World Economic Forum on Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 May 2012
List of ParticipantsAs of 30 April 2013
Messumbe Stanly Abane
Paralegal The ABENG Law Firm Cameroon
Yilkal Abate Secretary-General ICT Association of Ethiopia Ethiopia
Zein Abdalla Chief Executive Officer PepsiCo Europe Switzerland
Amin Abdulkader Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ethiopia
Rakeb Abebe Chief Executive Officer and Founder GAWT International Business Plc
Ethiopia
Olufemi Adeyemo Group Chief Financial Officer Oando Plc Nigeria
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Minister of Health of Ethiopia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Minister of Health of Ethiopia
Olusegun Aganga Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria
Alfredo Agapiti President Tecnoservice Srl Italy
Pranay Agarwal Principal Adviser, Corporate Finance and Strategy
MSP Steel & Power Ltd India
Vishal Agarwal Head, sub-Saharan Africa Deals and Project Finance
PwC Kenya
Pascal K. Agboyibor Managing Partner Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe France
Manish Agrawal Director MSP Steel & Power Ltd India
Deborah Ahenkorah Co-Founder and Executive Director The Golden Baobab Prize Ghana
Halima Ahmed Political Activist and Candidate for Member of Parliament
The Youth Rehabilitation Center
Somalia
Sofian Ahmed Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia
Dotun Ajayi Special Representative to the United Nations and Regional Manager, West Africa
African Business Roundtable Nigeria
Abi Ajayi Vice-President, Sub-Saharan Africa Coverage and Origination
Bank of America Merrill Lynch United Kingdom
Clare Akamanzi Chief Operating Officer Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Rwanda
Satohiro Akimoto General Manager, Global Intelligence, Global Strategy and Business Development
Mitsubishi Corporation Japan
Adetokunbo Ayodele Akindele
Head, Investor Relations Oando Plc Nigeria
Kemi Lala Akindoju Facilitator Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA)
Nigeria
1/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Olanrewaju Akinola Editor This is Africa, Financial Times United Kingdom
Vikram K. Akula Social Entrepreneur, India
Biola Alabi Managing Director, Africa Electronic Media Network (M-Net)
Nigeria
Mimi Alemayehou Executive Vice-President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), USA
Addis Alemayehou Managing Director 251 Communications Ethiopia
Getachew T. Alemu Op-ed Editor Addis Fortune Ethiopia
Haiko Alfeld Group General Manager, Stakeholder Relations
Sasol Limited South Africa
Ahmed Bin Ali Senior Vice-President, Corporate Communications
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)
United Arab Emirates
Osayi Alile Oruene Executive Director Fate Foundation Nigeria
Diezani K. Alison-Madueke
Minister of Petroleum Resources of Nigeria
James G. Allen Partner; Co-Head, Global Strategy Practice
Bain & Company Inc. United Kingdom
Andrew Alli President and Chief Executive Officer Africa Finance Corporation - AFC
Nigeria
Eliane Almeida Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development for Sub-Saharan Africa
PepsiCo Inc. USA
Abdullah Bin Abdullah A. Alobaid
Deputy Minister of Research and Development
Ministry of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Sulaiman Alrubaian
Chairman, Agriculture Development Fund, Ministry of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia
Korkor Amarteifio Director Institute for Music and Development
Ghana
Salim Amin Chairman A24 Media/Camerapix Kenya
Mohammed Hussein A. Al Amoudi
Owner and Chairman Midroc Ethiopia Plc Ethiopia
Nahas Gideon Angula
Prime Minister of Namibia
Nahas Gideon Angula
Prime Minister of Namibia
Folake Ani-Mumuney Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications
First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Kofi Annan Chairman Kofi Annan Foundation Switzerland
Kofi Annan Chairman Africa Progress Panel (APP) Switzerland
Patricia Anoma Cisse Managing Partner Africa Investment and Business Advisers (AfIBA)
Senegal
Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Friends of the Global Fund Africa
Nigeria
Nnanna Anyim Ude Chief Operating Officer The Agon Group Nigeria
Yvonne Apea Mensah
Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellow African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
Vijay Kumar Arora Managing Director LT Foods Ltd India
Christian Asboth Head, TAMECIS Bayer CropScience AG Germany
Ade Ashaye Country Manager, West Africa Visa Inc. South Africa
Tewodros Ashenafi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd Ethiopia
Olugbenga Ashiru Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
Sebastian Ashong-Katai
Group Head of Financial Institutions and International Organizations
Ecobank South Africa
William Asiko President, Coca-Cola Foundation The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Haile Assegide Executive Director Midroc Ethiopia Plc Ethiopia
2/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Paul Austin Managing Director, Emerging Markets AGCO Corporation Switzerland
Joycee Awojoodu Associate, Renewable Energy Research and Development
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
Nigeria
Seyoum Ayalew Studio Artist, Ethiopian Visual Arts Association, Ethiopia
Al Hassane Ba Senior Special Adviser, R20 Regions of Climate Action
Ilker Baburoglu Executive Director Mineks International Turkey
Jens Stefan Baier Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Germany
Ginger Baker Managing Director Visa Inc. Rwanda
Kris Balderston US Special Representative for Global Partnerships, US Department of State
Fahad Bin Abdulrahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim
Minister of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia
Marc Balkin Managing Partner Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa South Africa
Kingsley Bangwell Founder Youngstars Foundation Nigeria
Dov Bar-Gera Chief Executive Officer 4G Africa AG Switzerland
Carlos Barradas Senior Partner and Managing Director, Head of Portugal
The Boston Consulting Group Portugal
Lamin G. Barrow Resident Representative African Development Bank (ADB)
Ethiopia
Blake Bartlett Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
IHS CERA United Kingdom
Usama Barwani Director, New Business Development MB Holding Company LLC Oman
Mohammed Al Barwani
Chairman MB Holding Company LLC Oman
Jabula Basopo Country Manager, Southern and East Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
David Batt Director, Africa Partnership Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
Teteka Bekele Deputy General Manager Walta Information Center Ethiopia
Dawit Bekele Regional Bureau Manager, Africa The Internet Society (ISOC) Switzerland
Martin Bekker Research Manager Royal Bafokeng Nation South Africa
Amine Belaicha General Manager Numid-Invest International Algeria
Teshale Belehu Marketing Manager Walta Information Center Ethiopia
Omar Ben Yedder Group Publisher and Managing Director IC Publications United Kingdom
Laurent Benarousse Partner and Managing Director, Casablanca Office
