Region Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom
Stephen Priestley Regional Head, Corporate and Institutional Clients (CIC), Africa
Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
V. Shankar Group Executive Director; Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas
Standard Chartered Bank United Arab Emirates
Tove Stuhr Sjøblom Senior Vice-President, International Development and Production, sub-Saharan Africa
Statoil ASA Norway
Sean M. Cleary Chairman Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Diane Binder Vice-President, International Development, Africa, Middle East and India
Suez Environnement France
Christian Sarafidis Head, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa
SWIFT SCRL Belgium
Hugo Smit Head, Africa South Swift South Africa
Frank O'Neill Managing Director, Reinsurance, Africa and Middle East
Swiss Re Africa Limited South Africa
Andreas Prystav Senior Client Manager, Global Partnerships, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Reto Schnarwiler Head, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Partnerships
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Juerg Trueb Head of Environmental and Commodity Markets
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Martyn Parker Chairman, Global Partnerships Swiss Reinsurance Company United Kingdom
Ronald Gounden Medical Director, Africa Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
South Africa
John Norman Managing Director, Africa Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd
South Africa
Ulf Pehrsson Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Jabu A. Mabuza Chairman Telkom SA SOC Limited South Africa
Sipho Maseko Group Chief Executive Officer Telkom SA SOC Limited South Africa
Kholeka Mzondeki Member of the Board Telkom SA SOC Limited South Africa
Vuyo Tuku Executive, Office of the Chief Executive Officer
Telkom SA SOC Limited South Africa
Khanyisile Kweyama Member of the Board Telkom South Africa
Sandeep Khanna Managing Director The Abraaj Group South Africa
Jacob Kholi Partner The Abraaj Group Ghana
Jonathan Louw Managing Director The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates
Ragheb El Rami Managing Director The Abraaj Group United Kingdom
Davinder Sikand Partner The Abraaj Group Kenya
Geetha Tharmaratnam
Director, Abraaj Performance Acceleration Group
The Abraaj Group United Kingdom
H.H. Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa
Honorary Chairman The Bahrain Petroleum Company BSC
Bahrain
Cas Coovadia Managing Director The Banking Association of South Africa
South Africa
Hans-Paul Bürkner Chairman The Boston Consulting Group Germany
Hans Kuipers Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Stefano Niavas Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
19/36
Urs Reinhard Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Genevieve Sangudi Managing Director The Carlyle Group Nigeria
Sarah Dunn Director, Strategy and Special Initiatives The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
United Kingdom
Huseyin Akin Chief Executive Officer, Africa The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Dan Baxter Director, Group Communications , Eurasia and Africa
The Coca-Cola Company Turkey
Therese Gearhart President, Southern Africa The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Nathan Kalumbu President, Eurasia and Africa Group The Coca-Cola Company Turkey
Susan Mboya President, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation; Group Director, Women's Economic Empowerment, Eurasia and Africa
The Coca-Cola Company Kenya
Alexander Doll Regional Director, Geographic Communications and Government Affairs
The Dow Chemical Company South Africa
Carsten Larsen Managing Director, Dow South Africa The Dow Chemical Company South Africa
Ross McLean President, Sub-Saharan Africa The Dow Chemical Company South Africa
Ellen Agler Chief Executive Officer The END Fund USA
Oscar Onyema Chief Executive Officer The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
Nigeria
Martin Kimmig Managing Director The Rock Creek Group USA
Mamadou Biteye Managing Director, Africa Regional Office The Rockefeller Foundation Kenya
C. D. Glin Associate Director The Rockefeller Foundation Kenya
Simpiwe K. Tshabalala
Joint Chief Executive Officer The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
William Blackie Deputy Head, Global Investment Banking The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Andile Kenneth Livuyo Fihla
Head, Client Coverage and CIB Franchise
The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Peter Schlebusch Chief Executive, Personal and Business Banking
The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Blaise Goetschin Chief Executive Officer The Swiss Bank of Geneva (BCGE)
Switzerland
Anne Johnson Governor The Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
Jane Kengeya-Kayondo
Special Adviser, Africa The Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
Nicholas Moakes Managing Director The Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
Vincent Caraher Chief Operating Officer, Global Growth and Operations
Thomson Reuters USA
Kevin Gallagher Head, Financial and Risk Thomson Reuters South Africa
Dominic Goslett Head, Tax and Accounting Thomson Reuters South Africa
Romulen Edward Pillay
Senior Director, Legal and Government Business, Africa
Thomson Reuters South Africa
Aarti Shah Head, Government Relations, Africa Thomson Reuters Kenya
Sneha Shah Managing Director, Africa Thomson Reuters South Africa
Peter Matlare Chief Executive Officer and Founder Tiger Brands Ltd South Africa
Bridgitte Backman Group Executive, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Tiger Brands Ltd South Africa
Peter H. Staude Chief Executive Officer Tongaat Hulett Limited South Africa
Simon Gilliat Managing Director, International Consulting Group
Towers Watson United Kingdom
Frederick Antwi Partner, TPG Africa TPG Capital LLP United Kingdom
Dyanna Sidiropulo Senior Adviser TPG Capital LLP United Kingdom
Gachao Kiuna Chief Executive Officer Trans-Century Ltd (TCL) Kenya
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
20/36
