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World Economic Forum on Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 8-10 May 2013
List of ParticipantsAs of 7 April 2014
Jon Aarons Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting United Kingdom
Muhammad Abdelrehem
Programme Manager Center for Democracy and Social Peace Studies
Egypt
Khalid Abdulla Chief Executive Officer Sekunjalo Investments Ltd South Africa
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Executive Director Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies
Sri Lanka
Mahmoud Aboud Capacity Development Coordinator, Frontline Maternal and Child Health Empowerment Project, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Sudan
Fatima Haram Acyl Commissioner for Trade and Industry, African Union, Addis Ababa
Jean-Paul Adam Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Seychelles
Tawia Esi Addo-Ashong
Director, Ghana Legal Affairs Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd Ghana
Adekeye Adebajo Executive Director The Centre for Conflict Resolution
South Africa
Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria
Tosin Adewuyi Managing Director and Senior Country Officer, Nigeria
JPMorgan Nigeria
Olufemi Adeyemo Group Chief Financial Officer Oando Plc Nigeria
Olusegun Aganga Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria
Vikram Agarwal Vice-President, Procurement Unilever Singapore
Anant Agarwal President edX USA
Pascal K. Agboyibor Managing Partner Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe France
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
Managing Director Access Bank Plc Nigeria
Wadia Ait Hamza Manager, Public Affairs Rabat School of Governance & Economics
Morocco
Clare Akamanzi Chief Executive Officer Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Rwanda
Adetokunbo Ayodele Akindele
Head, Investor Relations Oando Plc Nigeria
Olukayode Akinkugbe
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
FBN Capital Limited Nigeria
Olanrewaju Akinola Editor This is Africa, Financial Times United Kingdom
1/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Folorunso Alakija Executive Vice-Chairman Famfa Oil Ltd Nigeria
Haiko Alfeld Group General Manager, Stakeholder Relations and Community Affairs
Sasol Limited South Africa
Mustafa Ali Secretary-General The African Council of Religious Leaders
Kenya
Diezani K. Alison-Madueke
Minister of Petroleum Resources of Nigeria
Wilmot Allen Founder and Managing Partner 1 World Enterprises USA
David Allen Country Representative, South Africa Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
South Africa
Luca von Allmen Head, Wealth Management, South Africa UBS AG South Africa
Alaa Alshimy Managing Director, Africa HP United Arab Emirates
Abdelmadjid Amalou Chargé d'Affaires Embassy of Algeria South Africa
Offong Ambah Chief Executive Officer Old Mutual Nigeria Services Company
Nigeria
Ornela Corinne Laurel Amelina,
Sales Representative AFRIEB Benin
Salim Amin Chairman A24 Media/Camerapix Kenya
Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur
Vice-President of Ghana
Harriette Amissah-Arthur
Executive Partner Arthur Energy Advisors Ghana
Kojo Amoo-Gottfried President Cargill Ghana Limited Ghana
Folake Ani-Mumuney Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications
First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Kofi Annan Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation, Switzerland; Secretary-General, United Nations (1997-2006)
Lystra N. Antoine Global Director, Agriculture Development DuPont USA
Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Friends Africa (Friends of the Global Fund Africa)
Nigeria
David Applefield FT Special Representative for Africa, The Middle East and Emerging Markets
The Financial Times United Kingdom
Nicholas Archer Vice-President, Head of Global Public Relations and International Government Affairs
Suzlon Group India
Alison Arnold Group Head of Marketing GEMS Education United Arab Emirates
Armand Arton President and Chief Executive Officer Arton Capital United Arab Emirates
Christian Asboth Head, TAMECIS Bayer CropScience AG Germany
Tewodros Ashenafi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd Ethiopia
Olugbenga Ashiru Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
Olugbenga Ashiru Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
William Asiko President, Coca-Cola Foundation The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
N'Dri Marina Assoumou
Senior Financial Auditor Deloitte Côte d'Ivoire
Ruben Atekpe Executive Chairman Merchants Company of West Africa Ltd - MECOWA Group
Ghana
Peter Attard Montalto Head, Emerging Europe and sub-Saharan Africa Research
Nomura International Plc United Kingdom
Chouaib Attoui Co-Founder and General Manager SmartApps Algeria
Miguel Azevedo Head, Investment Banking Africa Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Portugal
Azmil Zahruddin Executive Director, Investments Khazanah Nasional Berhad Malaysia
Amadou Mahtar Ba Chief Executive Officer African Media Initiative (AMI) Kenya
2/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Vanessa Baard Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa South Africa
Ilker Baburoglu Executive Director Mineks International Turkey
Stéphane Bacquaert Managing Director Wendel France
Walter Baets Director, Graduate School of Business University of Cape Town South Africa
Jens Stefan Baier Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Germany
Francois Baird Chairman, Africa Edelman PR Worldwide South Africa
Pasha Bakhtiar Managing Partner Willow Impact Investors United Arab Emirates
Ishaya Bako Creative Director Amateur Heads Media Nigeria
Ian Balfour Managing Director, Southern Africa Markets
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
Marc Balkin Managing Partner Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa South Africa
Lwazi L. Bam Chief Executive Officer Deloitte South Africa
Joyce Hilda Banda President of Malawi
Anat Bar-Gera Chairperson YooMee Africa Switzerland
Antonio Barracho Chief Executive Officer, Recheio Cash and Carry
Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA Portugal
Jabula Basopo Country Manager, Southern and East Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Letsogile Batsetswe Research Consultant and Statistician Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
Dawit Bekele Regional Bureau Manager, Africa The Internet Society (ISOC) Switzerland
Rilwan Belo-Osagie Managing Director FSDH Merchant Bank Limited Nigeria
Omar Ben Yedder Group Publisher and Managing Director IC Publications United Kingdom
Sean Bennett Head, UBS sub-Saharan Africa; Chief Executive Officer
UBS AG South Africa
Abdelkader Bensalah President, Council of the Nation, Algeria
Robert Berendes Head, Business Development Syngenta International AG Switzerland
Seth F. Berkley Chief Executive Officer GAVI Alliance Switzerland
Daniel Berkove Director, Africa Energy Consulting IHS Israel
Ann Bernstein Executive Director Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
South Africa
Jan Andre Beyers Chief Marketing Officer Airtel Kenya Ltd Kenya
Oluseyi Bickersteth National Senior Partner, Nigeria KPMG Professional Services Nigeria
Carl Bildt Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Christopher Bishop Managing Editor Forbes Africa South Africa
Mamadou Biteye Managing Director, Africa Regional Office
The Rockefeller Foundation Kenya
Ewa Helena Björling Minister of Foreign Trade of Sweden
Taddy Blecher Chief Executive Officer Human Resource Development Council of South Africa
South Africa
Stephen Blunden Chief Executive Officer Link Community Development South Africa
Wiebe Boer Chief Executive Officer The Tony Elumelu Foundation Nigeria
Jesmane Boggenpoel
Founder and Director Harvest USA
Atif R. Bokhari President and Chief Executive Officer United Bank Ltd Pakistan
Thomas Yayi Boni President of Benin
François Bonnici Founding Director Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
South Africa
3/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Anders Borg Minister of Finance of Sweden
Alan P. Boshwaen Chief Executive Officer The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH)
Botswana
Alastair Bovim Managing Director Inmarsat Solutions SA South Africa
Edmund Boyo Co-Head, Africa Clifford Chance LLP Germany
Mark Bradford Managing Director, South Africa Jones Lang LaSalle South Africa
Simon Bransfield-Garth
Chief Executive Azuri Technologies Ltd United Kingdom
Børge Brende Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Børge Brende Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Douglas Brew Corporate Affairs Director, Africa Unilever United Kingdom
Charles Brewer Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa DHL Express South Africa
Claudia Bröll Southern Africa Correspondent Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
South Africa
Patrick Brothers Chief Development Officer Leighton Holdings Ltd Australia
Jean-Claude Brou Kassi
Minister of Industry of Côte d'Ivoire
Gordon Brown Chair, World Economic Forum Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative; UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010)
Gordon Brown Chair, World Economic Forum Global Strategic Infrastructure Initiative; UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010)
Sarah Brown Executive Chair The Global Business Coalition for Education
United Kingdom
Ed Brown Director, Policy Advisory Services African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)
Ghana
Gib J. Bulloch Global Managing Director, Accenture Development Partnerships
Accenture United Kingdom
Kennedy Bungane Chief Executive, Barclays Africa and Head, Africa Group Strategy
Barclays South Africa
Peter Burdin Bureau Editor BBC World News South Africa
Cian Burke Head, Prime Services and Co-Head, HSBC Securities Services
HSBC United Kingdom
Dewey Burke Vice-President 1K1V - One Thousand & One Voices
USA
Barbara Bush Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Global Health Corps USA
Winifred Byanyima Executive Director Oxfam International United Kingdom
Lourdes Caposso Fernandes
Founder and Managing Director Legal Counsel Firm (LCF) Angola
Davide Cardarelli General Manager Nike Inc. South Africa
Gunilla Carlsson Minister of International Development Cooperation of Sweden
Gunilla Carlsson Minister of International Development Cooperation of Sweden
Ian Carr Head of Global Banking HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Latirr Carr Drilling Engineer Gambia National Petroleum Company
Gambia
Per Carstedt Chairman Agro EcoEnergy Tanzania Limited
Tanzania