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Morocco
Robert Berendes Head, Business Development Syngenta International AG Switzerland
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Director World Wide Web Foundation USA
Ann Bernstein Executive Director Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
South Africa
Vicent Kizito Beyou Managing Partner Beyuo Jumu & Co Ghana
Jean-Louis Billon Executive Chairman Groupe Sifca Côte d'Ivoire
Jean-Louis Billon Executive Chairman Ministry of Commerce, Craft and SME Promotion of Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Tendai Laxton Biti Minister of Finance of Zimbabwe
Nick Blazquez President, Diageo Africa Diageo Plc United Kingdom
Daniel Bloomfield Vice-President, Business Integration and Chief of Staff
MSD USA
3/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Stephen Blunden Chief Executive Officer Link Community Development South Africa
Wiebe Boer Chief Executive Officer The Tony Elumelu Foundation Nigeria
Khalid Bomba Chief Executive Officer The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Ethiopia
Ali Bongo Ondimba President of Gabon
Renee Bonorchis Financial Services Reporter Bloomberg News South Africa
Seif Borgi Social Entrepreneur, Tunisia
Alan Boswell Correspondent Time Magazine Kenya
Pierre Olivier Bouée Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer's Office
Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Mohamed Najib Boulif
Minister of General Affairs and Governance of Morocco
Abdel Boulmakoul Director, Strategy and Planning, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa
Hewlett-Packard Company Morocco
H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon Parme
Special Envoy, Natural Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Edmund Boyo Co-Head, Africa Clifford Chance LLP Germany
Frank N. Braeken Executive Vice-President, North Africa, Middle East and Central Africa
Unilever United Arab Emirates
Joseph Brandt President and Chief Executive Officer ContourGlobal USA
Vendeline von Bredow
Business Correspondent The Economist United Kingdom
Børge Brende Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum
Douglas Brew Head of External Affairs, Africa Unilever United Kingdom
Simon Bromfield Head, Africa Region Channel Sales Adobe Systems South Africa
Gordon Brown Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010) and UN Special Envoy for Global Education
Gordon Brown Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010) and UN Special Envoy for Global Education
David Brussa Director, Green Coffee Procurement illycaffè SpA Italy
Gib J. Bulloch Executive Director, Accenture Development Partnerships
Accenture United Kingdom
Gaurav Burman Director Dabur International India
Elizabeth Buse Group President, Asia-Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa
Visa Inc. Singapore
Happy-Girl Buthelezi Principal Country Representative MTN Group Ltd South Africa
Davide Cardarelli General Manager Nike Inc. South Africa
Gordon Carver Consultant GEMS Education United Kingdom
Nigel Chanakira Founder and Director Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited
Zimbabwe
Sachen Chandaria Executive Director Orbit Chemical Industries Ltd Kenya
Kebede Chane Minister of Trade of Ethiopia
Alniz Noorali Chaturbhai Popat
Chief Executive Officer Lifecare International United Arab Emirates
Suresh Chaturvedi Group Chairman Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Pvt. Ltd (OIAPL)
India
Sylvester Chauke Chief Architect DNA Brand Architects South Africa
Jean Snikiwe Chawapiwa
Vice-President, External Affairs and Communications, Southern Africa
Rio Tinto Management Services SA (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
4/23World Economic Forum on Africa
David Cheesewright President and Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Region
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Canada
Lynette Chen Chief Executive Officer NEPAD Business Foundation South Africa
Mervin Chetty General Manager, Africa Strategy Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Ravi Chhatpar Executive Strategy Director frog South Africa
Dyborn Charlie Chibonga
Chief Executive Officer National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Malawi
Enock Chikava Director, Business Development, sub-Saharan Africa
Bunge Limited USA
Herb Chikwanda Chief Executive Officer Powertech System Integrators South Africa
Clement Chilingulo Executive Secretary Press Trust Malawi
N. Justin Chinyanta Chairman and Executive Officer Loita Capital Partners International Limited
South Africa
Jena Chittaranjan Business Head Africa Mahindra Satyam South Africa
David Church Partner, International Development DLA Piper UK LLP United Kingdom
Adrian Clarke Publisher, Europe and Middle East Editions
The Financial Times France
David Clarke Bureau Chief, East Africa Thomson Reuters Kenya
Clinton Clarke Head, SSA Distribution and Research Absa Capital South Africa
Sean de Cleene Senior Vice-President, Global Initiatives, Strategy and Business Development
Yara International ASA Belgium
John H. Clippinger Chief Executive Officer ID3.org USA
Paul Cohen Partner, Group Manager Ketchum Inc. USA
Andrea Coleman Chief Executive Officer and Founder Riders for Health United Kingdom
Paul Collier Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
University of Oxford United Kingdom
Cas Coovadia Managing Director The Banking Association South Africa
South Africa
John Coulter Chief Executive Officer, sub-Saharan Africa
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
David G. Creighton President and Chief Executive Officer Cordiant Capital Canada
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
Robyn Curnow Correspondent CNN South Africa
Barbara D'Amato Board Advisor Morrell Agro Industries USA
Fazila B. Da Hall Executive Producer Channel Africa South Africa
Jan Dalhuisen Regional Managing Partner, EMEA Deloitte Netherlands
Dessie Dalkie Minister of Science and Technology of Ethiopia
Aliko Dangote President and Chief Executive Officer Dangote Group Nigeria
Lahcen Daoudi Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training of Morocco
Harry G. David Chairman of the Board Frigoglass S.A.I.C. Greece
Matthew Davies Senior Broadcast Journalist BBC World News Radio United Kingdom
Martyn Davies Chief Executive Officer Frontier Advisory Pty Ltd South Africa
John Davies Vice-President, Sales and Marketing and General Manager, World Ahead
Intel Corporation USA
Rob Davies Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa
William Davison Correspondent Bloomberg News Ethiopia
5/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Thomas Debass Director, Global Partnerships, Global Partnership Initiative, US Department of State, USA
Fred Deegbe Chief Executive Officer Heel the World Ghana
Fikre Zewdie Degaga Regional Director, Southern Africa Oxfam GB South Africa
Andre Dehmel General Manager, Africa Hub Philips Lighting South Africa
Andrew Dell Chief Executive Officer, Africa HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Jacques Delmoitiez President, Europe BASF SE Germany
Berhane Demissie Managing Director Schulze Global Investments Ethiopia