Siyabonga Gama Acting Group Chief Executive Officer Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Linda Mabaso Chair of the Board Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Mboniso Sigonyela General Manager, Corporate and Public Affairs
Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Anoj Singh Group Financial Officer Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Karl Xhanti Socikwa Chief Executive, Port Terminals Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Benjamin Hill President Trina Solar (Schweiz) AG Switzerland
Rick Goings Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tupperware Brands Corporation
USA
Elinor Steele Vice-President, Global Communications and Women's Initiatives
Tupperware Brands Corporation
USA
Justin Hewett President Tupperware SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Caroline Anstey Group Managing Director; Global Head, UBS and Society
UBS AG Switzerland
Sean Bennett Country Head UBS AG South Africa
Martin Emodi Head, Wealth Management, Africa UBS AG Switzerland
Kerstin Engler Head, Ultra High Net Worth Individuals, sub-Saharan Africa, UBS Wealth Management
UBS AG Switzerland
Piers Maynard Head, Sovereign Institutions and Africa, Global Asset Management
UBS AG United Kingdom
Bruno Witvoet Executive Vice-President, Africa Unilever France France
Paul Polman Chief Executive Officer Unilever United Kingdom
Douglas Brew Director, Communications, Corporate Affairs and Sustainable Living, Unilever Africa
Unilever United Kingdom
Peter Cowan Chairman Unilever South Africa
Sheila Redzepi Vice-President, Global Advocacy and Sustainability Strategy
Unilever Netherlands
Emeka Emuwa Managing Director Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Phillips Oduoza Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
United Bank for Africa Plc Nigeria
Muyiwa Akinyemi Head, Strategic Business Group, Wholesale
United Bank for Africa Plc Nigeria
Edouard De Montalivet
Head, Representative Office, France United Bank for Africa Plc Nigeria
Ebele Ogbue Head, Global Account Management, Anglophone
United Bank for Africa Plc Nigeria
Sola Yomi-Ajayi Director; Strategic Business Group Head, International Banking and Corporate
United Bank for Africa Plc Nigeria
Oluwatoyin Sanni Group Chief Executive Officer United Capital Plc Nigeria
Natalie Africa Director, Private Sector Engagement United Nations Foundation USA
Susan Myers Senior Vice-President United Nations Foundation USA
Jaidev R. Shroff Chief Executive Officer UPL Ltd India
Vinay Kumar Business Head, Africa and Middle East UPL Ltd India
Nishant Pahuja Business Head, Africa UPL Ltd India
Vijay Sardana Head, Food Security and Agribusinesses UPL Ltd India
Paul Horsfall Managing Director UPS SCS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Paul Bayer Managing Director, Africa UPS United Arab Emirates
Esther Ndichu Director, Humanitarian Supply Chain UPS Belgium
Marc Roussel Vice-President, Africa UTC Building & Industrial Systems
France
Christoph Vogel Group Senior Vice-President; Head. Vestas Central Europe
Vestas Wind Systems A/S Denmark
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
21/36
Ade Ashaye Country Manager, West Africa Visa Inc. Nigeria
Natalie Baatjies Head, Financial Inclusion, CEMEA Visa Inc. South Africa
Gillian Cederwall Head of Corporate Relations, MENA and sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Stephen M. Kehoe Senior Vice-President and Head, Global Financial Inclusion
Visa Inc. USA
Daniel Ngwepe Head, Government Relations, sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Eytan Stibbe Founding Partner Vital Capital Fund Switzerland
Sandy Oppenheim Managing Partner and Head, Strategy Vital Capital Fund Switzerland
Alexander Tikhomirov Chief Representative Vnesheconombank South Africa
Vuyani Jarana Chief Officer, Enterprise Business Vodacom Group Ltd South Africa
Peter Moyo Chairman Vodacom Group Ltd South Africa
Nonkqubela Maliza Head, Government Affairs Volkswagen of South Africa South Africa
Thomas Schäfer Chief Executive Officer Volkswagen South Africa Ltd South Africa
Lauren Kickham Senior Developer, Vulcan Philanthropy Vulcan Inc. USA
Saleem R. Beebeejaun
Chairman Warwyck Private Bank Ltd Mauritius
George Bishop Chief Executive Officer Willis Group Holdings Plc South Africa
William White Managing Director Willis Group United Kingdom
Jeremy Goon Chief Sustainability Officer Wilmar International Limited Singapore
Santosh Pillai Managing Director, West Africa Wilmar International Limited Nigeria
Deepak Chauhan General Manager, Global Client Partner Wipro Limited United Kingdom
Ashiq Hassanali Vice-President Wipro Limited Germany
Jaco Barnard Head, Retail and Consumer Goods Wipro Technologies South Africa
Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman World Economic Forum Germany
Pierre Brunet Sales Manager, Africa and Middle East Yara International ASA France
Sean de De Cleene Senior Vice-President, Global Initiatives, Strategy and Business Development
Yara International ASA Belgium
Bernhard Fonseka Manager, Business Unit, Africa Yara International South Africa
Anat Bar-Gera Chairperson YooMee Africa Switzerland
Peter Amangbo Chief Executive Officer Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria
Jim Ovia Chairman Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria
Olusola Oladipo Executive Director Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria
Adaora Umeoji Executive Director Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria
Wouter Verwey Managing Director Zimco Group (Pty) Limited South Africa
Patrick Manley Chief Executive Officer, General Insurance, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group Ireland
Dolly D. Mokgatle Chair Zurich Insurance Group South Africa
Edwyn O'Neill Chief Executive Officer Zurich Insurance Group South Africa
Francis Bouchard Group Head of Government and Industry Affairs
Zurich Insurance Group Switzerland
Isabelle Welton Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee
Zurich Insurance Group Switzerland
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
22/36
List of New Champions
Amir Abbassciy Chief Executive Officer Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited
Pakistan