4/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Ralph Carter Managing Director, Trade and International Affairs
Fedex Express USA
Elmie Castleman Executive, Organisational and Project Management Office
Royal Bafokeng Administration South Africa
Gillian Cederwall Head of Corporate Relations, MENA and sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Yvonne Ntombizodwa Chaka Chaka Mhinga
Singer and President Princess of Africa Foundation South Africa
Erik Charas Founder and Managing Director Charas LDA Mozambique
Krishnan Chatterjee Senior Vice-President and Head, Strategic Marketing
HCL Technologies Ltd India
Suresh Chaturvedi Group Chairman Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Pvt. Ltd (OIAPL)
India
Hela Cheikhrouhou Director, Energy, Environment & Climate Change Department (ONEC), African Development Bank (ADB), Tunis
Aditya Chellaram Chief Executive Officer Chellarams Plc Nigeria
Lynette Chen Chief Executive Officer NEPAD Business Foundation South Africa
Yousra Cherif Coordinator, Project Observatoire Mauritanie-Perspectives Mauritania
Ravi Chhatpar Executive Strategy Director frog South Africa
Saviour Chibiya Managing Director Barclays Zambia
Anthony Chiejina Group Head Dangote Group Nigeria
Mathews A. P. Chikaonda
Group Chief Executive Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Enock Chikava Director, Business Development, sub-Saharan Africa
Bunge Limited South Africa
Herb Chikwanda Chief Executive Officer Powertech System Integrators South Africa
Ryan Chilcote Correspondent, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bloomberg Television United Kingdom
N. Justin Chinyanta Chairman and Executive Officer Loita Capital Partners International Limited
South Africa
Nick Chism Partner, Global Head of Infrastructure KPMG LLP United Kingdom
Joaquim Chissano President of Mozambique (1986-2005)
Amine Chouaieb Chief Executive Officer CHIFCO Consultants Tunisia
Theophilus Chuma Senior Radio Producer Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Zimbabwe
David Church Partner, International Development DLA Piper UK LLP United Kingdom
Eduardo Cid Correia Chief Executive Officer Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA Portugal
Steve Clarke Vice-President, Sales, Western Europe, Africa and Middle East
AGCO Corporation Switzerland
Darryl Clayton Regional Director, sub-Saharan Africa DuPont Nutrition & Health South Africa
Sean de Cleene Senior Vice-President, Global Initiatives, Strategy and Business Development
Yara International ASA Belgium
Paul Cohen Partner, Group Manager Ketchum Inc. USA
Neill Coleman Vice-President, Global Communications The Rockefeller Foundation USA
Colin Coleman Head and Managing Director Goldman Sachs South Africa
Stephen van Coller Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking, Barclays Africa Group
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Alexander Collot d'Escury
Chief Executive Officer Desso Holding BV Netherlands
David Cooke Director Actis South Africa
5/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Jeanine Cooper Representative to the African Union, Economic Commission for Africa and Head, African Union Liaison Office
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Ethiopia
John Coors Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
CoorsTek USA
Michael Coors Chief Executive Officer Outlast Technologies, LLC USA
Cas Coovadia Managing Director The Banking Association South Africa
South Africa
Barbara Copelovici Founder and Chief Executive Officer Hillbrow Entrepreneurship Initiative
South Africa
Uttum Corea Director-General, National Strategy Office, Botswana
Kenneth J. Costa Adviser Gallagher Holding Ltd Cyprus
John Coulter Chief Executive Officer, sub-Saharan Africa
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
John G. Coumantaros
Vice-Chairman Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc USA
Thomas Couteaudier General Manager, Southern Africa Louis Dreyfus Commodities South Africa
Mason Cranswick Head of Fixed Income Financing Coverage, sub-Saharan Africa
Credit Suisse South Africa
Smit Crouse Managing Executive, Rest of Africa Investments, Alliances and Strategy
Nedbank Group South Africa
Rowan M. Crowie Chief Executive Officer Crowie Holdings South Africa
Michael Culhane Vice-President, Business Development 1K1V - One Thousand & One Voices
USA
Robyn Curnow Correspondent CNN South Africa
Fazila B. Da Hall Executive Producer Channel Africa South Africa
Fathima Dada Executive Chairperson Pearson Plc South Africa
Brian A. Dames Chief Executive Officer Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Pierre Dandjinou Vice-President, Africa, Stakeholder Engagement
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
USA
Aliko Dangote President and Chief Executive Officer Dangote Group Nigeria
Nomsa Daniels Executive Director New Faces New Voices South Africa
Halima Daoura Economist Millennium Challenge Account Niger
Niger
Khadim Al Darei Vice-Chairman Al Dahra Holding United Arab Emirates
Sami Darouni Regional President, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Mars Chocolate
Mars Inc. United Arab Emirates
Mohammad Hans Dastmaltchi
Chief Executive Officer Varengold Bank AG Germany
Meryl Davies Manager, Global Partnerships; Director, Fundraising
SOS Children's Villages United Kingdom
Rob Davies Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa
John Davies Vice-President, Sales and Marketing and General Manager, World Ahead
Intel Corporation USA
Martyn Davies Chief Executive Officer Frontier Advisory Pty Ltd South Africa
Steve Davis President and Chief Executive Officer PATH USA
F. K. Day Co-Founder and President Buffalo Bicycle Company USA
Deanne De Vries Vice-President, Africa Agility Uganda
Andre M. Dehmel General Manager, Africa Hub Philips Lighting South Africa
Michael Deighton Managing Director Tongaat Hulett Developments South Africa
Andrew Dell Chief Executive Officer, Africa HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
6/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Jacques Delmoitiez President, Europe BASF SE Germany
Crispin Dembassa-Kette
Journalist BBC Afrique Central African Republic
Berhane Demissie Managing Director Schulze Global Investments Ethiopia
Graham Wayne Dempster
Chief Operating Officer Nedbank Group South Africa
Chris Derksen Head, Frontier and Emerging Markets Equities
Investec Asset Management Limited
South Africa
Tommy Deuschle Creative Director C Media Zimbabwe
Ashish Devasar Managing Director and Head, Africa and Caribbean GSA
Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA Switzerland
Mohammed Dewji Group Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (MeTL)
Tanzania
Damry Dhaneshwar Founder and Chairman Bhumishq Holdings Ltd Mauritius
Amadou Diallo Chief Executive Officer, DHL Freight Deutsche Post DHL Germany
Bob Diamond Chief Executive Officer Reverent Capital USA
Patricia M. Dinneen Managing Director Siguler Guff & Company LLC USA
Bineta Diop President Femmes Africa Solidarité Switzerland
Solomon Dlamini High Commissioner of Swaziland High Commission of Swaziland
South Africa
Patrick Khulekani Dlamini
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Chairperson, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa
Volkert Doeksen Chairman and Managing Director AlpInvest Partners BV Netherlands
Dong Yongsheng Deputy General Manager China National Salt Industry Corporation
People's Republic of China
Juan Jacques van Dongen
Chief Executive Officer, Africa and Senior Vice-President
Royal Philips South Africa
Ian Donjeany Executive Chairman The Elgin Group South Africa
Richard Dowden Director Royal African Society United Kingdom
Johan Doyer Managing Director Heineken Breweries Ethiopia
Uzoma Dozie Executive Director Diamond Bank Plc Nigeria
Bousso Drame Policy Specialist, The World Bank, Dakar
Peter Draper Senior Research Fellow, Economic Diplomacy Programme
The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
South Africa
Wolfgang Drechsler Correspondent Handelsblatt South Africa
Jamie C. Drummond Executive Director and Co-Founder ONE United Kingdom
Eddie Du Rand Senior Vice-President, Global Mining and Metallurgy
SNC-Lavalin Pty Ltd South Africa
Jean-Christophe Durand
Chief Executive Officer, CIB Middle East and Africa
BNP Paribas Bahrain
Innocent Dutiro Partner; Head, South Africa Financial Services Practice
Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Xavier-Luc Duval Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Mauritius
Jeff Dykstra Chief Executive Officer Partners in Food Solutions USA
Titus Edjua Director, Africa Group Clifford Chance LLP United Kingdom
Glory Edozien Executive, Project Development Enviro Africa Nigeria
Chinwe A. Effiong President Junior Achievement of Africa Kenya
Andrew Egan Head, Business Partnerships, sub-Saharan Africa
BT Group Plc United Kingdom
7/30World Economic Forum on Africa
William Egbe Group Director, Sustainability and Strategy, Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group
The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Henry Egbiki Regional Managing Partner, West Africa EY Nigeria
Hanri Ehlers Co-Founder and Director Kanabo Conservation Link South Africa
Anthony Ekata Bureau Chief Voice of Nigeria (Radio) Nigeria
Urum Kalu Eke Executive Director, Public Sector South First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Jean-Louis Ekra President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Olafur Eliasson Artist Studio Olafur Eliasson Germany
Michael J. Elliott President and Chief Executive Officer ONE USA
Souad Elmallem Chief Country Representative, North Africa and Strategy Director, Africa
Bombardier Aerospace Canada
Andrew England Southern Africa Bureau Chief The Financial Times South Africa
Rebecca Enonchong Chief Executive Officer AppsTech USA
Maureen Erasmus Partner Bain & Company Inc. United Kingdom
Patricia Erb President and Chief Executive Officer Save the Children Canada Canada
Tenbite Ermias Partner and Managing Director; Head, sub-Saharan Africa
The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Trude Ertresvåg Head, Corporate Social Responsibility REMA 1000 Norway
Jurie Erwee Chief Executive Officer Marsh Limited South Africa
Fola F.O. Esan Chief Executive Officer Lafarge Cement Zambia Plc Zambia
Albert Kobina Essien Group Chief Executive Officer Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Eme Essien Lore Senior Associate Director The Rockefeller Foundation Kenya
Ebenezer N. Essoka Vice-Chairman, Africa Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
Richard Etemesi Chief Executive Officer Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd
Kenya
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili
Senior Economic Adviser and Public Policy Analyst
Open Society Institute NY Nigeria
Peter Fabricius Foreign Editor The Star Newspaper South Africa
Nolitha V. Fakude Executive Director Sasol Limited South Africa
Mtiti Fakudze Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Swaziland
Mtiti Fakudze Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Swaziland
Malik Fal Managing Director, Africa Omidyar Network Services LLC
USA
Bernard Fanaroff Board Member Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Julian Fantino Minister of International Cooperation of Canada
Ali Faramawy Corporate Vice-President, Middle East and Africa
Microsoft Turkey
Fadi Farra Adviser to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Claude Ruben Fassinou
Ambassador of Benin to South Africa Embassy of Benin to South Africa
South Africa
Mohamed Fechkeur President RedMed Group SpA Algeria
Riad Fechkeur Chief Executive Officer RedMed Group SpA Algeria
Wolfgang Fechter Executive, Biofuels and Business Expansion
Tongaat Hulett Limited South Africa
Tara Fela-Durotoye Founder and Chief Executive Officer House of Tara International Nigeria
Martin J. Fisher Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer KickStart International USA
8/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Nils Flaatten Chief Executive Officer Wesgro South Africa
Jens O. Floe Senior Vice-President and Regional Chief Executive Officer
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)
South Africa
Andreas Flückiger President, Middle East and Africa Bühler Turkey
Mohammed Fofana Head of Youth Desk United Muslim Woman Advocacy and Empowerment Organization
Liberia
Isaac Kwaku Fokuo Jr
Principal Botho Ltd Kenya
Fabrice Franzen Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Jendayi E. Frazer Distinguished Service Professor Carnegie Mellon University USA
Olivier Frendo Vice-President, Natural Resources, Investment Banking Division
Goldman Sachs South Africa
Malcolm Fried Head, TV and Digital, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Bloomberg Television United Kingdom
Eleni Gabre-Madhin Chief Executive Officer eleni LLC Ethiopia
Kirsten Gagnaire Global Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action
United Nations Foundation USA
Francisco Ganzer Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Bunge SA Switzerland
Fernando Garcia Restrepo
President, Africa Bata Emerging Markets Malaysia
Claver Gatete Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda
Johannes Gawaxab Managing Director, Africa Operations Old Mutual Namibia Namibia
Paul Gbededo Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Therese Gearhart President, Southern Africa The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Max Gebhardt Acting Editor The Financial Mail South Africa
Temesgen Gebru Founder Speak Ethiopian Ethiopia
Bradford M. Gibbs Managing Director, Mara Investment Corporation
Mara Group United Arab Emirates
Barbara Gibian Managing Director TaherInvest Jordan
Hellen Gichuhi High Commissioner High Commission of Kenya South Africa
Julie Gichuru Television Host and Entrepreneur Arimus Media Limited Kenya
James Gifford Executive Director United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI)
United Kingdom
Malusi Gigaba Minister of Public Enterprises of South Africa
Don Gips Senior Director Albright Stonebridge Group USA
Anne Githuku-Shongwe
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Afroes Transformational Games
South Africa
Hugh Glyn-Jones Managing Director, Agro Allied Division Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Faure Gnassingbé President of Togo
Blaise Goetschin Chief Executive Officer Bank of Geneva (BCGE) Switzerland
Michael Goltzman Vice-President, International Government Relations and Public Affairs
The Coca-Cola Company USA
Paulo F. Gomes Founder and Managing Partner Constelor Investment Holdings Senegal
Penny Goodwin Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa
Pravin Gordhan Minister of Finance of South Africa
Adrian Gore Chief Executive Officer Discovery Limited South Africa
Alexandre Gorito Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Portugal
9/30World Economic Forum on Africa
Gert S. Gouws Chief Financial Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Ann Grant Vice-Chairman, Africa Standard Chartered United Kingdom
Robert Greenhill Managing Director, Chief Business Officer and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Justine Greening Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom
Gustav Griessel Chief Operating Officer PetroSA South Africa
Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou
Head of Africa SES South Africa
Anupam Gupta General Manager, Marketing and Sales Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Pvt. Ltd (OIAPL)
India
Riad Gydien Vice-President, Middle East and Africa SAS South Africa
Hani Haddadin Sales Director, Africa Bombardier Business Aircraft United Arab Emirates
Omar Hafeez Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Citibank Nigeria Nigeria
Nick Haggar Head, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa
Sandoz International GmbH Germany
Vinson Hailulu Chief Executive Officer National Housing Enterprise (NHE)
Namibia
Khaldoun Hajaj Head, Government Affairs, Middle East, Africa and Turkey
The Dow Chemical Company United Arab Emirates
Sameer Hajee Chief Executive Officer Nuru Energy Group Mauritius
John Halle Barrister, Solicitor and Legal Consultant Nico Halle & Co. Law Firm Cameroon
Guillaume Hallez General Manager, Africa Kudelski Group France
Avril Halstead Chief Director, Sectoral Oversight, National Treasury of South Africa
Mohamed Hamuda Chairman H2O Libyan Youth Libya
Yawa Hansen-Quao Founding Director Leading Ladies' Network Ghana
Dirk Harbecke Chief Executive Officer African Development Corporation (ADC)
Germany
Simon Harford Partner, Africa Actis South Africa
Giles E. Harrison Global Co-Head, Financial Institutions HSBC Bank Plc United Kingdom
Njideka Harry President and Chief Executive Officer Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)
Nigeria
Richard Harvey Chairman PZ Cussons Plc United Kingdom
Jørgen Ole Haslestad
President and Chief Executive Officer Yara International ASA Norway
Priya Heal Managing Director The Chronos Group Germany
Brian Herlihy Chief Executive Officer and Founder Black Rhino Group USA
Siep Hiemstra President, Africa and Middle East, and Member of the Executive Committee
HEINEKEN NV Netherlands
Simon Hindley Director, Procurement, Grow Africa Unilever Kenya
Paul Hinks Chief Executive Officer Symbion Power LLC USA
Monhla Wilma Hlahla Chairman of the Board Royal Bafokeng Holdings (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Peter van den Hoek Vice-President, Africa Market Development
BASF East Africa Ltd Kenya
Joseph Hoffman Executive Director Partnership for African Social and Governance Research - PASGR
Kenya
Alec Hogg Owner Aurelius Media South Africa
10/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Jan Holliday Head, Corporate Public Policy, Africa DHL Global Forwarding Management Pte Ltd
South Africa
Robert D. Hormats US Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
Reinier van der Horst Country Manager Genpact South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Amadou Hott Special Adviser, Investment and Financing Affairs, Office of the President, Senegal
Hassan El Houry Chief Executive Officer National Aviation Services Kuwait
Frans van Houten Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Royal Philips Netherlands
Ian Hudson President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont De Nemours International Sàrl
Switzerland
Tami Hultman Editor-in-Chief AllAfrica.com USA
Clement Kofi Humado
Minister of Food and Agriculture Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Ghana
Ghana
Marc Hussey Head, Global Corporate Bank, sub-Saharan Africa
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
Mo Ibrahim Chairman Mo Ibrahim Foundation United Kingdom
Hadeel Ibrahim Director, Strategy and External Relations Mo Ibrahim Foundation United Kingdom
Elham M. Ibrahim Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union, Addis Ababa
Said Ibrahimi Chief Executive Officer Moroccan Financial Board Morocco
Linus Igwemezie Executive Vice-President and Head, Malaria Initiative
Novartis Pharma AG Switzerland
Kem Ihenacho Co-Head, Africa Practice Clifford Chance LLP United Kingdom
Mohammed Imran Assistant Vice-President Tech Mahindra Ltd India
Robyn Imray Partner Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Kimihiko Inaba Executive Director Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan
Jay Ireland Chief Executive Officer, GE Africa GE Kenya
Hiroshi Ishida Senior Vice-President TEL Solar AG Switzerland
Ahmed Ismail Vice-President Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies
Saudi Arabia
Ayotola Olubunmi Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary
Oando Plc Nigeria
Lars Reno Jakobsen Senior Vice-President, Africa Region A.P. Møller-Maersk South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Sumit Jamuar Adviser, Africa and Europe GEMS Education United Kingdom
Jang Seok Min Managing Director Korea International Trade Association (KITA)
Republic of Korea
Garth C. Japhet Founder and Chief Executive Officer Heartlines South Africa
Chittaranjan Jena Business Head, Africa Tech Mahindra Limited South Africa
Philip J. Jennings General Secretary UNI Global Union Switzerland
Alexandre F. Jetzer Senior Adviser, Government Relations and Member Emeritus of the Board of Directors
Novartis International AG Switzerland
Jin Jianping Chairman and Party Secretary Tianjin Gas Group Co. Ltd People's Republic of China
Naveen Jindal Chairman Jindal Steel and Power Limited
India
Catherine Whitney Johnson
Executive Director Ubuntu Africa South Africa
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President of Nigeria
11/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
James Jones President and Chief Executive Officer, Jones Group International, USA
Saran Kaba Jones Founder and Executive Director FACE Africa USA
Andrew Jones Partner, Projects Linklaters LLP United Kingdom
Hendrik Jordaan President and Chief Executive Officer 1K1V - One Thousand & One Voices
USA
Naji Jreijiri Region Manager, Near East and Central Africa
ABB Egypt Egypt
Calestous Juma Director, Science Technology and Globalization
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
USA
Anne Kabagambe Chief of Staff and Director of Cabinet, Office of the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Tunis
Donald Kaberuka President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Tunis