Demissie Demissie Managing Director, Ethiopia Duet Group United Kingdom
Graham Wayne Dempster
Chief Operating Officer Nedbank Group South Africa
Alain Deniau Regional Managing Partner, Europe and Partner-in-Charge, France
Heidrick & Struggles France
Tefera Derbew Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ethiopia
Chris Derksen Head, Frontier and Emerging Markets Investec Asset Management South Africa
Hailemariam Dessalegn
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
Hailemariam Dessalegn
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
Shantayanan Devarajan
Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC
Dho Young-Shim Chairperson of the Board of Directors, UNWTO ST-EP Foundation; Member of UN MDG Advocacy Group, Seoul
Amadou Diallo Chief Executive Officer, DHL Freight Deutsche Post DHL Germany
Aissatou Marly Diallo Member Relais Guinea
Aida Diarra Regional Vice-President The Western Union International
Morocco
Ernest Dietrich Group Executive, Treasury Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
Bineta Diop Chair of the Executive Board Femmes Africa Solidarité Switzerland
Paddy Docherty Chief Executive Phoenix Africa Development Company Ltd
United Kingdom
Aleke Dondo Founder and Managing Director Juhudi Kilimo Kenya
Juan Jacques van Dongen
Chief Executive Officer, Africa and Senior Vice-President
Philips South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Ian Donjeany Executive Chairman The Elgin Group South Africa
Richard Dowden Director Royal African Society United Kingdom
Jamie C. Drummond Executive Director and Co-Founder ONE United Kingdom
Nadine Drutman Chief-of-Staff to the Chief Executive Officer
Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Jean-Christophe Durand
Regional Head, Middle East and Africa BNP Paribas Bahrain
Munir Duri Chief Executive Officer Kifiya Financial Technologies Ethiopia
Innocent Dutiro Partner 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
Chinwe A. Effiong President Junior Achievement of Africa Kenya
6/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Andrew Egan Head, Business Partnerships, sub-Saharan Africa
BT Group Plc United Kingdom
William Egbe Group Director, Sustainability and Strategy, Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group
The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Godwin Ehigiamusoe Managing Director LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited
Nigeria
Hanri Ehlers Co-Founder and Director Kanabo Conservation Link South Africa
Peter Eigen Panel Member Africa Progress Panel (APP) Switzerland
Mahmoud Eisa Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade of Egypt
Sinknesh Ejigu Minister of Mines of Ethiopia
Jean-Louis Ekra President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
African Export-Import Bank Egypt
Olafur Eliasson Artist Studio Olafur Eliasson Germany
Marc Engel Chief Procurement Officer Unilever Supply Chain Company AG
Switzerland
Helmut Engelbrecht Head, Investment Banking, Africa The Standard Bank Group Limited
South Africa
Margee Ensign President American University of Nigeria Nigeria
Tenbite Ermias Partner and Managing Director; Head, sub-Saharan Africa
The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Ana Escobedo Director, Government Affairs ArcelorMittal United Kingdom
Ebenezer N. Essoka Chief Executive Officer, South Africa; Area General Manager, Southern Africa
Standard Chartered Bank South Africa
Thomas Etuh Consultant Intercontinental Trade DMCC Nigeria
Alex Evans Head of Resource Scarcity Program Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
USA
Obi Ezeude President and Chief Executive Officer Beloxxi Industries Limited Nigeria
Simi Fajemirokun Public Relations Consultant ESFAJ Consulting Nigeria
Pernille Falck Head of Secretariat, Africa Commission, Denmark
Robbert van der Feltz Executive Vice-President, Eastern Europe, Near and Middle East and Africa
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft Liechtenstein
Anthony Few Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
IHS United Kingdom
Karin Finkelston Vice-President, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Hong Kong SAR
Berto Fisler Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Zurich Insurance Group Morocco
Nils Flaatten Chief Executive Officer Wesgro South Africa
Pascal Fletcher Bureau Chief, sub-Saharan Africa Thomson Reuters Ltd South Africa
Mohamed Lamine Fofana
Minister of Mines and Geology of Guinea
Isaac Kwaku Fokuo Jr
Principal Botho Services Ltd Kenya
Greg Foster Vice-President, Africa and Middle East Habitat for Humanity International (HFH)
USA
Patricia Francis Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva
Kenneth C. Frazier Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
MSD USA
Jim Frederick Editor Time International USA
Carola Frentzen East Africa Correspondent Deutsche Presse Agentur Germany
Jeff Gable Managing Principal, Research Absa Capital South Africa
7/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Eleni Gabre-Madhin Chief Executive Officer Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX)
Ethiopia
Gitahi Gachahi Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Africa Ernst & Young Kenya
John Gachora Managing Director and Head, Corporate Banking, Barclays Africa
Absa Capital South Africa
Francisco Ganzer Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Bunge SA Switzerland
Gao Xiqing President and Vice-Chairman China Investment Corporation (CIC)
People's Republic of China
Maneesh Garg Group Managing Director Nagode Group Nigeria
Johannes Gawaxab Managing Director, Africa Operations Old Mutual Namibia Namibia
Tamrat Gebregiorgis Managing Editor Independent News & Media Plc
Ethiopia
Sir Bob Geldof Musician, Activist and Entrepreneur ONE United Kingdom
Bekele Geleta Secretary-General International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Switzerland
Julie Louise Gerberding
President, Merck Vaccines MSD USA
Samer Gharaibeh Chief Executive Officer, Africa Aramex International Egypt
Barbara Gibian Managing Director TaherInvest Jordan
Julie Gichuru TV Host and Media Executive Royal Media Services Kenya
Andrew Gilchrist Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice
Egon Zehnder International United Kingdom
Scott Gilmore Chief Executive Officer Building Markets Canada
Stefanos Giourelis Managing Director, Africa Hewlett-Packard Company Greece
Robinson Njeru Githae
Minister of Finance of Kenya
Marc Goergen Africa Correspondent Stern Germany
Katya Gorbatiouk Managing Director Doyen Capital LLP United Kingdom
Pravin Gordhan Minister of Finance of South Africa
Anushuya Gounden Partner, Head of Africa Desk Deloitte South Africa
Gert S. Gouws Chief Financial Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Leyla Gozo Business Development Manager, West and Central Africa
Interdata Group Ltd Togo
Thomas Granier General Director and Founder Association la Voute Nubienne (AVN)
France
Robert Greenhill Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Teguest Guerma Director-General African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Kenya