Waleed Abd El Rahman
Managing Director MIT Technology Review, Pan Arab
Egypt
Hafsat Abiola-Costello Special Adviser and Member of the State Cabinet
Government of the State of Ogun
Nigeria
Bahy Aboelezz Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer Kijamii Egypt
Mahmoud Aboud Research Coordinator Reproductive Health and Rights Institute
Sudan
Reuben Abraham Chief Executive Officer and Senior Fellow IDFC Institute India
James Agada Chief Technology Officer Computer Warehouse Group Plc
Nigeria
Karima Ait Mhand Chief Executive Officer Seventeen Services Morocco
Clare Akamanzi Chief Operating Officer Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Rwanda
Biola Alabi Managing Partner Biola Alabi Media Consulting Nigeria
Osayi Alile Chairperson Women In Management, Business and Public Policy (WIMBIZ)
Nigeria
Wilmot Allen Founder 1 World Enterprises USA
Salim Amin Chairman A24 Media/Camerapix Kenya
Maurice A. Amon Chairman of the Board goSwiff Ltd Singapore
Philios Andreou Sphika
Global Partner and Head, Latin America BTS Group Brazil
Ally Angula Co-Founder and Managing Director Leap Holdings Namibia Namibia
Mona Arslan Teaching Assistant, Media Management, College of Management
The Arab Academy for Science and Technology
Egypt
Solomon Assefa Director IBM Research Africa South Africa
Chouaib Attoui Co-Founder and Associate Manager Otaku Events Algeria
Petrina Auino Co-Founder Nature's Way Namibia
Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Member of Parliament Hellenic Parliament Greece
Vincent W. Bagiire Member of Parliament Parliament of Uganda Uganda
Pasha Bakhtiar Chief Executive Officer Reyl Finance (MEA) Ltd United Arab Emirates
Daniella Ballou-Aares Senior Adviser for Development to the US Secretary of State
US Department of State USA
Thembalihle Phillip Baloyi
Founder and Executive Director Discovery Insure Ltd South Africa
Naty Barak Chief Sustainability Officer Netafim Ltd Israel
Frank Beadle de Palomo
President and Chief Executive Officer mothers2mothers South Africa
David Boehmer Regional Managing Partner, Financial Services
Heidrick & Struggles United Kingdom
Katharina Borchert Chief Executive Officer Spiegel Online Germany
David-Pax Buatshia Professor C.S.LES LOUPIOTS Democratic Republic of Congo
Erik Charas Founder and Managing Director Charas LDA Mozambique
Suresh Chaturvedi Group Chairman Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Pvt. Ltd (OIAPL)
India
Ajay Chaturvedi Founder and Chief Executive Officer HarVa (Harnessing Value of Rural India...)
India
Chirathivat Suthipak Executive Director Central Pattana Public Company Limited (CPN)
Thailand
Patience Chisanga Host, Radio and Television and Freelance Media Specialist
Hot FM Radio Zambia
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
23/36
Brendan Cox Director, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Division
Save the Children United Kingdom
Mehmet Gürcan Daimagüler
Special Adviser Tropical General Investments Group
Nigeria
Stephen Daniel Co-Founder and Head of Research Street2School Uganda
Seun Daniel Software Developer Officer Nigcomsat Ltd Nigeria
Halima Daoura Economist Millennium Challenge Account Niger
Niger
Bernice Dapaah Executive Director Ghana Bamboo Bikes Ghana
Ernest Darkoh Founding Partner BroadReach Healthcare South Africa
Harry G. David Chairman of the Board Frigoglass SAIC Greece
Martyn Davies Chief Executive Officer Frontier Advisory Pty Ltd South Africa
F. K. Day Co-Founder Buffalo Bicycle Company USA
Nishan Degnarain Member, Monetary Policy Committee Mauritius Government Mauritius
Mamadou Diallo Volunteer Peace Child International Guinea
Djibril Wélé Diallo Manager Pyramis Audit & Conseil Mali
Daniel Dilley Director, East Africa Mega Lifesciences Public Company Limited
Thailand
Tladi Ditshego Chief Executive Officer J&J Group South Africa
Ismail Douiri Co-Chief Executive Officer Attijariwafa Bank Morocco
Kathryn Dovey Tax Policy Analyst Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
INT
Uzoma Dozie Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Diamond Bank Plc Nigeria
Jamie C. Drummond Executive Director and Co-Founder ONE United Kingdom
Dave Duarte Chief Executive Officer Treeshake South Africa
Sophal Ear Associate Professor, Diplomacy and World Affairs
Occidental College USA
Michael Economakis Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
A.G.Leventis Group Greece
Glory Edozien Executive, Project Development Enviro Africa Nigeria
Peter Elam Håkansson
Chairman and Founding Partner East Capital AB Sweden
Abdellah Elhafedh Deputy Regional Director Banque Nationale de Mauritanie
Mauritania
Christo Els Senior Partner Webber Wentzel South Africa
Shabbir Esmael Founder and Director African Neighbourhood Initiative
Mauritius
Kow Essuman Associate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah
Ghana
Ulrik Federspiel Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer
Haldor Topsoe A/S Denmark
Valerie Feldmann Vice-President, Product Innovation and Strategy
Ogin Inc. USA
Pablo Fetter Head of Investments, Europe and Americas
GEMS Education United Arab Emirates
Justin Finnegan Co-Founder and Managing Director Mountain Hazelnuts Group USA
Martin J. Fisher Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer KickStart International USA
Lucineida Fonseca Economic Adviser Office of the Prime Minister of Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Farhad Forbes Director Forbes Marshall Private Limited India
Naushad Forbes Director Forbes Marshall Private Limited India
Nicola Galombik Executive Director Yellowwoods South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
24/36
Emmanuel Gamor Specialist YouTube Inc. Ghana Ghana
Jared Genser Managing Director Perseus Strategies LLC USA
Anne Githuku-Shongwe
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Afroes Transformational Games
South Africa
Ashifi Gogo Chief Executive Officer Sproxil USA
Elissa Golberg Assistant Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
Canada
Deon Greyling Managing Director and Partner, Africa and Middle East
BTS Group South Africa
Mina Guli Chief Executive Officer Thirst People's Republic of China
Farai Gundan Writer and Presenter Forbes Africa South Africa
