Keynote
Speakers
Dr. Cheick Modibo
Diarra
Chairman for Africa, Microsoft
Mr. Alan Patricof
Co-founder Apax Partners, L.P.
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele
Chair of Circle Capital Ventures &
Former Managing Director of the World Bank
Prof. Charles S. Soludo
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Panelists
Dr. Laurie Ann Agama
Director for African Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Benjamin M. Akuete
Vice President, M&T Bank
Leke Alder
Principal, Alder Consulting
Andrew Bainbridge
Managing Director, Barclays Africa
Victor Banjo
Chief Human Resources Officer, Virgin Nigeria Airways
Joseph Battat
Lead Investment Policy Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Olayinka David-West
Lecturer in Information Technology Management at Lagos Business School
E. Lenka Dewa, P.E.
Vice President and Director of Development, Rockwood Capital
Bill Egbe
Division President Coca-Cola East & Central Africa Division
Julia Eziashi
Human Resources Account Manager, International Financial Corporation (IFC)
Reinaldo Fiorini
Engagement Manager, McKinsey and Company, Johannesburg
Dr. Sarah Frew
Research Associate, Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health at the University of Toronto
Steven Hayward
Managing Executive, Retail Marketing, Telkom SA
Phillippe M. Heilberg
Chairman and Founder, Jarch Capital
Christin Hokenstad
Consultant, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
His Excellency, Dodou Bammy Jagne
Ambassador of The Gambia to the United States
Karanja Kabage
National Chairman, Federation of Kenya Employers
Eric Kacou
Director, On The Frontier (OTF) Group, Africa Region
Allan Kamau
Senior Director, Africa Investor
Mugo Kibati
CEO, East African Cables
Jasperdean Kobes
President and Owner, Bamboula Ltd.
Acha Leke
Partner, McKinsey and Company, Johannesburg
Debra Mallowah
Marketing Manager, Lagers & RTD, Diageo Africa
Dr. Marshall W. Meyer
Richard A. Sapp Professor of Management and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania
Idris M. Mohamed, CFA
Partner and Director, Advance Finance Investment Group, LLC
James Mwangi
Associate Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Dr. Chudy Nduaka
Associate Director, Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc.
Nicholas Okoye
Group Executive Director, Operations, Strategy, and Business Development for Transcorp Nigeria
Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu
Advisor, Sector and Thematic Programs, The World Bank Institute
John Patterson
Human Resources Director, Diageo Africa
Thomas Pyle
Executive Director, Strathmore University Foundation
Genevieve Sangudi
Associate, EMP Africa
Clifford Shelton
Consultant for the US Navy, Visiting Fellow for The Corporate Council on Africa
Douglas Smith
Chief Economist for the Americas, Standard Chartered Bank
Dr. Daniel Wagner
Professor, Penn Graduate School of Education and Director of the Bridges to the Future Initiative
Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson
Former diplomat, United States Foreign Service