Guo Shaoquan Chairman of the Board Bank of Qingdao People's Republic of China
Richard Gush Country Executive, South Africa Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa
Riad Gydien Vice-President, Middle East and Africa SAS South Africa
Hussein Hachem Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa
Aramex International United Arab Emirates
Nick Haggar Head, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa
Sandoz International GmbH Germany
Tadesse Haile Minister of State for Trade and Industry of Ethiopia
Khaldoun Hajaj Director, Government Affairs, Africa and Middle East
The Dow Chemical Company United Arab Emirates
8/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Sameer Hajee Chief Executive Officer Nuru Energy Group Mauritius
Guillaume Hallez General Manager, Africa Kudelski Group France
Abel Halpern Partner, Head of Germany, Latin America and Africa
TPG Capital LLP United Kingdom
Avril Halstead Chief Director, Sectoral Oversight National Treasury of South Africa
South Africa
Anthony N. Hampton Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
PepsiCo Europe Switzerland
Yawa Hansen-Quao Founding Director Leading Ladies' Network Ghana
Dirk Harbecke Chief Executive Officer African Development Corporation (ADC)
Mauritius
Richard Harvey Chairman PZ Cussons Plc United Kingdom
Ramiz Hasan Executive Director Samena Capital Investments Co. WLL
Bahrain
Roland Haslehner Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Austria
Abdulfatah Hassan Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Ethiopia
Grant Hatch Senior Executive, Strategy Accenture South Africa
Lamia Hatira Regional Programme Associate Coxswain Social Investment Plus (CSI+)
Tunisia
Yusef Hatira Business Development Associate African Renewable Energies Limited (AREL)
Tunisia
James Hatuikulipi Managing Director Investec Asset Management Namibia
Stephen Hayes President and Chief Executive Officer The Corporate Council on Africa
USA
Priya Heal Managing Director The Chronos Group Germany
Ahmed Heikal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Citadel Capital SAE Egypt
Marcus B. Heilner Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Africa
Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa
Markus Hermanek Executive Director, Corporate and Private Banking, Middle East
Euram Bank Asia Ltd United Arab Emirates
William V. Hickey President and Chief Executive Officer Sealed Air Corp. USA
Irvin Hicks Senior Advisor to the Chairman Midroc Ethiopia Plc Ethiopia
Jeremy Hillman Director, External Communications Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Ian Hirschfeld Group Head, Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs
The Coca-Cola Company South Africa
Monhla Wilma Hlahla Chairperson Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
David Hodnett Group Financial Director Absa Group Ltd South Africa
Bas Hoefman Founder and Director Text to Change Uganda
Peter van den Hoek Vice-President, Africa Market Development
BASF East Africa Ltd Kenya
Alec Hogg Chief Executive Officer Moneyweb South Africa
Guy Hogge Global Sustainability Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA
Switzerland
Jan Holliday Head, Corporate Public Policy, Africa DHL Global Forwarding Management Pte Ltd
South Africa
Alain Honliasso Director, Africa Sales OCP Group Morocco
Reinier van der Horst Country Manager Genpact South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Amadou Hott Chief Executive Officer Dangote Capital Nigeria
Gerry van den Houten
Technical, Supply Chain and Enterprise Development Director
SABMiller Africa & Asia (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
9/23World Economic Forum on Africa
Ian Hudson President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont De Nemours International Sàrl
Switzerland
Marc Hussey Head, Global Corporate Bank, sub-Saharan Africa
JPMorgan Chase & Co. South Africa
Abiodun Iderawumi Group Managing Director Wetherheads Advertising Group
Nigeria
Polycarp Igathe Chief Executive Officer Haco Tiger Brands (E.A.) Limited
Kenya
Linus Igwemezie Executive Vice-President and Head, Malaria Initiative
Novartis Pharma AG Switzerland
Yvonne Ike Chief Executive Officer, West Africa Renaissance Group Nigeria
Jay Ireland Chief Executive Officer, GE Africa GE Kenya
Ephraim Isaac Professor Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton
USA
Daniel Isenberg Professor of Entrepreneurship Practice, Babson Global
Babson College USA
Yoko Ishikura Professor, Graduate School of Media Design
Keio University Japan
Mohammed Ismail GGO Lead, Ethiopia GE Ethiopia
Omari Issa Chief Executive Officer Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF)
Tanzania
Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophony of Gabon
Sir Mohammad Jaafar
Chairman and Managing Director The Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Company KCSC
Kuwait
Daniel Jaeger Vice-President, Africa Alcatel-Lucent Egypt
Ayotola Olubunmi Jagun
Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary
Oando Plc Nigeria
Hitesh Jain Vice-President and Head of Business, Africa, Russia and Turkey
HCL Technologies Ltd India
Atul Jain Joint Managing Director Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd India
Abdoulie Janneh Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa
Abdoulie Janneh Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa
Peter Janzen Senior Vice-President International Development and Chief Administrative Officer
Land O'Lakes Inc. USA
Shonaid Jemmett-Page
Chief Operating Officer CDC Group plc United Kingdom
Shonaid Jemmett-Page
Chief Operating Officer Amlin plc United Kingdom
Margaret Jepkoech Kamar
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Kenya
Rizan Jiffrey Director, Projects and Business Development
PT Agro Harapan Lestari Sri Lanka
Jin Jianhua General Manager Shanghai Baromon (Group) Company
People's Republic of China
Sylvester John Senior Vice-President SIFE Worldwide USA
Omobola Johnson Minister of Communication Technology of Nigeria
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President of Nigeria
Naji Jreijiri Chief Executive Officer and sub-Region Manager, West and Central Africa
ABB Egypt Egypt
Donald Kaberuka President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Tunis
Benjamin Kabeya Senior Vice-President, South Africa ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
10/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Eric Kacou Co-Founder Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners)
USA
Paul Kagame President of Rwanda
Leonard Kalindekafe Director, Geological Survey Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, Malawi
Mahamadou Kane Journalist Radio Kledu Mali
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
Boniface Kariuki Vice-President, Africa Sealed Air Corporation Kenya
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi
Managing Director Karuturi Global Limited India
Sandeep Katwala Regional Managing Partner, EEMEA; Head, India
Linklaters LLP United Kingdom
Sagar Kaushik Chief Operating Officer United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) India