Eric Kacou Co-Founder Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners)
USA
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Journalist The Herald Zimbabwe
Vuyo D. Kahla Group Executive, Advisory and Assurance; Company Secretary
Sasol Limited South Africa
Vimbayi Kajese TV Presenter The Charitarian Magazine Zimbabwe
Rashad R. Kaldany Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC
Agnes Matilda Kalibata
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of Rwanda
Tony Kalm Director One Acre Fund USA
Moyo Kamgaing Managing Director; Head, Investment Banking Coverage, West Africa
BNP Paribas Bahrain
Marie-Chantal Kaninda
Chief Adviser, External Affairs, West and Central Africa
Rio Tinto Management Services SA (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Paul Kapelus Director Synergy Global Consulting Ltd South Africa
Tabitha M. Karanja Chief Executive Officer Keroche Breweries Ltd Kenya
Kola Karim Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Shoreline Energy International Nigeria
Jane Karuku President Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Kenya
Yeshimebrat Kassa Ambassador of Ethiopia Embassy of Ethiopia South Africa
Rahel Kassahun Founder and Executive Director Africa Unbound Inc. USA
Allan Kaulbach Partner and Co-Leader of Surface Transportation and Corporate Finance
Oliver Wyman (MMC) USA
Khaled Kazziha Senior Producer Associated Press Television News (APTN)
Kenya
Jude Kearney Partner; Chair, Africa Practice Group Greenberg Traurig LLP USA
Rick Keating President Keating Co. USA
Thomas Kehoe Managing Director Cargill SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Josef Keltjens Vice-President and Head of Africa Yara International South Africa
Caroline Kende-Robb Executive Director Africa Progress Panel (APP) Switzerland
Uhuru Kenyatta President of Kenya
Joanna Kerr Chief Executive ActionAid International South Africa
Tebogo Kesupile General Manager Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
Lesetja Kganyago Deputy Governor of the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB), South Africa
12/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Razia Khan Regional Head, Research, Africa Standard Chartered United Kingdom
Jacob Kholi Partner The Abraaj Group Ghana
Snowy Joyce Khoza Chief Executive Officer Bigen Africa Services (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Thabani Khupe Director, Corporate Affairs Group, sub-Saharan Africa
Intel Corporation South Africa
Joel Kibazo Chief Executive Officer JK Associates United Kingdom
Charles Kie Group Head, Corporate Bank Ecobank Transnational Inc. South Africa
Edward Kieswetter Group Chief Executive Alexander Forbes South Africa
Jakaya M. Kikwete President of Tanzania
Mwangi S. Kimenyi Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Growth Initiative
The Brookings Institution USA
Martin L. Kingston Chief Executive Rothschild (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Richard Kiplagat Chief Operating Officer Africa Practice Kenya
Philip Kiriro President and Chairman Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)
Kenya
Chris J. Kirubi Chairman HacoTiger Brands Kenya Limited
Kenya
Gachao Kiuna Chief Executive Officer Trans-Century Ltd (TCL) Kenya
Mads Kjaer Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder MYC4 A/S Denmark
Couzette Kleynhans Head, International Public and Government Affairs, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Turkey
Novartis International AG Switzerland
Alan Knott-Craig Founder Tribal Game Engineering South Africa
Mustafa Vehbi Koç Chairman of the Board Koç Holding AS Turkey
Gabriella Kodjo Account Manager Banque Atlantique Togo Togo
Valerie Kodjo Diop Country Head and Head, Corporate and Investment Banking
BNP Paribas South Africa
Thomas Konditi Chief Financial Officer, GE Africa GE Kenya
Simphiwe Kondlo Chairman of the Board Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Manuel Koser Partner and Founder Silvertree Capital South Africa
Odert Kosimoni Director Connectlink Agency Zimbabwe
Lisa Kropman Cohen Director The Bertha Foundation South Africa
Gavin Krugel Chief Strategy Officer, Fundamo Visa Inc. South Africa
Michael Krupp Senior Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Germany
Derek Kudsee Chief Operating Officer SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
John Kufuor Founder The John A. Kufuor Foundation
Ghana
Hans Kuipers Senior Principal The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
S. Folorunsho Kuku Chairman Ecobank Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Basetsana Kumalo Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Kesav S. Kumar Global Head, Operations; Member of the Board
Sutherland Global Services USA
Rajesh Kumar Business Head, Africa United Phosphorus Limited Spain
Khanyisile Kweyama Executive Director Anglo American South Africa Ltd
South Africa
Sean Lafleur Director, sub-Saharan Africa Google France
Sami Lahoud Vice-President, Communications, Middle East and Africa
MasterCard United Arab Emirates
13/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Michael Lalor Lead Partner, EY Africa Business Center EY South Africa
Mandy Lamb Acting General Manager, sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Paul Lamontagne Head, Middle East and Africa, Global Banks
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
South Africa
Funmi Lanre-Phillips Group Services Director Shoreline Energy International Nigeria
Peter Laveran-Stiebar
Partner and Member, Africa Initiative Committee
Covington & Burling LLP United Kingdom
Kolapo Lawson Chairman Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Cina Lawson Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Togo
Diana Layfield Chief Executive Officer, Africa Region Standard Chartered United Kingdom
Bruce Layzell General Manager, New African Markets Yum! Restaurants International (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Frannie Léautier Executive Secretary The African Capacity Building Foundation
Zimbabwe
Laurie Lee Director, Africa Programmes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Kingdom
Amy Lehman President Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
USA
Achankeng Leke Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Aubrey Lekwane Chief Country Representative Bombardier Transportation South Africa
Jeremiah Lengoasa Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva
Steve J. Lennon Group Executive, Sustainability Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Alberto Javier Leon Director, Global Research and Development
Advanta Argentina
Xavier Leroy Managing Partner, Africa, and Head, Healthcare, Consumer, Luxury and Retail Practice
Egon Zehnder International SA
France
Thabo Leshilo Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa
Jack Leslie Chairman Weber Shandwick Worldwide USA
Rich Lesser Global Chief Executive Officer and President
The Boston Consulting Group USA
Nolo Letele Executive Chairman Multichoice (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Neil Lewis Head, Southern Africa Bloomberg LP South Africa
Jacob Lief Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ubuntu Education Fund South Africa
Patricia de Lille Executive Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
Kobus Lindeque Area Lead, Monsanto Africa Monsanto Company South Africa
Philip Lindop Head, Investment Banking CIB, Barclays Africa Group
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
David A. Lipton First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
Elizabeth Littlefield President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), USA
Liu Jinyuan Chairman of the Board and Party Secretary
Tianjin Hi-Tech Holding Group Co. Ltd
People's Republic of China
Liz Lloyd Chief Executive Officer Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania Ltd
Tanzania
Janet Longmore Founder and Chief Executive Officer Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT)
Canada
Carlos Lopes Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa
14/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Wendy Lucas-Bull Chairman, Barclays Africa Group and Chairman
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Charles Lwanga-Ntale
Regional Director, Africa Development Initiatives Kenya
Fred M'membe Editor-in-Chief Post Newspapers Limited Zambia
Leslie W. Maasdorp President, Southern Africa Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa
Linda Mabhena-Olagunju
Managing Director DLO Energy Resources South Africa
Jabu A. Mabuza Chairman Telkom SA SOC Limited South Africa
James Wachira Macharia
Manager, Business Development The Urban Edge Kenya
Edwin Macharia Partner Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Kenya
Seara Macheli-Mkhabela
Group Executive, Human Capital and Corporate Affairs
Altron Group (Allied Electronics Corporation)
South Africa
Mario Machungo Chairman BIM-Banco Internacional de Mozambique SA (Millennium bim)
Mozambique
Kim MacIlwaine Chief Executive Officer, Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean
TNS South Africa
Michael Mack Chief Executive Officer Syngenta International AG Switzerland
Sakumzi Macozoma President Business Leadership South Africa
South Africa
Deepak Madnani Founder and Catalyst PaperclipHK Services Ltd Hong Kong SAR
Vukani Magubane Director, Public Affairs and Communications
The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Gerald Mahinda Managing Director Brandhouse South Africa
Vuyo Mahlati Principal Consultant African Financial Group South Africa
Houssam Mahmoud Chief Executive Officer Al Dahra Holding United Arab Emirates
Alia Mahmoud Global Shaper, Tunis Hub
Oscar Maina Chief Executive Officer Business Mind Africa Kenya
Nomaxabiso Majokweni
Chief Executive Officer Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)
South Africa
Tumi Makgabo Founder and Executive Director AfricaWorldwide Media South Africa
Dorcas Makgato-Malesu
Minister of Trade and Industry of Botswana
P. Mpho Makwana Chairman ArcelorMittal South Africa
Sam Malaba Chief Executive Officer Agribank Zimbabwe
Bobby Malabie Africa Group Executive, Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Daniel Malan Director, Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa
University of Stellenbosch Business School
South Africa
Richard Malcolm Regional Vice-President, Southern and East Africa
Western Union South Africa
Paul Malherbe Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
African Management Services Company (AMSCO)
South Africa
Mairo Mandara Country Representative, Nigeria Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Nyami Mandindi Chief Executive Officer Royal HaskoningDHV Pty Ltd South Africa
