James Orehmie Monday 2024 Speaker

Group CEO

Africa Infrastructure Fund

Biography

James is a structural engineer by training, has worked globally with significant professional residency stints in Banjul, London, Washington DC, Bangkok and Dubai. Throughout his professional career spanning 33 years, James has worked on all areas of due diligence of large-scale infrastructure project finance, design, construction and management in developing and developed markets, starting out in the UK, then spanning out across multiple countries in Africa, East Asia and South Asia. James holds a Master of Engineering Degree (1989) from the University of Liverpool, UK. In 1989, he started his career as a practicing structural design engineer at Oscar Faber Consulting Engineers, UK, based, in the City of London.

From 1992, James was a Managing Partner at several engineering design companies in The Gambia. In 2002, James joined the World Bank in Washington DC, working in Africa, Asia and Pacific regions and retired from the Bank in June 2019.