Bhasker Kavuru Chief Executive Officer Kavur Upbuilding Pvt. Limited India
Stephen M. Kehoe Head of Corporate Relations, Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa
Visa Inc. Singapore
Josef Keltjens Vice-President and Head of Africa Yara International South Africa
Caroline Kende-Robb Executive Director Africa Progress Panel (APP) Switzerland
Razia Khan Regional Head, Research, Africa Standard Chartered United Kingdom
Jabu Khethe Chief Executive Officer, Africa FirstRand Ltd South Africa
Jacob Kholi Managing Partner Aureos Capital Ghana
Snowy Joyce Khoza Chairman Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Ufikile Khumalo Divisional Executive, Agro and New Industries
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Thabani Khupe Director, Corporate Affairs Group, sub-Saharan Africa
Intel Corporation South Africa
Joel Kibazo Chief Executive Officer JK Associates United Kingdom
Berhane Kidanemariam
General Manager Walta Information Center Ethiopia
Jakaya M. Kikwete President of Tanzania
Kim Hana Reverend Myungsung Presbyterian Church
Republic of Korea
Richard Kiplagat Chief Operating Officer Africa Practice Kenya
Gachao Kiuna Chief Executive Officer Trans-Century Ltd (TCL) Kenya
Adolf Kloke-Lesch Member of the Board Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Germany
Adolf Kloke-Lesch Member of the Board German Development Institute (GDI)
Germany
Alan Knott-Craig Chief Executive Officer World of Avatar South Africa
Deriba Kuma Minister of Transport of Ethiopia
P. Sanjeev Kumar Chief Executive Officer Bank M Tanzania Ltd Tanzania
Masato Kume General Manager Mitsubishi Ethiopia Trading PLC
Ethiopia
Alex Kyriakidis President and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa Continent
Marriott International Inc. United Arab Emirates
Eric Lacombe Chief Executive Officer, West & Central Africa
Alcatel-Lucent Senegal
11/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Kannan Lakmeeharan
Divisional Executive, Office of the Chief Executive
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Harish Lala Vice-President and Regional Business Head, Africa
Zensar Technologies Ltd South Africa
Gaëlle Laleix Journalist Correspondent Radio France Internationale France
Paul Lamontagne Managing Director Africa1Advisors (Pty) Limited South Africa
Pascal Lamy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Philip Langford Director of Operations, Africa International Justice Mission (IJM)
USA
Michael Larbie Head, Investment Banking and Coverage, Africa
Rand Merchant Bank South Africa
Cina Lawson Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Togo
Kolapo Lawson Chairman Ecobank Transnational Inc. 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
Vincent Le Guennou Co-Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP)
Côte d'Ivoire
Frannie Léautier Executive Secretary The African Capacity Building Foundation
Zimbabwe
Jonathan M. Ledgard Africa Correspondent The Economist Kenya
Laurie Lee Director, Africa Programmes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Kingdom
Thierry Legrand Senior Vice-President and General Manager, SMEA
Kudelski Group France
Achankeng Leke Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Xavier Leroy Managing Partner, Africa, and Head, Healthcare, Consumer, Luxury and Retail Practice
Egon Zehnder International SA
France
Jack Leslie Chairman United States African Development Foundation (USADF)
USA
Jonathan Liebmann Founder and Chief Executive Officer Propertuity South Africa
Ken Lipenga Minister of Finance of Malawi
Florizelle B. Liser Assistant US Trade Representative for Africa
Elizabeth Littlefield President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), USA
Bulus Zom Lolo Ambasador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nigeria
Embassy of Nigeria Ethiopia
Marc Lubner Chief Executive Officer Afrika Tikkun South Africa
Fred M'membe Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Post Newspapers Limited Zambia
Leslie W. Maasdorp President, Southern Africa Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa
Michael Macharia Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer
Seven Seas Technologies (SST)
Kenya
Edwin Macharia Partner Dalberg Global Development Advisors
Kenya
Mario Machungo Chairman BIM-Banco Internacional de Mozambique SA (Millennium bim)
Mozambique
Tavaziva Madzinga Managing Director Old Mutual Kenya
Elizabeth Mafeni Group Financial Controller Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Phumzile Magagula-Thobokwe
Manager, Information and Research Services
Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
12/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Wade Magatte Ag Head of Communication and External Relations
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives of Tanzania
Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives of Tanzania
Oscar Maina Chief Executive Officer Business Mind Africa Kenya
Thabo Cecil Makgoba
Archbishop and Metropolitan Anglican Church of Southern Africa
South Africa
Mesfin Makonnen Managing Director, Ethiopia Hewlett-Packard Company Ethiopia
Wondirad Mandefro Minister of State for Agriculture of Ethiopia
Anthony Mandiwanza Group Chief Executive Dairibord Holdings Limited Zimbabwe
Prashant Manek Director Mara Group United Arab Emirates
Mekonnen Manyazewal
Minister of Industry of Ethiopia
Davide Marcovitch President, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Canada
Moët Hennessy Brazil
Andres R Martinez Reporter Bloomberg News South Africa
Berry J. Marttin Member of the Executive Board Rabobank Group Netherlands
Tapiwa Mashakada Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion of Zimbabwe
Vittorio Massone Managing Director, sub-Saharan Africa Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Joseph Mathews Head of Government and Community Relations, Mining
ArcelorMittal United Kingdom
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
President Wal-Mart Foundation USA
Adelaide Matlanyane Governor of the Central Bank of Lesotho
Kopano Matlwa Mabaso
Author, South Africa
Miller M. Matola Chief Executive Officer Brand South Africa South Africa
Charles Matondane Co-Founder and Principal Consultant Brainchild Tanzania Tanzania
Paul Scott Matthew Director, Africa North Star Alliance South Africa
Keith Matthews General Manager, sub-Saharan Africa BT Group Plc United Kingdom
Abby Maxman Vice-President, International Programs and Operations
CARE USA USA
Kinyua Mbijjewe Director, Corporate Affairs, Africa Monsanto Kenya Ltd Kenya
Anne McCormick Corporate Relations Director, Diageo Africa
Diageo Plc United Kingdom
Doug McMillon President and Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart International
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. USA
Bruce McNamer President and Chief Executive Officer TechnoServe Inc. USA
David Meads Vice-President, Africa, Emerging Theatre Cisco South Africa
Debretsion Measho Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Ethiopia
Mekdes Mezgebu Medhane
Programme Officer, Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Addis Ababa
Yohannes Mekbebe Director-General Yeshi Group Côte d'Ivoire