Lusanda Gwayi Chairperson Dream Factory Foundation South Africa
Helen Hai Goodwill Ambassador United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
INT
Sameer Hajee Chief Executive Officer Nuru Energy Group Rwanda
Avril Halstead Chief Director, Sectoral Oversight National Treasury of South Africa
South Africa
Nabil Hamdaoui Cultural Actor biggerBang Morocco
Darell Hammond Founder and Chief Executive Officer KaBOOM! USA
Saadatu Hamu Aliyu Associate Solola & Akpana Barristers and Solicitors
Nigeria
Leis-Bruel Haragirimana
Founder Youth Building in Synergy to end Poverty
Burundi
Njideka Harry President and Chief Executive Officer Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)
Nigeria
John Harthorne Founder and Chief Executive Officer MassChallenge Inc. USA
Richard Harvey Chairman PZ Cussons Plc United Kingdom
Brian Herlihy Chief Executive Officer and Founder Black Rhino Group South Africa
Lisa Heydlauff Chief Executive Officer Going to School India
Ntandose Hlabangana Founder and Lawyer Rising Hope Foundation Zimbabwe
Veronique Hob-Hob Marketing Manager Bridge Africa Cameroon
Amadou Hott Chief Executive Officer Sovereign Wealth Fund of Senegal for Strategic Investments (FONSIS)
Senegal
Phil Howarth Senior Partner and Managing Director Frost & Sullivan United Kingdom
Hadiza Ibrahim Administrative Officer Civil Service Commission, Kano State
Nigeria
Abdulrazaq Isa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited
Nigeria
Salim Ismail Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Groupe Socota Mauritius
Mohammad Jaafar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company KCSC
Kuwait
Jama Jack University Communications Officer University of the Gambia Gambia
Aminatou Jallow Founder Chopshop Fastfood Restaurant Gambia
Marieme Jamme Founder and Chief Executive Officer SpotOne Global Solutions United Kingdom
Garth C. Japhet Founder and Chief Executive Officer Heartlines South Africa
Pablo Jenkins Founder and President Ideas en Acción Costa Rica
Catherine Whitney Johnson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder Generation Ubuntu South Africa
Timothy Johnson Design Partner NBBJ USA
Saran Kaba Jones Founder and Chief Executive Officer FACE Africa USA
Vimbayi Kajese Founder Inzano Zimbabwe
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
25/36
Tony Kalm Director One Acre Fund USA
Koosum Kalyan Director of the Board Aker ASA Norway
Murtala Kamara Founder and Chief Executive Officer SaloneJamboree Sierra Leone
Mithun Kamath Chief Executive Officer Arc Skills for Work South Africa
Sunil Kanoria Vice-Chairman SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited
India
Anant Raj Kanoria Director SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited
India
Paul Kapelus Director Synergy Global Consulting Ltd South Africa
Hellen Kassa Associate Principal The Africa Group Ethiopia
Franck Kie Junior Consultant Deloitte Côte d'Ivoire
Moonju Kim Project Manager, BRIDGE Korean National Commission for UNESCO
INT
Mads Kjaer Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder MYC4 A/S Denmark
Marc Koska Founder Safepoint United Kingdom
Adèle Koumato Financial Auditor Ernst & Young Chad Chad
Basetsana Kumalo Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Kesav S. Kumar Chief Commercial Officer Sutherland Global Services USA
Rosalin Abigail Kyere-Nartey
Executive Director Rosak Consult Limited Ghana
Peter Lacy Global Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
Accenture United Kingdom
Aslam Levy Director, Social Media Government Communication and Information System
South Africa
Li Fan Vice-President Fohow Group People's Republic of China
Vivian Claire Liew Founding Director PhilanthropyWorks Singapore
André Loesekrug-Pietri
Executive Chairman Paulina Foundation People's Republic of China
Asantewaa Lo-liyong Youth Fellow United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
South Sudan
Jessica Long Managing Director Accenture Development Partnerships
USA
Katherine Lucey Founder and Chief Executive Officer Solar Sister USA
Leslie W. Maasdorp Director Hoskins Consolidated Investments
South Africa
Linda Mabhena-Olagunju
Managing Director DLO Energy Resources South Africa
Michael Macharia Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer
Seven Seas Technologies (SST)
Kenya
Edwin Macharia Partner Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Kenya
Lillian Secelela Madeje
Co-Founder Ekihya Consulting Tanzania
Elizabeth Mafeni Group Financial Controller Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Houssam Mahmoud Chief Executive Officer Al Dahra Holding United Arab Emirates
Mokena Makeka Creative Director and Managing Director Makeka Design Lab South Africa
Tumi Makgabo Founder and Executive Director AfricaWorldwide Media South Africa
Pearl Maphumulo Managing Director Prolific Designz South Africa
Patience Marime-Ball Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Mara Ad-Venture Investments
Mara Group USA
Nkosana Mashiya Deputy Registrar for Banks South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB)
South Africa
Lungisa Matshoba Co-Founder and Director YOCO South Africa
Paul Scott Matthew Director, Africa North Star Alliance South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
26/36
Nathi Mbele Founder and Executive Chairman AdNotes South Africa
John McArthur Senior Fellow United Nations Foundation USA
Riad Meliti Chief Executive Officer Arqaam Capital United Arab Emirates
Sara Menker Founder and Chief Executive Officer Gro Intelligence Kenya
Philipp Missfelder Member of Parliament; CDU/CSU Foreign Policy Spokesperson
Federal Assembly of Germany (Bundestag)
Germany
Aditya Mittal Senior Investor Mara Group Uganda
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi Chief Executive Officer Avatar South Africa
Phuthumani Mlotshwa Medical Laboratory Scientist Population Services International/Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Nneka Mobisson-Etuk Executive Director Institute for Healthcare Improvement
South Africa
Mosidi Modise Co-Founder GrowthShoot Inc. South Africa
Naadiya Moosajee Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer WomEng South Africa