Anthony Mandiwanza Group Chief Executive Dairibord Holdings Limited Zimbabwe
Alpheus Mangale Country Managing Director, South Africa Cisco South Africa
Henning Mankell Author, Leopard Förlag, Sweden
John Manners-Bell Chief Executive Officer Transport Intelligence Ltd United Kingdom
Trevor Manuel Minister of the National Planning Commission (NPC) of South Africa
15/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Vincent Maphai Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Transformation
South African Breweries (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Charlotte Maponya Chairman of the Board of Trustees Brand South Africa South Africa
Davide Marcovitch President, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and Canada
Moët Hennessy Brazil
Stefan Maron Director; Head, Chief Executive Office Merck Germany
Luciano Andre Marques
Head, Country Pharma Organization and Country President
Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
David Marshall Strategy Director, Emerging Markets Old Mutual South Africa
Samantha Martin Vice-President, Sales, Energy and Natural Resources EMEA
IHS United Kingdom
Andres R Martinez Reporter Bloomberg News South Africa
Berry J. Marttin Member of the Executive Board Rabobank Group Netherlands
Mothae Anthony Maruping
Commissioner for Economic Affairs African Union Commission Ethiopia
Bongani Maseko Acting Managing Director Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)
South Africa
Lawrence Kego Masha
Managing Partner IMMMA Advocates Tanzania
Tapiwa Mashakada Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion of Zimbabwe
Kolobe S. Mashalane Senior Executive, Corporate Affairs African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Susan Mashibe President and Chief Executive Officer VIA Aviation Ltd Tanzania
Jabulile Mashwama Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade of Swaziland
Jabulile Mashwama Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade of Swaziland
Elias Masilela Chief Executive Officer Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited
South Africa
Vittorio Massone Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Rafael Mateo Alcalá Chief Executive Officer Acciona Energy Spain
Edward Mathias Managing Director and Member of the Board
The Carlyle Group USA
Daniel M. Matjila Chief Investment Officer Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited
South Africa
Miller M. Matola Chief Executive Officer Brand South Africa South Africa
Hloni Matsela Corporate Affairs Director, Africa; Operations Director, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
SABMiller Africa & Asia (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Paul Scott Matthew Director, Africa North Star Alliance South Africa
Jimi Matthews Acting Group Executive: News & Current Affairs
SABC South Africa
Keith Matthews General Manager, sub-Saharan Africa BT Group Plc South Africa
Shiluba Mawela Treasurer and Member of the Board Transitions Foundation South Africa
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Johannesburg
Devon Maylie Reporter The Wall Street Journal USA
Lindiwe Mazibuko Parliamentary Leader, Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa
Amama Mbabazi Prime Minister of Uganda
Lerato Mbele Africa Business Correspondent BBC World News United Kingdom
Sylvester Mbewe Editor ZBC News Zambia
Tito Mboweni Chairman AngloGold Ashanti Ltd South Africa
16/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Susan Mboya President, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation; Group Director, Women's Economic Empowerment, Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa
The Coca-Cola Company Kenya
John McArthur Senior Fellow United Nations Foundation USA
Anne McCormick Corporate Relations Director, Diageo Africa
Diageo Plc United Kingdom
Frank McCosker General Manager, International Organizations
Microsoft Ltd United Kingdom
Shona McDonald Founder Shonaquip South Africa
Dan McDougall Africa Correspondent The Sunday Times United Kingdom
Colin McElwee Co-Founder Worldreader Spain
Patrick McGroarty Reporter Dow Jones United Kingdom
Luke Mckend Country Manager, Google South Africa Google South Africa
Ross McLean President, Dow Africa The Dow Chemical Company United Arab Emirates
Bruce McNamer President and Chief Executive Officer TechnoServe Inc. USA
Vicky B. McPherson Partner Greenberg Traurig LLP USA
David Meads Vice-President, Africa, Emerging Theatre Cisco South Africa
Shakeel Meer Divisional Executive, Corporate Strategy Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Peter M. Mehlape General Manager, East and Southern Africa
Becton Dickinson (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Yohannes Mekbebe Director-General Yeshi Group Côte d'Ivoire
Patricia Menendez-Cambo
Chair, Global Practice Group Greenberg Traurig LLP USA
Sara Menker Founder and Chief Executive Officer Gro Ventures Kenya
Jean Mensa Executive Director The Institute of Economic Affairs - IEA
Ghana
Saad Mered Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group United Arab Emirates
Wonga Mesatywa Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Communications, sub-Saharan Africa
Nissan Motor Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Christian Meuwly Ambassdor of Switzerland Embassy of Switzerland South Africa
Michael Miebach President, Middle East and Africa MasterCard United Arab Emirates
Elizabeth Migwalla Senior Director, Government Affairs, Africa
Qualcomm Inc. South Africa
Rick Mills Director, Group Strategy Alliance Boots GmbH United Kingdom
Omar O. Mitha Economist BIM-Banco Internacional de Mozambique SA (Millennium bim)
Mozambique
Vinod Mittal Chairman Ispat Corp Pvt. Limited India
Zweli Lawrence Mkhize
Treasurer-General, African National Congress (ANC), South Africa
Zweli Lawrence Mkhize
Treasurer-General, African National Congress (ANC), South Africa
Xolani H. Mkhwanazi Chairman BHP Billiton SA Ltd South Africa
Zandie Mlambo-Attoubou
Government Relations Manager, Business Sustainability
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd South Africa
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Founder and Chairperson United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)
USA
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Founder and Chairperson Umlambo Foundation South Africa
17/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Basil Moftah Managing Director, Middle East, Africa and Russia
Thomson Reuters United Arab Emirates
Chinedu Moghalu Head, Corporate Communication Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM)
Nigeria
Bonang F. Mohale Chairman and Vice-President, SOPAF South
Shell South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Amina Mohammed Assistant Secretary-General; Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, United Nations, New York
Linah K. Mohohlo Governor and Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Botswana
Lorato Mokone Investment Analyst Kukara Capital Botswana
Baeti Molake Molake Executive Director Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
Brian Molefe Group Chief Executive Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Edna Molewa Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa
Leruo T. Molotlegi Executive Chairman Royal Bafokeng Administration South Africa
Refilwe Moloto Head, Official Institutions Investec Asset Management Limited
South Africa
Narius Moloto General Secretary National Council of Trade Union (NACTU)
South Africa
Adrian Monck Managing Director, Head of Public Affairs, World Economic Forum
Lumkile Mondi Chief Economist Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Daniel Monehin Division President, sub-Saharan Africa MasterCard United Arab Emirates
Thabo Mongake Chairperson Sentech Limited South Africa
Giovanni Monti Director, Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions
Alliance Boots GmbH United Kingdom
Tiaan Moolman Partner; Head, Africa, Metals and Mining Practice
Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Benjamin Mophatlane
Chief Executive Officer Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Michael Morcos Managing Partner, Middle East and North Africa
Heidrick & Struggles United Arab Emirates
Pule Joseh Mothibe Deputy Regional Senior Partner and Leader, Human Capital, South Market
PwC South Africa
Reginald M. Motswaiso
Chief Executive Officer Botswana Housing Corporation
Botswana
Marc Mourre Head, Africa Morgan Stanley United Kingdom
Sipho S. Moyo Africa Director The ONE Campaign South Africa
Nkosana D. Moyo Founder and Executive Chair Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS)
South Africa
Carlman T. Moyo Regional Director, sub-Saharan Africa DuPont de Nemours South Africa
Philip I. Mpango Executive Secretary Planning Commission (POPC) Tanzania
Gugu Msibi Senior Partner, Head, Strategy and Public Service and Government, Africa
EY South Africa
Radhia N. Msuya High Commissioner of Tanzania High Commission of Tanzania South Africa
King Mswati III of Swaziland
King of Swaziland
Philisiwe Mthethwa Chief Executive Officer National Empowerment Fund South Africa
Futhi Mtoba Chairman of the Board (2004 - 2011) Deloitte South Africa
Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje
Mufti of Uganda
18/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Joseph Mucheru Ambassador, sub-Saharan Africa and Lead, East Africa
Google Kenya
Anne Muema-Mutie Group Legal Officer Seven Seas Technologies (SST)
Kenya
Beatrice Mugambe Executive Director Development Research and Training - DRT
Uganda
Andrew Muir Executive Director Wilderness Foundation South Africa
Pius P. Mulipa Group Operations Executive Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Tariq Mumtaz Head, Investment and Business Development
Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies
Saudi Arabia
Akere T. Muna Vice-Chair Transparency International Germany
James Munn Vice-President, Business Development Qualcomm Technologies Inc. South Africa
David Munro Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking
The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Shingi A. Munyeza Group Chief Executive African Sun Limited Zimbabwe
Ralph Mupita Chief Executive, South Africa and Emerging Markets
Old Mutual South Africa
Darryl Murphy Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Middle East and Africa
KPMG LLP United Kingdom
Elisha N. Mushayakarara
Chairman RioZim Ltd Zimbabwe
Monica Katebe Musonda
Chief Executive Officer and Founder Java Foods Limited Zambia
Arthur G. Mutambara Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Godfrey Mutizwa Chief Editor CNBC Africa South Africa