Demeke Mekonnen Minister of Education of Ethiopia
Demeke Mekonnen Minister of Education of Ethiopia
António Maria de Mello
Chairman Reditus Portugal
13/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Saad Mered Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group United Arab Emirates
Abennet G. Meskel Chief Executive Officer Pharmacure Plc Ethiopia
Chifipa Mhango Chief Economist, Africa ArcelorMittal South Africa
David C. Michael Senior Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group People's Republic of China
Rainer von Mielecki Head, Public Government Affairs and Issue Alignment
BASF SE Germany
Elizabeth Migwalla Senior Director, Government Affairs, Africa
Qualcomm Inc. South Africa
Rik Miller President, DuPont Crop Protection DuPont USA
Duncan Mitchell Senior Vice-President, Emerging Theatre Cisco Systems International BV
United Arab Emirates
Mafika E. Mkwanazi Chairman Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Zandie Mlambo-Attoubou
Government Relations Manager, Business Sustainability
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd South Africa
Adan Mohamed Regional Chief Administrative Officer Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd Kenya
Modisaotsile Mokate Executive, Land, Agriculture and Environment
Royal Bafokeng Nation South Africa
Neo Mokhesi Divisional Executive, Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Baeti Molake Molake Executive Director Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)
Botswana
Tsholofelo B. L. Molefe
Group Executive, Group Customer Service
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Brian Molefe Group Chief Executive Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Edna Molewa Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa
Leruo T. Molotlegi Chairman of the Board Royal Bafokeng Holdings (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Omar Momin Executive Vice-President, Business Development
Godrej Industries Ltd India
Adrian Monck Managing Director, Head of Communications and Media, World Economic Forum
Lumkile Mondi Chief Economist Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Jérôme Monnier Head of the Geneva Private Clients and Family Businesses Division and Member of the Board
Bank of Geneva (BCGE) Switzerland
Tiaan Moolman Partner Bain & Company Inc. South Africa
Nick Moon Co-Founder and Director KickStart Kenya Kenya
Solomon Moore East Africa Correspondent The Wall Street Journal Kenya
Benjamin Mophatlane
Chief Executive Officer Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Stephan Morais Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board
Banco Nacional de Investimento
Mozambique
Tswelopele C. Moremi
Executive Secretary, Southern African Customs Union Secretariat (SACU), Namibia
Richard Morgan Adviser, International Government Relations
Anglo American Plc United Kingdom
Patrice T. Motsepe Founder and Executive Chairman African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Nkosana D. Moyo Founder and Executive Chair Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS)
South Africa
Todani Moyo Chairman and Chief Executive Yokoyo Investments South Africa
14/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Carlman T. Moyo Regional Director, sub-Saharan Africa DuPont de Nemours South Africa
Jonitha Gugu Msibi Senior Partner, Head, Strategy and Public Service and Government, Africa
Ernst & Young South Africa
Futhi Mtoba Chairman of the Africa Board Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)
South Africa
Anne Muema-Mutie Group Legal Officer Seven Seas Technologies (SST)
Kenya
Atusaye Mughogho Head of Research Forbes Africa South Africa
Andrew Muir Executive Director Wilderness Foundation South Africa
Pius P. Mulipa Group Operations Executive Press Corporation Limited Malawi
Junius Mungunda Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Deloitte Namibia
Alex K. Munyao Director Food, Africa Sealed Air Corporation Kenya
Ralph Mupita Chief Executive, South Africa and Emerging Markets
Old Mutual South Africa
Matthew Murray Foreign Editor The Wall Street Journal USA
John Murray Group Communications Director Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Jacqueline Musiitwa Advisor, Office of the Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO)
Switzerland
Arthur G. Mutambara Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Godfrey Mutizwa Chief Editor CNBC Africa South Africa
Emily Mutua Chief Talent Officer Scangroup Kenya
James Mwangi Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Equity Bank Ltd (Kenya) Kenya
Josphat Mwaura Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Kenya and East Africa Region
KPMG East Africa Kenya
Moses Mwaura President Enablis Africa Region Kenya
Erastus J. O. Mwencha
Deputy Chairperson, African Union, Addis Ababa
Duduzile Myeni President African Water Association (AfWA)
South Africa
Philip Myers Vice-President, Public Policy, Government Affairs and Communications, Europe and South Africa
PepsiCo Inc. Belgium
Euvin Naidoo Co-President South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA)
South Africa
Roberta Naidoo Managing Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Jayendra Naidoo Executive Chairman J&J Group South Africa
Shahid Naqvi Principal The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates
Chandrashekar Natarajan
Head, Banking, Financial Services and Insurances, Africa
HCL Technologies India
Sarita Nayyar Managing Director, Head of Consumer Industries, World Economic Forum USA
TP Nchocho Acting Chief Executive Officer Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
James Ndlovu Chief Executive Officer Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA)
South Africa
Benno Ndulu Governor of the Bank of Tanzania
Zemedeneh Negatu Managing Partner & Head of Transaction Advisory, Eastern Africa
Ernst & Young Ethiopia
Leslie Nelson Regional Executive, West Africa GE Ghana
Nicholas A. Nesbitt Chief Executive Officer KenCall EPZ Ltd Kenya
15/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Magloire Ngambia Minister of Investment Promotion, Public Works, Transport, Housing and Tourism of Gabon
Michael Nganga District Conference Chair Rotaract Kenya
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
Zeph Nhleko Senior Economist, Research Department, South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB), South Africa
Stefano Niavas Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group South Africa
Bronwyn Nielsen Senior Anchor and Executive Director CNBC Africa South Africa
Emmanuel Nnadozie Chief Economist and Director, Economic Development and NEPAD Division (EDND), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa
Ayanda Noah Group Executive, Distribution Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Kanayo F. Nwanze President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome
Samuel Nwanze Chief Investment Officer Heirs Holding Ltd Nigeria
Ndidi O. Nwuneli Founder and Director Leadership Effectiveness Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa
Nigeria
James Nyoro Managing Director The Rockefeller Foundation Kenya