Barkha Mossae Diplomat Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius
Mauritius
Katlego Mothibi Founding Partner The Duke of Africa Foundation Botswana
John R. T. Moxon Executive Chairman Meikles Limited Zimbabwe
Zakaria Mrini Associate Mrini Law Firm Morocco
Gugu Msibi Managing Director, Head, Public Policy and Government Relations, Barclays Africa
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Andrew Muir Executive Director Wilderness Foundation South Africa
Sylvia Mulinge General Manager, Consumer Business Unit
Safaricom Limited Kenya
Benedict Mundele Kuvuna
Co-Founder Surprise Tropicale Italy
David Munro Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking
The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Jacqueline Musiitwa Legal Counsel and Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer
PTA Bank Burundi
Monica Katebe Musonda
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Java Foods Limited Zambia
James Mwangi Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Equity Bank Ltd (Kenya) Kenya
James Mwangi Executive Director Dalberg South Africa
James Mworia Chief Executive Officer Centum Investment Company Limited
Kenya
Gwendolyn S. Myers Executive Director Messengers of Peace - Liberia (MOP)
Liberia
Euvin Naidoo Head of Strategy, Barclays Africa, Regional Management
Barclays Africa Group Limited South Africa
Kovin Naidoo Deputy Chief Executive Officer Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation (BHVIF)
South Africa
Mehdi Nassih Founder and Chief Executive Officer Voyagoing Morocco
Halima Nazeer Chief Financial Officer Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Benard Ndau Group Administration Executive and General Counsel
Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Martial Nderbe Accounting and Finance Auditor Ernst & Young Chad Chad
James Ndlovu Chief Executive Officer Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Muthoni Nduhiu Founder Mastermind Africa Alliance Kenya
Luca Neghesti Chief Executive Officer Tristar Holdings Tanzania
Dave Neiswander President Buffalo Bicycle Ltd South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
27/36
Mweshi Ng'andu Founder Langila Foundation Zambia
Michael Nganga Country Manager Givewatts Kenya
Ali Ben Baba Niangado
Chief Executive Officer Premium Automobile Mali
Cyrille Nkontchou Chief Executive Officer and Founder LiquidAfrica (Pty) Limited South Africa
Lynette Ntuli Chief Executive Officer Innate Investment Solutions (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Alvin Nyika Founder and Chairman Core Foundation Zimbabwe
Jasandra Nyker Chief Executive Officer BioTherm Energy (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Kennedy Odede President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO)
USA
Akinwale Ojomo Special Adviser Centre for Management Development (CMD)
Nigeria
Austin Okere Chief Executive Officer Computer Warehouse Group Plc
Nigeria
Ory Okolloh Director, Investments Omidyar Network, Africa South Africa
Onajite P. Okoloko Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Notore Chemical Industries Limited
Nigeria
Alex Okosi Senior Vice-President and Managing Director
Viacom International Media Networks Africa
South Africa
Ola Orekunrin Managing Director The Flying Doctors Nigeria
Harald Oswin Chief Executive Officer FNS Swaziland
Marlon Parker Founder Reconstructed Living Lab South Africa
Mayank Patel Group Chairman The Azibo Group United Kingdom
Christie Peacock Founder and Chairman Sidai Africa Kenya
Kristine Pearson Chief Executive Lifeline Energy South Africa
Anton du Plessis Managing Director Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
EU
Vikas Pota Chief Executive Varkey Foundation United Kingdom
Hanli Prinsloo Founder and Chief Executive Officer I AM WATER Foundation South Africa
Lewis Pugh Founder Our Blue Future South Africa
Jonathan Rake Chief Executive Officer and Principal Officer
Zurich Insurance Group Singapore
Bonolo Ramokhele Co-Chief Executive Officer Leofortis Group South Africa
Yohanis Riek Executive Director South Sudan Integrated Development Organization
South Sudan
Olivia van Rooyen Executive Director The Kuyasa Fund South Africa
Raelene Rorke Founder SpringAGE (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Damaris Rosabal Head, Monitoring and Evaluation Strategic Policy Center Cape Verde
Helge Rosenberg Managing Director Haldor Topsoe SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Juliana Rotich Co-Founder and Executive Director Ushahidi Inc. Kenya
Hanneli Rupert Founder and Creative Director Okapi South Africa
Ephraim Rwamwenge Chief Executive Officer RWA Business Group Rwanda
Mallam Barmou Saadatou
Special Adviser, Humanitarian and Social Affairs
Office of the Prime Minister of Niger
Niger
Vikramjit Singh Sahney
Chairman and Managing Director Sun International Pvt. Ltd India
John Sargent Co-Founder BroadReach Healthcare Switzerland
Aminata Sarr Librarian, Librairie Athena Editions Jimsaan Senegal
Teruhide Sato President and Group Chief Executive Officer
BEENOS Inc. Japan
Rahul Savara Group Managing Director Tropical General Investments Group
Nigeria
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
28/36
Rohan Raj Savara Executive Director Tropical General Investments Group
Nigeria
Hanane Sbai El Otmani
Research Engineer IRT SystemX France
Patrick Schofield Founder The Indalo Project South Africa
Robyn Scott Co-Founder Brothers for All United Kingdom
Sumantra Sengupta President, Animal Feed Division Al Dahra Holding United Arab Emirates
Parmesh Shahani Head, India Culture Lab Godrej Industries Ltd India
Sharanjeet Shan National Executive Director Maths Centre Incorporating Sciences
South Africa
Simbarashe Sibanda Business Developer Delta Incorporated Botswana
Mandla Sibeko Chairman Mineonline Africa South Africa
Landry Signe Distinguished Fellow, Center for African Studies
Stanford University USA
Bright Simons President MPedigree Network Ghana
Shamina Singh Executive Director, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
MasterCard USA
Paramjit Singh Sawhney
International President Mega Lifesciences Public Company Limited
Thailand
Jens Martin Skibsted Founding Partner Skibsted Ideation A/S Denmark
