Archives: Speakers

Sarah FitzMorris 2019 Speaker

Sarah graduated from Oxford University in 1992 and worked in professional recruitment for ten years before moving into Emerging Markets Search in 2003 initially covering Financial Services in Russia and CIS. Having travelled extensively throughout East, West and Southern Africa, Sarah took the opportunity in 2008 to focus purely on the African markets. She co-founded… Read more »

Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela 2019 Speaker

Abdulmajid Nsekela 

Mr. Abdulmajid Mussa Nsekela, has been the Chairman of the Tanzania Bankers Association https://www.tanzaniabankers.org since 18th December 2018. He joined CRDB Bank Group https://crdbbank.co.tz/ early October 2018 as the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, coming from NMB Bank https://www.nmbbank.co.tz/ where he worked for 10 years overseeing the Retail Banking Business and its Operations. Prior to joining NMB Bank, he… Read more »

Freddie Tucker 2019 Speaker

Currently Freddie focuses on Supply Chain Finance across Africa and South Asia for CDC Group. Looking to support the advancement of working capital liquidity to businesses in the most difficult markets. Experienced in export, trade, and supply chain finance. Proven track record in delivering bespoke financing solutions to global trade markets. Previously lead on an… Read more »

Daniel Jung 2019 Speaker

Daniel leads Branch’s product development and engineering organizations. Before co-founding Branch, Daniel held senior roles in product management and business development strategy at Kiva.org.

Howard Rosen 2019 Speaker

Howard Rosen studied law at Exeter College, Oxford University. He obtained his degree in Jurisprudence in 1978, qualified as an English solicitor in 1980 and after initially working in private practice, worked until 1988 as an in-house counsel for international leasing companies specialising in the legal and tax aspects of international finance. At the beginning… Read more »

Koen Peters 2019 Speaker

Koen Peters is Executive Director at GOGLA, the association for the off-grid solar energy industry. Koen is a strong advocate of making market solutions work for public goods and believes the off-grid solar industry holds the key to the quickest, most cost-effective and overall best route towards universal energy access. Throughout his career he has… Read more »

Nick Quintong 2019 Speaker

Nick Quintong is CEO of PayGo Energy. PayGo Energy’s hardware and software solution rapidly develops LPG markets for cooking. PayGo’s technology reduces cost barriers to LPG (via pay-as-you-go functionality) and drives supply chain efficiencies by revolutionizing the connection between customers, retailers and wholesalers of LPG. Prior to launching PayGo, Nick held a variety roles in… Read more »

Nikolaos Milianitis 2019 Speaker

Nikos Milianitis started his banking career in Greece working with a commercial banking group (1987-95) in executive and managerial positions in strategic planning, corporate advisory and investment banking. He was Treasurer of the European Investment Fund (1995-2000) and then Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2007), with the European Investment Bank managing credit fixed-income portfolios of over EUR… Read more »

Rania Abdel Aziz 2019 Speaker

Accomplished Senior Position with 25+ years of experience with Commercial International Bank (CIB). Rania Abdel Aziz is appointed the task to lead the “Strategic Relations Group”, prior to this role Rania’s career at CIB started 1987 realizing a series of successful leadership and transformational roles across Institutional Banking namely Corporate Banking, Mid-Cap Banking and Global… Read more »

Dr. Mohsen Adel 2019 Speaker

Graduated in 1999 from Helwan University with B.Sc. in Major Foreign Trade – Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. In 2001 Diploma of Stock Exchange Market analysis, Faculty of Economics and Political Science Cairo University . Mohsen Adel started his professional career in the economic field in Egypt until he was appointed as the  Vice… Read more »