Jaspal Singh Nyotta Chief Executive Officer Noble Gases International Ltd Kenya
Simon O'Connell Regional Director, West and Central Africa
Mercy Corps Morocco
Grant O'Connor Head, Regional Sales, sub-Sahara Africa Adobe Systems South Africa
Olusegun Obasanjo Founder and President Obasanjo Holdings Nigeria Limited
Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo Founder and President Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation
United Kingdom
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Senior Partner Knight & Sheriff Nigeria
Beverley Oda Minister of International Cooperation of Canada
Beverley Oda Minister of International Cooperation of Canada
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
Bell Okello Regional Director and Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development Specialist
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Kenya
Cosmas I. B. Okoli Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre (MAARDEC)
Nigeria
Ory Okolloh Policy Manager, Africa Google South Africa
Enase Okonedo Chairperson Association of African Business Schools (AABS)
South Africa
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance of Nigeria
Meka Niyi Olowola Head, Corporate Communications Oando Plc Nigeria
16/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Mohammad Omran Chairman Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)
United Arab Emirates
Ini Onuk Chief Executive Officer and Lead Consultant
ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited
Nigeria
Sammy Onyango Chief Executive Officer, East Africa Deloitte Kenya
Oscar Onyema Chief Executive Officer The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
Nigeria
Joost Oorthuizen Executive Director IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative
Netherlands
Roberts U. Orya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Nigeria
Charlotte Osei Chair, National Commission for Civic Education, Ghana
Nuradin Osman Managing Director, Africa & Middle East AGCO Corporation USA
Arunma Oteh Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria
Louis Otieno Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs Microsoft Corporation Kenya
Billy Owino Director, Business Development Qualcomm Inc. Kenya
Aisha Muhammed Oyebode
Chief Executive Officer Asset Management Group Limited (AMG)
Nigeria
Luc Oyoubi Minister of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development of Gabon
José Condungua Pacheco
Minister of Agriculture of Mozambique
Edward Paice Director Africa Research Institute United Kingdom
Stephane Paquier President, Africa The Dow Chemical Company United Arab Emirates
Véronique Parkin Partner Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
George Partridge Chief Executive Officer National Bank of Malawi Malawi
Imrhan Paruk Executive, Corporate Development African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Muhammad Ali Pate Minister of State for Health of Nigeria
Sheela Patel Chair Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI)
South Africa
Ebrahim Patel Minister of Economic Development of South Africa
Jayesh Patel Chief Executive Officer Nationwide Marketing Services Limited
Malawi
Grant Pattison President and Chief Executive Officer Massmart Holdings Ltd South Africa
Kristine Pearson Chief Executive Lifeline Energy United Kingdom
Robert Pepper Vice-President, Global Technology Policy
Cisco USA
Miguel Pestana Vice-President, External Affairs and Media Relations
Unilever United Kingdom
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
Minister of Energy of South Africa
Andy Pharoah Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company USA
Obakeng Phetwe Treasury Executive Royal Bafokeng Nation South Africa
Jean Ping Chairperson of the Commission, African Union, Addis Ababa
Jean Ping Chairperson of the Commission, African Union, Addis Ababa
Scott D. Plumb Vice-President, Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Beechcraft Corporation United Arab Emirates
Carlos Poñe Chief Executive Officer, South Africa and Southern Africa
ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd South Africa
17/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Vijay Poonoosamy Vice-President, International and Public Affairs
Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates
Vikas Pota Chief Executive Officer Varkey GEMS Foundation United Arab Emirates
Kavita Prakash-Mani Head, Food Security Syngenta International AG Switzerland
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
Soula Proxenos Managing Partner International Housing Solutions
USA
Soumya Kanti Purkayastha
President Educomp Solutions Ltd India
Geoffrey Qhena Chief Executive Officer Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC)
South Africa
Mohale Ralebitso Director, Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs, Emerging Markets
Old Mutual South Africa
Rudolph Rashama Chief Executive Officer Khemano Productions South Africa
Giuseppe Recchi Chairman Eni SpA Italy
Hartmut Reinke Director, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont Products SA United Arab Emirates
William C. Reisser Managing Director, Co-Head of Africa Investment Banking and Head of CEEMEA M&A
Citi United Kingdom
Hannes van Rensburg
Head, Fundamo; Group Country Manager, sub-Saharan Africa
Visa Inc. South Africa
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union, Addis Ababa
Geoff Riddell Member, Group Executive Committee and Regional Chairman, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa
Zurich Insurance Group Hong Kong SAR
Jens Riese Director McKinsey & Company Germany
Geralyn S. Ritter Senior Vice-President, Global Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
MSD USA
Daniel Ritz Group Chief Strategy Officer Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)
United Arab Emirates
Riaz Rizvi Chief Executive Officer Doyen Capital LLP United Kingdom
Helge Rosenberg Managing Director Haldor Topsoe SA (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Michael Rosenblatt Executive Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer
Merck USA
Monique Ross Co-Founder She's the Geek South Africa
Geoffrey Rothschild Director, Government and International Division
JSE Ltd South Africa
Juliana Rotich Co-Founder and Executive Director Ushahidi Inc. Kenya
Reeta Roy President and Chief Executive Officer Mastercard Foundation Canada
Bill Russo Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
John Rwangombwa Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda
John Rwangombwa Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda
Clifford Sacks Chief Executive Officer, Africa Renaissance Capital South Africa
Karim Sadek Managing Director Citadel Capital SAE Egypt
Junedine Sado Minister of Civil Service of Ethiopia
Ewa Sadowska Chief Executive Barka UK United Kingdom
18/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Marcello Sala Executive Vice-Chairman of the Management Board
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA Italy
Nebiyu Samuel Senior Advisor to the Chairman Midroc Ethiopia Plc Ethiopia
Abraão Pio dos Santos Gourgel
Minister of Economy of Angola