James Muyanwa Deputy Business Editor Times of Zambia Zambia
James Mwangi Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Equity Bank Ltd (Kenya) Kenya
James Mwangi Global Managing Partner Dalberg South Africa
Peter N. Mwanza Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Malawi
Peter N. Mwanza Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Malawi
Nancy Mwape Senior Business Correspondent Zambia Daily Mail Zambia
Moses Mwaura President Enablis Africa Region Kenya
Josphat Mwaura Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Kenya and East Africa Region
KPMG East Africa Kenya
William Mzimba Chief Executive, South Africa Accenture South Africa
Jayendra Naidoo Executive Chairman J&J Group South Africa
Roberta Naidoo Managing Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Euvin Naidoo Co-President South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA)
South Africa
Yoshino Nakajima Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations
Home Instead Inc. USA
Ayanda Nakedi General Manager, Renewables Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Halen Armando Napoco
Associate Lawyer Adelaida D'Almeida Guinea-Bissau
Arif M. Naqvi Founder and Group Chief Executive The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates
Sambit Nayak Head, FS Sales, Africa HCL Technologies South Africa
Sarita Nayyar Managing Director, Head of Consumer Industries, World Economic Forum USA
TP Nchocho Group Executive, Financing, South Africa
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
19/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Welshman Ncube Minister of Industry and Trade of Zimbabwe
Welshman Ncube Minister of Industry and Trade of Zimbabwe
Mthuli Ncube Chief Economist and Vice-President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Tunis
Trevor Ncube Deputy Executive Chairman Mail & Guardian South Africa
James Ndlovu Chief Executive Officer Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Benno Ndulu Governor of the Bank of Tanzania
Chinedu Nebo Minister of Power of Nigeria
Luca H. Neghesti Chief Executive Officer Jefag Logistics Tanzania Ltd Tanzania
Dave Neiswander Director, Africa World Bicycle Relief South Africa
Kim Nelson Senior Vice-President, External Relations
General Mills Inc. USA
Nhlanhla Musa Nene Deputy Minister of Finance of South Africa
Sipho G. Nene Special Adviser to the Minister, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
William Newman Chief Financial Officer Global Earthmoving Namibia
Chris Newson Chief Executive Officer, Standard Bank Africa
The Standard Bank United Kingdom
Nicky Newton-King Chief Executive Officer JSE Ltd South Africa
Wendy Y. Ngoma Dean and Head of School Wits Business School (WBS), University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Junior John Ngulube Chief Executive Officer Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Ltd (MRoA)
South Africa
Daniel Ngwepe Head of Government Relations for sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Aminata Niang Manager, Marketing and Sales Tambaroua Business Farming Mali
Stefano Niavas Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Keith Nichols Managing Director, Africa Thomson Reuters South Africa
Stavros Nicolaou Senior Executive, Strategic Trade Development
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd
South Africa
Ryk van Niekerk Editor Moneyweb South Africa
Bronwyn Nielsen Senior Anchor and Executive Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Annette D.S.M. Nijs Executive Director, Global Initiative China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
People's Republic of China
Hildebrand Niyomwungeri
Project Officer Unity Club Rwanda
Maite E. Nkoana-Mashabane
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa
Themba G. Nkosi Head, Public Affairs, South Africa and sub-Sahara
ArcelorMittal South Africa
Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo
President and Group Chief Executive Officer
PetroSA South Africa
Doreen E. Noni Owner and Head Designer Eskado Bird Tanzania
Kim Norgaard Africa Bureau Chief CNN South Africa
Nomkhita Nqweni Chief Executive, Wealth and Investment Management, Barclays Africa
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke
Chairman Ogilvy & Mather South Africa
Boynyana Ntsimane Chief of Protocol Royal Bafokeng Administration South Africa
20/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Lynette Ntuli Founder and Chief Executive Innate Investment Solutions (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Kanayo F. Nwanze President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome
Frank Nweke Jr Director-General Nigerian Economic Summit Group Ltd Gte (NESG)
Nigeria
Ndidi O. Nwuneli Founder and Director Leadership Effectiveness Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa
Nigeria
Sizwe E. Nxasana Chief Executive Officer FirstRand Ltd South Africa
Mteto Nyati Managing Director Microsoft SA (PTY) Ltd South Africa
Kaizer Nyatsumba Head, Corporate Affairs and Shared Services
PetroSA South Africa
Jasandra Nyker Chief Executive Officer BioTherm Energy (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Isis Nyong'o Vice-President and Managing Director InMobi Kenya
Sullivan O'Carroll Managing Director and Chairman Nestlé (South Africa) (Pty) Limited
South Africa
Simon O'Connell Regional Director, West and Central Africa
Mercy Corps Morocco
Frank O'Neill Managing Director, Reinsurance, Africa and Middle East
Swiss Re Africa Limited South Africa
Edwyn O'Neill Chief Executive Officer Zurich Insurance Group South Africa
John O'Sullivan Southern Africa Correspondent The Economist South Africa
Herbert Oberhaensli Vice-President, Economics and International Relations
Nestlé SA Switzerland
Bashirat Odunewu Executive Vice-President First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Phillips Oduoza Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
UBA Group Nigeria
David Ofosu-Dorte Managing Partner AB & David Law Ghana
Birgitta Ohlsson Minister for European Union Affairs of Sweden
Akinwale Ojomo Chief Engagement Officer Diaspora Innovation Institute Nigeria
Nwanze Okidegbe Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria
Ory Okolloh Policy Manager, Africa Google South Africa
Enase Okonedo Dean Lagos Business School Nigeria
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance of Nigeria
Alex Okosi Senior Vice-President and Managing Director
Viacom International Media Networks Africa
South Africa
Paul Okumu Head, Secretariat Africa CSO Platform on Principled Partnership (ACP)
Kenya
Remi Okunlola Executive Director Seawolf Oilfield Services Limited
Nigeria
Ralph Olaye Division Manager, ONRI.1, Regional Integration and Trade Department
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
John Oliphant Principal Executive Officer Government Employees Pension Fund
South Africa
Japheth Omojuwa Chief Strategist The Alpha Reach Nigeria
John O. Onaiyekan Cardinal and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
Stephen Olabisi Onasanya
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Amaka Onwughalu Executive Director Skye Bank Nigeria
Oscar Onyema Chief Executive Officer The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
Nigeria
21/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Donna Oosthuyse Managing Director and Citi Country Officer, South Africa
Citi South Africa
Ola Orekunrin Founder The Flying Doctors Nigeria
Roberts U. Orya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM)
Nigeria
Charlotte Osei Chairperson, National Commission for Civic Education, Ghana
Nuradin Osman Director, Operations, Africa and Middle East
AGCO International GmbH Switzerland
Mobolaji Osunsanya Managing Director Oando Plc Nigeria
Arunma Oteh Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria
Louis Otieno Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Corporation Kenya
Mark D. Otty Area Managing Partner, EMEIA EY United Kingdom
Jim Ovia Founder Visafone Communications Limited
Nigeria
Karen Renae Owens Chief Executive Officer Mara Group Uganda
Edward Paice Director Africa Research Institute United Kingdom
Sugan Palanee Markets Leader, Africa EY South Africa
Alejandra Palermo Manager, International Projects Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
Kristin Palitza Senior Journalist and Columnist Time Magazine South Africa
Martyn Parker Chairman, Global Partnerships Swiss Reinsurance Company United Kingdom
Véronique Parkin Partner Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Imrhan Paruk Executive, Corporate Development African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Mayank B. Patel Group Chairman The Azibo Group United Kingdom
Ebrahim Patel Minister of Economic Development of South Africa
Vijay R. Patil Director, International Marketing, African Continent
Serum Institute of India Ltd India
Ian Pearman Chief Executive Officer Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO United Kingdom
Kristine Pearson Chief Executive Lifeline Energy South Africa
Robert Pepper Vice-President, Global Technology Policy
Cisco USA
Alexander J. Perry Writer and Contributor Time Magazine South Africa
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
Minister of Energy of South Africa
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
Minister of Energy of South Africa
Atedo N. A. Peterside Non-Executive Director Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Kristin Peterson Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Inveneo USA
Roze Phillips Senior Managing Director Accenture South Africa
Foluso Phillips Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phillips Consulting Nigeria
Murji Lalji Ruda Pindolia
President, Hindu Council of Africa, Kenya
Anabela Chambuca Pinho
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique
Mozambique
Geoff M. Pinnock Managing Partner, Audit, Southern and East Africa
Deloitte South Africa
Pedro Pires President of Cape Verde (2001-2011)
Enki Pitsoe Board Member and Manager, Technical Vocational Education and Training, Royal Bafokeng Institute
Royal Bafokeng Administration South Africa
22/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Wim Plaizier Partner A.T. Kearney BV Netherlands
Morné du Plessis Chief Executive Officer WWF South Africa South Africa
Anton du Plessis Deputy Executive Director (Acting Executive Director)
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
South Africa
Scott D. Plumb Vice-President, Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Beechcraft Corporation United Arab Emirates
Martha Pobee High Commissioner of Ghana High Commission of Ghana South Africa
Herbert Pohl Director McKinsey & Company United Arab Emirates
