Archives: Speakers

Balaji M K 2019 Speaker

Balaji has over 28 years of experience in the climate change, clean energy and sustainable development both in the corporate and the development sectors. He is currently a Specialist Leader at Deloitte Consulting LLP, leading off-grid electrification work under USAID’s Power Africa program in Nigeria. Click link to read more on Power Africa. Prior to… Read more »

Guy Baron 2019 Speaker

Guy Baron is the Chief Investment Officer of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rwanda’s Investment Promotion & Private Sector Development Agency. Guy is charged with overseeing investment activity in the country, by strategic, financial and private investors, across a broad range of sectors aligned with Rwanda’s economic development objectives. Prior to his current role, Guy… Read more »

Doug Strong 2019 Speaker

Mr. Douglas Strong is responsible for Corporate Finance at Gerald Group. He is also Independent Chairperson of the Group’s HSEC Committee. Mr. Strong is an internationally experienced, former senior bank executive and chartered accountant. He has extensive experience in project and structured finance in the mining and metals sector gained over 25 years. Mr. Strong… Read more »

Salma Amin 2019 Speaker

I am Salma Amin, Healthcare & financial Sector Trade Advisor at Department of International Trade, British Embassy in Egypt. I provide advice and promote trade and investment between UK and Egypt by exploring avenues for UK stakeholders to positively impact Egypt’s Market. Egypt has embarked on a journey to reform its system and it has… Read more »

Franziska Hollmann 2019 Speaker

Franziska Hollmann has been working for DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (member of KfW) for 18 years and has more than 11 years experience in structured financing of agribusiness, forestry and food projects. As of today, as Director Corporates Africa, she is responsible for new business development, structuring and managing a portfolio of… Read more »

Andrew Pandeka Chimphondah 2019 Speaker

Shelter Afrique, the Pan-African finance institution dealing exclusively with providing affordable housing finance and advisory solutions in Africa appointed Mr Andrew Chimphondah as Managing Director in September 2018. Mr Chimphondah, a Zimbabwean national is a Chartered Accountant who is a member of both the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Institute of… Read more »

Dr. Johannes Feist 2019 Speaker

Johannes Feist is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Microfinance Enhancement Facility (MEF), a Luxemburg-based public-private refinancing facility for MFIs globally. He also serves as Member of the Board of Finca Microfinance Holding, a global network of 20 microfinance banks in Africa, Latin America, the Caucasus and Asia. Furthermore he is independent member… Read more »

Olayemi Anyanechi 2019 Speaker

Olayemi Anyanechi

Olayemi Anyanechi is the founder and Managing Partner of Sefton Fross, a leading law firm in Nigeria. She is one of the leading finance lawyers in Nigeria and has more than two decades of experience advising clients in diverse areas of law. She represents various organizations and multinational companies, attending to the full range of… Read more »

Craig Courtney 2019 Speaker

Craig Courtney is a senior adviser specializing in innovative solutions for international development finance. He leads the Financial Advisory Services practice at ISF Advisers. Previously, he was Director, External Relations at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), where his duties included overseeing all resource mobilisation matters, strategic communications/advocacy, governance issues and private sector partnerships…. Read more »

Hasnen Varawalla 2019 Speaker

Hasnen Varawalla is the Co-Head of Banking for Absa based in Johannesburg in which capacity he oversees the corporate finance, capital markets and M&A businesses. He has over 20 years of investment banking experience spanning Africa, Asia and Emerging Europe having advised on over 100 capital markets and advisory assignments. Prior to joining Absa he… Read more »