Chuck Slaughter Founder and Chief Executive Officer Living Goods USA
Anthony Smare Chairman Nambawan Super Limited Papua New Guinea
Lorna Solis Founder and Chief Executive Officer Blue Rose Compass USA
Ian Solomon Vice-President, Global Engagement University of Chicago USA
Malek Sukkar Chief Executive Officer averda Lebanon
Esther Sunday Eshiet Founder Afterschool Peer Mentoring Project
Nigeria
Iqbal Survé Executive Chairman Sekunjalo Investment Holdings (Pty) Limited
South Africa
Fred Swaniker Founder and Chief Executive Officer African Leadership Academy South Africa
Thoueiba Tamboura Sales Manager Edifice McCann Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Ashish J. Thakkar Founder Mara Group Uganda
Thum Pingtjin Research Fellow University of Oxford United Kingdom
Matthew Tilleard Managing Partner CrossBoundary LLC USA
Emre Timurkan Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Timurkan Capital SA Turkey
Irene Tinagli Member of Parliament Italian Chamber of Deputies Italy
Mamadou Touré Founder Africa 2.0 Foundation South Africa
Kema Ufelle Founding Partner Capitalfield Attorneys Nigeria
Nsikanabasi Umoffong
Managing Partner Vine Realty Nigeria
Emeka Uzomba Head, Treasury and Financial Institutions Diamond Bank Plc Nigeria
Hajo van Beijma Founder and Partnerships Director TTC Mobile Netherlands
Duncan Luke van Niekerk
Founder SPONSORME Trust South Africa
Arnaud Ventura Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer PlaNet Finance France
Danladi Verheijen Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Verod Capital Management Limited
Nigeria
Mark Vlasic Senior Fellow; Adjunct Professor of Law Georgetown University USA
Ian Walsh Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group United Kingdom
Pauline Wanjiku Associate Expert, Innovations United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
INT
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
29/36
James Wanjohi Managing Partner Alpha Strategy Consultants South Africa
Christian Wessels Deputy Group Managing Director Tropical General Investments Group
Nigeria
Herbert Wigwe Group Managing Director Access Bank Plc Nigeria
Dennis Wijsmuller Chief Operating Officer Arqaam Capital United Arab Emirates
Ebenezar Wikina Co-Founder Write Paragraphs Nigeria
Allen Wilcox President VillageReach USA
Hidehiko Yamaguchi Managing Director GLOBIS Corporation Japan
Jecuthiel Yameogo History Teacher Lycée Espoir Burkina Faso
Amr Yousef Senior Telecommunications Engineer Alkan Group of Companies Egypt
Eliana Zamprogna Sustainability Officer Bühler Switzerland
Alix Zwane Executive Director Evidence Action USA
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
30/36
List of Media Leaders
Tokunbo Adedoja Sunday Editor THISDAY/Arise Media Group Nigeria
Frank Aigbogun Editor-in-Chief Business Day Nigeria
Amadou Mahtar Ba Co-Founder and Executive Chairman AllAfrica Global Media USA
Juergen Baetz Africa Bureau Chief DPA - Deutsche Presse Agentur
South Africa
Aryn Baker Africa Bureau Chief Time International South Africa
Thorold Barker Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa The Wall Street Journal United Kingdom
Lawrence Bartlett Correspondent Agence France Presse (AFP) South Africa
Omar Ben Yedder Publisher IC Publications United Kingdom
Christopher Bishop Managing Editor Forbes Africa South Africa
Claudia Bröll Business Reporter Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung South Africa
Karima Brown Group Executive Editor Independent Media South Africa
Edward Cropley Bureau Chief, sub-Saharan Africa Thomson Reuters South Africa
Matthew Davies Editor, Africa Business Report BBC Africa South Africa
Sebolelo Ditlhakanyane
Head of Radio News and Current Affairs SABC South Africa
Anna Edwards Anchor and Correspondent Bloomberg Television United Kingdom
Andrew England Southern Africa Bureau Chief The Financial Times South Africa
Bobby Ghosh Managing Editor Quartz - Atlantic Media USA
Julie Gichuru Television Host and Entrepreneur Arimus Media Limited Kenya
Eleni Giokos Anchor and Correspondent eNCA South Africa
Michael Hanna Senior Correspondent Al Jazeera English Qatar
Alec Hogg Editor Biznews.com South Africa
Uzodinma Iweala Editor-in-Chief Ventures Africa Nigeria
Hilary Joffe Editor-at-Large Business Day South Africa
Diana Magnay International Correspondent CNN South Africa
Beatrice Marshall TV Anchor CCTV Africa Kenya
Jimi Matthews Group Executive, News and Current Affairs
SABC South Africa
Lerato Mbele Africa Business Correspondent BBC World News United Kingdom
Taro Mitamura Bureau Chief, Johannesburg NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
South Africa
Fred M'membe Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Post Newspapers Limited Zambia
Ellis Mnyandu Editor, Business Report and Group Executive
Independent Media South Africa
James Muyanwa Business Editor Times of Zambia Zambia
Bronwyn Nielsen Senior Anchor and Executive Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Michael Owuor Deputy Editor, Sunday Nation Nation Media Group Ltd Kenya
Kristin Palitza Africa Correspondent DPA - Deutsche Presse Agentur
South Africa
Joe Parkinson Bureau Chief The Wall Street Journal Turkey
Jean-Philippe Remy Africa Bureau Chief Le Monde France
Jonathan Rosenthal Africa Editor The Economist United Kingdom
Thomas Scheen Correspondent, Africa Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung South Africa
Andrew Schmertz US Business Editor Arise News USA
Nasreen Seria Team Leader, Africa Economy and Government News
Bloomberg News South Africa
Antony Sguazzin Managing Editor, sub-Saharan Africa Bloomberg News South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
31/36
Leonard Stiegeler General Manager, Ringier Nigeria and Head, West Africa, Ringier Africa
Ringier AG Switzerland
Victoria Tapfumaneyi-Ruzvidzo
Managing Editor The Herald Zimbabwe
Christopher Torchia Bureau Chief, Johannesburg The Associated Press (AP) South Africa
Frederic Vandevyver Bureau Chief, West Africa CNBC Africa Nigeria
Monique Vanek Executive Producer, Markets and cnbcafrica.com
CNBC Africa South Africa
Bruce Whitfield Presenter, The Money Show, 702 Talk Radio
Primedia (PTY) Limited South Africa
Marwane Ben Yahmed