Randy Pond Executive Vice-President, Operations, Processes and Systems
Cisco USA
Carlos Poñe Chief Executive Officer ABB United Arab Emirates
Graham Richard Poston
Partner Heidrick & Struggles Singapore
Jean Pougnier Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development
DuPont Crop Protection USA
David Powels Managing Director Volkswagen South Africa Ltd South Africa
Shantanu Prakash Chairman and Managing Director Educomp Solutions Ltd India
Marco Prehn Director, Sustainable Partnerships, Strategy and Integration
AGCO Corporation Switzerland
Max Price Vice-Chancellor University of Cape Town South Africa
Stephen Priestley Co-Head, Wholesale Bank, Africa Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
Gilbert J. B. Probst Managing Director and Dean, Leadership Office and Academic Affairs, World Economic Forum
Lewis Pugh Founder Our Blue Future South Africa
Dina Deliwe Pule Minister of Communications of South Africa
Dina Deliwe Pule Minister of Communications of South Africa
Salah A. Al-Qahtani Deputy Chairman of the Board Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Group of Companies
Saudi Arabia
Geoffrey Qhena Chief Executive Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Thabo Qhesi Chief Executive Officer Private Sector Foundation of Lesotho (PSFL)
Lesotho
Rapelang Rabana Founder and Chief Executive Officer ReKindle Learning South Africa
Abdulsamad Rabiu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer BUA Group United Kingdom
Maurice Radebe Member, Group Executive Committee Sasol Limited South Africa
Sumesh Rahavendra Regional Head, Marketing, sub-Saharan Africa
DHL Express South Africa
Allon Raiz Chief Executive Officer Raizcorp South Africa
Mohale Rakgate General Manager, Project Preparation, Financing Operations
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Christine Ramon Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Sasol Limited South Africa
Maria Ramos Chief Executive, Africa, Barclays; Group Chief Executive
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Aashmi Rajya Lakshmi Rana
Director, International Business Educomp Solutions Ltd India
Karuna Rana Co-Founder Green It! Mauritius
Rudolph Rashama Chief Executive Officer African Union Communication South Africa
Srikar Reddy Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Sonata Software Limited India
23/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Vivian Reddy Chairman Edison Corporation South Africa
Frank van Rees Managing Director and Enterprise Group Lead, South Africa
Hewlett-Packard Company United Kingdom
Hartmut Reinke Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont Products SA United Arab Emirates
Jean-Eudes Renier Global Head, Investment Banking Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Addis Ababa
Naveed Riaz Chief Executive Officer, Africa Citi South Africa
David Rice Contributing Writer Fortune Magazine USA
Geoff Riddell Member, Group Executive Committee and Regional Chairman, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group Hong Kong SAR
Vincent Rigby Vice-President, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada
Ian Roberts Chief Technology Officer Bühler Switzerland
Judith Rodin President The Rockefeller Foundation USA
David Rodin Philosopher University of Oxford United Kingdom
Wendell Roelf Correspondent Thomson Reuters Ltd South Africa
Olivia van Rooyen Executive Director The Kuyasa Fund South Africa
Raelene Rorke Founder SpringAGE (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Helge Rosenberg Managing Director Haldor Topsoe SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Geoffrey Rothschild Head, Government and International Division
JSE Ltd South Africa
Juliana Rotich Co-Founder and Executive Director Ushahidi Inc. Kenya
James Rowe Head, Strategy and Business Development
Thomson Reuters USA
Dawn Rowlands Chief Executive Officer Aegis Media SSA South Africa
Reeta Roy President and Chief Executive Officer Mastercard Foundation Canada
Suman Roy Head, Africa and ME Business HCL Technologies South Africa
Bill Russo Director McKinsey & Company Kenya
John Rwangombwa Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda (NBR)
Peter Ryan Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Group and Managing Director, EMEA
Hewlett-Packard Company United Kingdom
Ricardo Saad Global Director, Capital Projects, Africa, Asia and Australia
Vale Mozambique Mozambique
Roland Sackers Chief Financial Officer QIAGEN GmbH Germany
Gaurav Sahu Head, PS Sales, Africa HCL Technologies South Africa
Maam Suwadu Sakho-Jimbira
Researcher Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale - IPAR
Senegal
Ernest Sales Vice-President and Managing Director Hewlett-Packard Company United Arab Emirates
Tomaz Augusto Salomão
Executive Secretary, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Botswana
Tomaz Augusto Salomão
Executive Secretary, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Botswana
Andrea Sanke Adviser Isondo Group South Africa
Pedro Soares dos Santos
Chief Executive Officer Jerónimo Martins SGPS SA Portugal
Christian Sarafidis Head, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa
SWIFT SCRL Belgium
Kiyoshi Sato Vice-Chairman of the Board Tokyo Electron Ltd Japan
24/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh
Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
Stefan Schaffner Director, Africa Region Skidata South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Felix Scheder-Bieschin
Managing Director MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Thomas Scheen Africa Correspondent Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
South Africa
Calle Schlettwein Minister of Trade and Industry of Namibia
Witney Schneidman Senior Adviser for Africa Covington & Burling LLP USA
Patrick Schofield Founder The Indalo Project South Africa
Magnus Schöldtz Senior Adviser to the Chairman Investor AB Sweden
Katinka Schumann Divisional Executive, Services Sectors and Regions
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Florian Schwab Editor Die Weltwoche Switzerland
Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Hilde Schwab Chairperson and Co-Founder Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Switzerland
Tim Schweikert President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Transportation Africa and GE Southern Africa
GE South Africa
De Buys Scott Head, Global Infrastructure and Projects Group in Africa
KPMG South Africa
Emmanuel de Seguin de Reynies
Chief Executive Officer Concord Energy Suisse SA Switzerland
Elvis Mmaphuthelo Sekhaolelo
Founding Executive Director Founders@work South Africa
Satish Selvanathan Director Premium Oils & Fats Sdn Bnd Malaysia
Shani Senbetta General Manager, Government and External Relations
SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd Ethiopia
Alasan Senghore Director, Africa, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Nairobi
Austine Sequeira Managing Director Overseas Infratech Corp. FZE United Arab Emirates
Nasreen Seria Team Leader, Africa Economy and Government News
Bloomberg News South Africa
Pfungwa Gore Serima
Chief Executive Officer SAP Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Joshua Setipa Chief Executive Officer Lesotho National Development Corporation
Lesotho
Lara Setrakian Founder and Executive Editor News Deeply USA
Richard Sezibera Secretary-General, East African Community (EAC), Arusha
Susan Shabangu Minister of Mineral Resources of South Africa
Rajiv J. Shah Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
Aarti Shah Head, Government Affairs, Africa Thomson Reuters Kenya
Sneha Shah Head, Africa, Financial Business Thomson Reuters South Africa
Brent Shahim Chief Executive Officer Aqua South Africa
Rieaz (Moe) Shaik Chief Executive Officer, International Division
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
V. Shankar Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas
Standard Chartered United Arab Emirates
25/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Ian Shapiro Sterling Professor of Political Science and Director, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
Yale University USA
Allen Shardelow Partner-in-Charge Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Pranjal Sharma Consulting Editor Businessworld India
Milan Sharma Regional Manager Tech Mahindra Limited South Africa
Josette Sheeran Vice-Chairman, World Economic Forum
Gary Sheffer Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs
GE USA
Joanne Shields Chief Financial Officer, BT Middle East and Africa Region
BT Group Plc South Africa
Isaac Shongwe Executive Director Barloworld Ltd South Africa
Jaidev R. Shroff Chief Executive Officer United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) India
Mandla Sibeko Chief Executive Officer Icon South Africa South Africa
Frédéric Sicre Managing Director The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates
Toumani Sidibe Division Chief, Audit and General Controls
Orange Mali
Davinder Sikand Partner The Abraaj Group Kenya
Sipo Jabulani Sikhakhane
Head of Communications National Treasury of South Africa
South Africa
Pedro Pereira da Silva
Chief Operating Officer and Country Manager, Portugal and Poland
Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja SA
Poland
Mindy Silverstein Managing Director Milken Institute USA
Yedwa Simelane Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs AngloGold Ashanti Ltd South Africa
Dan Simelane Chief Executive, ARM Copper African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Bright Simons President MPedigree Network Ghana
Jerry Ndambuki Simu Head, Africa Representative Office HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Avesh Singh Vice-President Genpact South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Bijay Veer Singh Head, Africa Cluster Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Rita Singh Director, Global Food Security and Development Partnerships
Monsanto Company USA
Kanwal Nain Singh Business Head United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) India
Shamina Singh Vice-President, Government Services and Solutions
MasterCard USA
Anant Singh Producer Videovision Entertainment South Africa
Ajen Sita Chief Executive Officer, Africa EY South Africa
Erna Sittig Executive Director Uthango Social Investments South Africa
Tebogo Skwambane Trustee and Board Member The Lonely Road Fondation South Africa
Peter Slagt Partner and Head, Organization Practice, sub-Saharan Africa
McKinsey & Company South Africa
Younes Slaoui Consultant, Strategy and Development Attijariwafa Bank Morocco
Chuck Slaughter Founder and Chief Executive Officer Living Goods USA
