Veronica Bolton Smith 2024 Speaker

CEO

The Connect Africa Network

Biography

Veronica holds a solid background of 20 years of Africa-focused trade and investment experience. She brings extensive knowledge of African trade relations and has advised African heads of state on their foreign direct investment approach to create and broaden opportunities for investment in Africa. Veronica has advised and led Africa investment strategies for several FTSE 100 companies, including De Beers, Anglo-American and Vodafone, among others.

She is currently consulting for several corporate clients, including working as an Investment Lead for a multi-million-pound FCDO-funded programme supporting the Government of Ghana to attract industrial investors into key sectors of growth, including the Automotive, Pharmaceutical and Textile and Garments industries.
Veronica’s passion is to foster growth through trade and investment in Sub-Saharan African nations, and she was recently recognised by the United Nations as a Top 100 Most Influential Person of African Descent in Business.

Veronica is an advisory board member of Akojo Market, an Ambassador for the Halo Trust a Non-Executive Director of Thirdway Capital and Founder of The Connect Africa Network.