Publishing Director Groupe Jeune Afrique France
Songezo Zibi Editor Business Day South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
32/36
List of Constituents
David Adjaye Architect Adjaye Associates USA
Ifediora Amobi Executive Director AfriHeritage Nigeria
Solomon Asamoah Vice-President, Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration
African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Abraham Baffoe Regional Director, Africa Proforest United Kingdom
Patrick J. Bergin Chief Executive Officer African Wildlife Foundation USA
Ann Bernstein Executive Director Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
South Africa
Khalid Bomba Chief Executive Officer Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Ethiopia
Anders Borg Minister of Finance of Sweden (2006-2014)
Sweden
Kobie Brand Chief Executive Officer and Regional Director
ICLEI Africa South Africa
Steve Brann Managing Director Vitol Dubai Ltd United Arab Emirates
Winnie Byanyima Executive Director Oxfam International United Kingdom
Yvonne Ntombizodwa Chaka Chaka Mhinga
Singer and President Princess of Africa Foundation South Africa
Dyborn Charlie Chibonga
Chief Executive Officer National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Malawi
Hassane Cisse Global Practice Director, Governance and Inclusive Institutions
The World Bank INT
Phillip L. Clay Professor, City Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
USA
Carlos Conde Head, Middle East and Africa, Global Relations Secretariat
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
INT
Bineta Diop President Femmes Africa Solidarité Switzerland
Richard Dowden Director Royal African Society United Kingdom
Michael J. Elliott President and Chief Executive Officer ONE USA
Folake Fawunmi Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hope Foundation Nigeria
Karin Finkelston Vice-President, Global Partnerships International Finance Corporation (IFC)
INT
Dion Angus Forster Faculty Member, Ecumenical Centre for Leadership Development and Congregational Studies, Ekklesia
Stellenbosch University South Africa
Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi
Special Envoy on Gender African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Axumite Gebre-Egziabher
Director, Regional Office for Africa United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
INT
Leila Gharagozloo Pakkala
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
INT
Blair Glencorse Founder and Executive Director The Accountability Lab USA
Anabel González Senior Trade and Competitiveness Director
The World Bank INT
Bah El-Hadj Principal Research Economist African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Barak Daniel Hoffman Specialist, Public Sector and Governance Practice, Africa Region
The World Bank INT
Karl Hofmann President and Chief Executive Officer Population Services International (PSI)
USA
Moses M. Ikiara Managing Director Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest)
Kenya
Chizoba Imoka Executive Director Unveiling Africa Nigeria
Juliet Kairuki Executive Director Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC)
Tanzania
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
33/36
Thomas Kariuki Director African Academy of Sciences Kenya
Caroline Kende-Robb Executive Director Africa Progress Panel (APP) Switzerland
Joel Serunkuma Kibazo
Director, Communication and External Relations
African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Tausi Mbaga Kida Executive Director Economic and Social Research Foundation
Tanzania
Khalid Koser Executive Director Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)
Switzerland
John Kwakye Senior Economist The Institute of Economic Affairs - IEA
Ghana
Geoffrey Lipman President International Coalition of Tourism Partners
Belgium
Thabo Cecil Makgoba Archbishop and Metropolitan Anglican Church of Southern Africa
South Africa
Daniel Malan Director, Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa
University of Stellenbosch Business School
South Africa
Suzanne Matale General Secretary Council of Churches in Zambia Zambia
Colin McElwee Co-Founder Worldreader Spain
Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz
Chief Executive International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Switzerland
Siki Mgabadeli Anchor eNCA South Africa
Amina Mohammed Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning
United Nations INT
Precious Moloi-Motsepe
Executive Chairperson Motsepe Foundation South Africa
Sipho S. Moyo Executive Director, Africa The ONE Campaign South Africa
Nkosana D. Moyo Founder and Executive Chair Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS)
South Africa
Deprose Muchena Regional Director, Southern Africa Amnesty International South Africa
Beatrice Mugambe Governance Adviser ActionAid Lesotho
Moses Kizza Musaazi Electrical Engineer and Lecturer Makerere University Uganda
Trevor Ncube Deputy Executive Chairman Mail & Guardian South Africa
Mthuli Ncube Professor of Public Policy Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Deon Nel Executive Director, Conservation WWF International South Africa
Chris Nikoi Regional Director United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
South Africa
Günter Nooke Personal Representative for Africa of the German Chancellor; BMZ Commissioner for Africa
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
Germany
Amanda Noonan Senior Director, Research, Design and Learning
Internews USA
Frank Nweke Jr Chairman Global Falcons Nigeria
Victor Ochen Executive Director African Youth Initiative Network-Uganda
Uganda
Jumoke Oduwole Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity
Institute of Social Studies Netherlands
Paul Okumu Head, Secretariat Africa CSO Platform on Principled Partnership (ACP)
Kenya
Ini Onuk Chief Executive Officer and Lead Consultant
ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited
Nigeria
Uche Orji Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
Nigeria
Edward Paice Director Africa Research Institute United Kingdom
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
34/36
Alejandra Palermo Manager Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
