Archives: Speakers

Nick Jackson has been the Managing Director at the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation since early 2009. He has had a long career in sugar, starting as a shift manager at the Tate & Lyle, Thames Refinery in London back in the late eighties. He has moved around the world with Tate & Lyle, first going… Read more »

Nes is a highly accomplished Principal Syndication Officer, and concurrently an Acting Head: Transport, Logistics & Bulk Water Infrastructure Finance at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), with a proven track record of successfully executing multi-million-dollar infrastructure, corporate, and private equity deals across the investment value chain. His expertise spans from deal origination, appraisal,… Read more »

Botswana-born and Oxford Educated Neo Mooki, is Managing Director and Head of Investment Solutions at Generali A&WM, AUM$800bn. Neo is based in Milan, Italy. Prior to Generali, Neo was the Investment Director at abrdn, leading Investment Solutions in the City of London, with a client portfolio exceeding £200bn AUM. Neo was instrumental in the build… Read more »

Nell Lemaistre is the Director of Organizational Development at Chancen International, where she focuses on enabling scale through three core pillars: People & Culture, Processes & Systems, and Communication. Prior to joining Chancen, she built and led a new £50m global impact accelerator programme for the London School of Economics (100x), aimed at scaling the… Read more »

Neil is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with over 30 years of experience in finance. He has been involved in growing mining and oil and gas companies, both as an executive and an investor, for over 25 years. He is Executive Chairman of both Atlantic Lithium, developing the Ewoyaa Lithium Mine… Read more »

Ndeye is a passionate woman evolving in the financial sphere in West Africa. She currently heads deal sourcing and transaction execution as the managing partner and a co-founder of Brightmore Capital (www.brightmorecapital.com), an impact investment firm focused on enterprises with regional high growth potential in West Africa with offices in Dakar and Abidjan. Ndeye was… Read more »

Nashipae Leteipan is a Senior Manager at KPMG with over ten years of experience in fund design and management, communications and marketing management, brand development, social media management, event planning, marketing research and client relations. She serves as the Communications and Convening Lead for the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity (FRP) where she… Read more »

Najwa El iraki is a business, development & financial services expert in Africa; Managing Partner of AfricaDev Consulting Ltd, a business development and financial advisory firm dedicated to the African continent, which also partners with Washington based economic development consultancy firm, Lixcap and other African based investment boutiques. She also serves in other key leadership… Read more »

Nafisa is a Programme Manager at 2X Global, where she plays a key role in advancing the organization’s Certification product offering. With a strong background in management consulting and extensive experience in international development, Nafisa has developed expertise in sustainable finance, gender equality, and climate resilience. Prior to joining 2X Global, she worked as a… Read more »

Nadia is Director of Investments in DFC’s Office of Health and Agribusiness, focusing on origination and structuring debt and equity with private investors, debt funds, NBFIs, microfinance, and fintech, primarily in the Africa region. Prior to this role, she was Principal Energy and Infrastructure Investment Officer at the Inter-American Development Bank and Head of Project… Read more »