Hugo Smit Head, Africa South Swift South Africa
Patrick Smith Editor-in-Chief The Africa Report France
Brian Smith Head, Investment Banking, sub-Saharan Africa
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
Viacheslav Smolensky
Deputy Head, Russian G20 Sherpa Office; Director, International Department, Federal Service on Consumer Protection and Well-Being of Russia
26/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
David Smollan Chief Executive Officer Smollan Group SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Carel Snyman Chief Financial Officer MultiChoice Africa Limited United Arab Emirates
Tami Sokutu Executive Director African Bank Limited South Africa
Lorna Solis Founder and Chief Executive Officer Blue Rose Compass USA
Darryn Solomon Managing Director; Head, Corporate Banking, Southern Africa
Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa
Fernando de Sousa General Manager, Africa Initiative Microsoft SA (PTY) Ltd South Africa
Caroline Southey Chief Executive Communications, Africa Barclays South Africa
Daniel Starta Partner and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa
A.T. Kearney United Arab Emirates
Eytan Stibbe Founding Partner Vital Capital Fund Switzerland
Troy Stremler Chief Executive Officer Newdea USA
Sirzat Subasi Deputy General Manager, Sales, Turkey, Middle East and Africa
Arcelik AS Turkey
Nathi Sukazi Head, Media and External Relations, Southern Africa
Accenture South Africa
Tosin Sulaiman Correspondent, African Financial Markets
Thomson Reuters Ltd South Africa
Yunus Suleman Chairman, SA Policy Board and Africa Board
KPMG South Africa
Peter Sullivan President Amrop South Africa South Africa
Nancy Sumari Chairman Neghesti-Sumari Foundation Tanzania
Sun Liguo Vice-President China Bohai Bank People's Republic of China
Ambar Sur Senior Vice-President Mahindra Comviva Technologies
India
Iqbal Survé Executive Chairman Sekunjalo Investments Ltd South Africa
Mark Suzman Managing Director, International Policy, Programs and Advocacy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Fred Swaniker Founder and Chief Executive Officer African Leadership Academy South Africa
Jurie Swart Head, Infrastructure and Development Assets
Old Mutual South Africa
Godwin Sweto Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Planning
PetroSA South Africa
Admassu Yilma Tadesse
President and Chief Executive Officer PTA Bank Burundi
Haim Taib Founder and President Mitrelli Group Ltd Israel
Lola Talabi-Oni Managing Director BRENTT Consulting Ltd Nigeria
Raenette Taljaard Senior Lecturer, Public Policy University of Cape Town South Africa
Akihiko Tanaka President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
Thierry Tanoh Chief Executive Officer Ecobank Transnational Inc. Togo
Victoria Tapfumaneyi-Ruzvidzo
Managing Editor The Herald Zimbabwe
Gaiv M. Tata Director, Financial and Private Sector Development, Africa Region and Financial Inclusion Global Practice, World Bank, Washington DC
Kevin Taylor President, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Turkey
BT Group Plc Hong Kong SAR
Nils Tcheyan Director, Government Affairs and Policy, Africa
GE Kenya
Nicolas Teisseyre Head, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Emerging Markets, Managing Partner
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
France
27/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Petro Terblanche Managing Director Pelchem SOC Ltd South Africa
Hanna Tetteh Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana
Ashish J. Thakkar Founder and Managing Director Mara Group United Arab Emirates
Charles Thiemele Founder and Chief Executive Officer Damalex SA Switzerland
Simon Thompson Chairman Tullow Oil Plc United Kingdom
Lars H. Thunell Senior Adviser The Blackstone Group United Kingdom
Anthony Thunstrom Chief Operating Officer, Global Africa Practice
KPMG South Africa
Avendth Royithlal Tilakdari
Clients and Markets Leader, Africa PwC South Africa
Peter Tinner Head of Global Sales OC Oerlikon Management AG Switzerland
Jubril Adewale Tinubu
Group Chief Executive Oando Plc Nigeria
Miguel Angel Tordesillas
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Pescanova Namibia & South Africa
South Africa
Mamadou Touré Founder Africa 2.0 Foundation South Africa
Laszlo Trankovits Bureau Chief, sub-Saharan Africa DPA - Deutsche Presse Agentur
South Africa
Simpiwe K. Tshabalala
Joint Chief Executive Officer The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Ellen Tshabalala Member of the Board Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Cécile Tshibanda Lepira
Chairperson Catholic Women Association Democratic Republic of Congo
Zola Tsotsi Chairman Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Satyam Tulsyan Head, Enterprise and Commercial Sales, Africa
HCL Technologies South Africa
Godber Tumushabe Executive Director Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment
Uganda
Jacob Tveraabak Head, Africa Initiative and Projects REMA 1000 Norway
Hamish Tyrwhitt Chief Executive Officer Leighton Holdings Ltd Australia
Susumu Uchikoshi Managing Director Renault South Africa Pty Limited
South Africa
Onche Ugbabe Chief Strategy Officer First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Emmanuel A. Ukpabi Vice-Chairman Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Christina Ulardic Vice-President, Environmental and Commodity Markets
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Jones Lang LaSalle Germany
Ato Ulzen Appiah Managing Chair GhanaThink Foundation Ghana
Michael R. Upton Chief Executive Officer Group Five Ltd South Africa
Shamsuddeen Usman
Minister for National Planning of Nigeria
Shamsuddeen Usman
Minister for National Planning of Nigeria
Adolor A. Uwamu Chief Executive Officer Seawolf Oilfield Services Limited
Nigeria
Mathai Geevarghese Vaidyan
Chief Executive Officer and Regional Head, Africa
State Bank of India South Africa
Ben Valk Global Head, Multilateral Development Banks
Rabobank International Netherlands
Frederic Vandevyver Bureau Chief West Africa CNBC Africa Nigeria
28/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
Russ Vanos Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development
Itron Inc. USA
Venkatram Vasantavada
Business Head, Africa and Middle East Advanta India Limited India
Mark van der Velden Editor SAPA (South African Press Association)
South Africa
Peter van de Ven General Manager and Health Sector Leader, Africa
Philips Healthcare Netherlands
Servaas Venter Country Manager EMC Computer Systems SA (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Wouter Verwey Managing Director Zimco Group (Pty) Limited South Africa
Zeblon Vilakazi Director iThemba LABS South Africa
Leon Viljoen Region Manager, ABB Southern Africa ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Ravi Viswanathan President, Growth Markets Tata Consultancy Services Ltd India
Andrei Vorobyov Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Marc Wabi Senior Special Adviser to the President The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Melissa Waggener Zorkin
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide USA
Rakesh Wahi Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman CNBC Africa South Africa
Sid Wahi Executive Producer CNBC Africa South Africa
Carole Wainaina Executive Vice-President, Chief HR Officer and Member of the Executive Committee
Royal Philips Netherlands
Andrew Wales Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Development
SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
Jane Wales President and Chief Executive Officer World Affairs Council of Northern California
USA
Amritpal Singh Walia Managing Director TAK Agro Nigeria
Siobhan Walsh Executive Director Concern Worldwide US USA
James Wanjohi Kiiru Director, Africa GEMS Education Solutions South Africa
Dwight Watson Managing Director, South Africa and sub-Sahara
ACNielsen Kenya Limited Kenya
Esmaré Weideman Chief Executive Officer Media24 South Africa
Leon Weisscher Customer Finance Manager, Africa Philips Netherlands
Charles Weller Country Head, Nigeria and Head, Lagos Representative Office
Deutsche Bank AG Nigeria
Kevin Welman Managing Director Fleishman-Hillard South Africa South Africa
Jurie Welman President, CHEP Middle East and Africa CHEP South Africa South Africa
Christian Wessels Partner and Head, sub-Saharan Africa Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Africa, Middle East and Turkey
Nigeria
Geoffrey White Chief Executive Officer and Director Lonrho Plc United Kingdom
Mike Whitfield Managing Director Nissan Motor Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
James Whittington Senior Communications Officer, Africa Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Kingdom
Andries Jacobus Wilkens
Executive Director, Growth and Strategic Development
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Stephan Willms Partner africa enablers Ethiopia
Michael Wilson Managing Partner Migson Ghana Ltd Ghana
Jonah Wittkamper Co-Founder and Global Director Nexus Youth Summit USA
Ludwig Wolff Head, Mergers and Acquisitions Media24 South Africa
Peter Wonacott Africa Bureau Chief Wall Street Journal South Africa
29/30
World Economic Forum on Africa
John Wright Managing Director, Market Leader, Africa, Private Banking and Wealth Management
Credit Suisse AG Switzerland
Sidi Yattara Consular Officer, Embassy of Canada to Mali
Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah
Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Gisele Yitamben Founder and President Association pour le Soutien et l'Appui à la Femme Entrepreneur (ASAFE)
Cameroon
Daniel W. Yohannes Chief Executive Officer Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
USA
Sola Yomi-Ajayi Director; Division Head, International Banking and Corporate Branch
UBA Group Nigeria
Motofumi Yoshida Managing Director GLOBIS Corporation Japan
Anne Eugénie Younga
Auditor CAC International Congo
S.S. Yusuf High Commissioner of Nigeria High Commission of Nigeria South Africa
Almira Zejnilagic Director FTI Consulting United Kingdom
Zhong Jianhua Special Representative of the Chinese Government on African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Zhu Jun Deputy Secretary-General, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China
Helen Zille Premier of the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Silas Zimu Chief Executive Officer Suzlon South Africa South Africa
Risana Zitha Country Head, South Africa Morgan Stanley South Africa
Jacob G. Zuma President of South Africa
Rodwell Zvarayi Group Executive, International Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd South Africa
30/30
World Economic Forum on Africa