Max Price Vice-Chancellor University of Cape Town South Africa
Jean Philippe Prosper Vice-President, Global Client Services International Finance Corporation (IFC)
INT
David Rice Director Africapitalism Institute - Tony Elumelu Foundation
USA
Alex Rugamba Director, Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ONEC)
African Development Bank (AfDB)
INT
Eugene Rwibasira Executive Secretary Rwanda Development Organization
Rwanda
Maam Suwadu Sakho-Jimbira
Researcher Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale - IPAR
Senegal
Onno Schellekens Managing Director PharmAccess Foundation Netherlands
Hilde Schwab Chairperson and Co-Founder Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Switzerland
Tebogo Seleka Executive Director Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIPDA)
Botswana
Lemma W. Senbet Executive Director African Economic Research Consortium
Kenya
Alasan Senghore Director, Africa International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Kenya
Rukia Shamte Executive Secretary Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency
Tanzania
Goodwill Shana President and Senior Pastor Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Ian Shapiro Sterling Professor of Political Science and Director, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
Yale University USA
Mindy Silverstein Managing Director Milken Institute USA
Anant Singh Producer Videovision Entertainment South Africa
Son Gwi-Yeop Director, Corporate Programmes United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
INT
Sarah Nakabo Ssewanyana
Executive Director Economic Policy Research Centre
Uganda
Desmond M. Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of South Africa Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
South Africa
Ebere Uneze Executive Director Center for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)
Nigeria
Kabir Kabo Usman Director-General Centre for Management Development (CMD)
Nigeria
Shamsuddeen Usman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Susman & Associates Nigeria
William Warshauer President and Chief Executive Officer TechnoServe Inc. USA
Lassina Zerbo Executive Secretary Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
INT
Thierry Zomahoun President and Chief Executive Officer African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
South Africa
2015 World Economic Forum on Africa
35/36
List of Staff
Adeyemi Babington-Ashaye
Director, Head of the Global Shapers Community
World Economic Forum Nigeria
Guy-Serge Baer Director, Head of Security Affairs World Economic Forum Switzerland
Arnaud Bernaert Senior Director, Head of Global Health and Healthcare Industries
World Economic Forum France
Jennifer Blanke Chief Economist, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum USA
Gordon Brown Chair, World Economic Forum Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative
World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Ciara Browne Director, Global Competitiveness and Risk
World Economic Forum Switzerland
Giancarlo Bruno Senior Director, Head of Financial Services Industry
World Economic Forum USA Italy
Oliver Cann Director, Media Relations World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Arne Cartridge Senior Director, Grow Africa World Economic Forum Norway
Gillian Davidson Director, Head of Mining and Metals Industry
World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Jean-Loup Dénéréaz Senior Director, Head of General Services and Operations
World Economic Forum France
Lisa Dreier Senior Director, Head of Food Security and Development Initiatives
World Economic Forum USA USA
Michael Drexler Senior Director, Head of Investors Industries
World Economic Forum USA Germany
John Dutton Director, Head of the Young Global Leaders Community
World Economic Forum USA
Julien Gattoni Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum Switzerland
Malte Godbersen Senior Director, Head of Information Technology
World Economic Forum Germany
Elsie S. Kanza Senior Director, Head of Africa World Economic Forum Tanzania
Anja Kaspersen Senior Director, Geopolitics World Economic Forum Norway
Ramya Krishnaswamy Director, Head of Energy Utilities World Economic Forum Singapore
Trudi Lang Director, Strategic Foresight World Economic Forum Australia
Rodolfo Lara Torres Director, Head of the Global Growth Companies Community
World Economic Forum Germany
Helena Leurent Head of Business Engagement, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Irwin Mendelssohn Director, Head of Institutional Investors World Economic Forum USA USA
Katherine Milligan Director Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
USA
Adrian Monck Head of Public Engagement, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Sarita Nayyar Managing Director World Economic Forum USA USA
Chris Parker Director, Head of Digital Media World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Mel Rogers Senior Director, Strategic Affairs World Economic Forum Ireland
Philipp Rösler Member of the Managing Board World Economic Forum Germany
Richard Samans Head of the Centre for the Global Agenda, Member of the Managing Board
World Economic Forum USA
Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman World Economic Forum Germany
Olivier M. Schwab Executive Director, China World Economic Forum Beijing Representative Office
Switzerland
Murat Sönmez Chief Business Officer, Member of the Managing Board
World Economic Forum USA
Masao Takahashi Director, Head of Japan Membership World Economic Forum Japan
Terri Toyota Director, Foundations Community World Economic Forum Canada
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Jean-Luc Vez Head of Security Policy and Security Affairs, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum Switzerland
Dominic Kailash Nath Waughray
Head of Public-Private Partnership, Member of the Management Committee
World Economic Forum United Kingdom
Alex Wong Senior Director, Head, Centre for Global Industries (Geneva) and Head, Basi(...)
World Economic Forum Canada
Saadia Zahidi Senior Director, Gender Parity Programme and Human Capital and Constituents
World Economic Forum Pakistan