Duncan Saville Chairman ICM Bermuda
Mark Schneiders Chief Development Officer African Development Corporation (ADC)
Germany
Jay Schnyder Head, Refining MKS (Switzerland) SA Switzerland
Patrick Schofield Founder The Indalo Project South Africa
Gabriel Schulze Chief Executive Officer Schulze Global Investments Ethiopia
Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Tim Schweikert President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Transportation Africa and GE Southern Africa
GE South Africa
Konji Sebati Senior Director, Department of Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Switzerland
Henrik Secher Managing Director, Africa MSD Switzerland
Laurent Gouindé Sedogo
Minister of Agriculture and Hydraulics of Burkina Faso
Emmanuel de Seguin de Reynies
Managing Director Addax & Oryx Group Advisory Services SA
Switzerland
Satish Selvanathan Senior Manager, Business Development Premium Oils & Fats Sdn Bnd Malaysia
Marcio Senne de Moraes
Manager, Foreign Affairs Department Vale SA Brazil
Austine Sequeira Director, International Operations Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (India) Pvt. Ltd (OIAPL)
India
Shree Baboo Chekitan Servansing
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Mauritius
Permanent Mission of Mauritius
Switzerland
Joshua Setipa Chief Executive Officer Lesotho National Development Corporation
Lesotho
Sarit Shah Director Safal Investments (Mauritius) Ltd
South Africa
Rajiv J. Shah Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
Ankush K. Shah Director Sumaria Group Tanzania
Suketu V. Shah President and Director Mukand Limited India
Amit R. Shah Chief Executive Officer Mars Group Kenya Kenya
Allen Shardelow Partner-in-Charge, South Africa Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Pranjal Sharma Consulting Editor Businessworld India
Ken Sharpe Chairman West Group Zimbabwe
Heather Shaw Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Middle East and Africa
Hilton Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Josette Sheeran Vice-Chairman, World Economic Forum
Jaidev R. Shroff Chief Executive Officer United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) India
Khumo Shuenyane Chief Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions Officer
MTN Group Ltd South Africa
Mandla Sibeko Chief Executive Officer Icon South Africa South Africa
Sinazo J. Sibisi Group Executive, Corporate Strategy and Marketing
Development Bank of Southern Africa
South Africa
19/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Robert Kenneth Sichinga
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia
Frédéric Sicre Partner The Abraaj Group United Arab Emirates
Mboniso Sigonyela General Manager, Corporate and Public Affairs
Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Davinder Sikand Partner The Abraaj Group Kenya
Jack Sim Founder and Director World Toilet Organization Ltd Singapore
Dan Simelane Chief Executive, ARM Copper African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (ARM)
South Africa
Yedwa Simelane Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs AngloGold Ashanti Ltd South Africa
Bereket Simon Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office of Ethiopia
Bright Simons President MPedigree Network Ghana
Lucas Simons Founder and Chief Executive Officer NewForesight Holding Netherlands
Jerry Ndambuki Simu Head, Africa Representative Office HSBC Bank Plc South Africa
Shem Abraham Chalo Simuyemba
Chief Infrastructure Economist African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
Sheila Sisulu Deputy Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Rome
Sheila Sisulu Deputy Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Rome
Vaidyanathan Sivakumar
Executive Director SUN Group India
David Skillen Chief Executive, Africa Retail and Business Banking and Chief Executive, Barclays Africa
Barclays South Africa
Patrick Smith Editor-in-Chief The Africa Report France
Zdzislaw Sokal Member of the Board, National Bank of Poland (NBP), Poland
Michael H. Solomon Chairman, Mineral Economics Committee, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, South Africa
Agnes Soucat Director, Human Development African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
Peter H. Staude Chief Executive Officer Tongaat Hulett Limited South Africa
Simon Stevens President, Global Health UnitedHealth Group Inc. USA
Eytan Stibbe Founding Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
Vital Capital Fund Switzerland
Russell Murley Stokes
Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group USA
Maria Elizabeth van Straaten
Director of Operations Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
South Africa
Yunus Suleman Chairman, SA Policy Board and Africa Board
KPMG South Africa
Peter Sullivan Chairman Landelahni South Africa
Peter Sullivan Managing Director, Head of Africa, Public Sector
Citi United Kingdom
Taynue Summoh Founder and Consultant Center for Democracy, Peace & Civic Education (CEDPAC)
Liberia
Paul Sutherland Chairman, President and Chief Investment Officer
Financial Investment Management Group Ltd
USA
Jurie Swart Head, Infrastructure and Development Assets
Old Mutual South Africa
Zenebu Tadesse Minister of Women, Children and Youth Affairs of Ethiopia
20/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Haddis Tadesse Country Representative, Ethiopia Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ethiopia
Admassu Yilma Tadesse
President and Chief Executive Officer PTA Bank Burundi
Prabir Talati Director, Consumer Actis India
Victoria Tapfumaneyi-Ruzvidzo
Managing Editor The Herald Zimbabwe
Nils Tcheyan Head, Africa Policy GE Kenya
Alemayehu Tegenu Minister of Water and Energy of Ethiopia
Nicolas Teisseyre Managing Partner, Northern Africa Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
France
Nancy G. Tembo Trustee Press Trust Malawi
Hewan Teshome Vice-President, Corporate and Legal Affairs
SouthWest Energy (HK) Ltd Ethiopia
Hanna Tetteh Minister of Trade and Industry of Ghana
Hanna Tetteh Minister of Trade and Industry of Ghana
Andani Thakhathi Research Project Officer Fresh Thinking Capital Pty Ltd South Africa
Ashish J. Thakkar Managing Director Mara Group Uganda
Tidjane Thiam Group Chief Executive Prudential Plc United Kingdom
Charles Thiemele Founder and Chief Executive Officer Damalex SA Switzerland
Lars H. Thunell Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC
Tadesse Tilahun Chief Executive Officer National Oil Ethiopia Plc (NOC)
Ethiopia
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Co-Founder and Managing Director soleRebels Ethiopia
Jubril Adewale Tinubu
Group Chief Executive Oando Plc Nigeria
Terje M. Tollefsen Head of Strategy and Business Development
Yara International ASA Norway
Baron Carlo Tortora Brayda di Belvedere
Founder and Chairman Alchemy World Ethiopia
Tse Hau-Sing Executive Director African Development Bank (AfDB)
Tunisia
Nega Tsegaye Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
Ellen Tshabalala Member of the Board Transnet SOC Ltd South Africa
Zola Tsotsi Chairman Eskom Holdings SOC Limited South Africa
Onche Ugbabe Chief Strategy Officer First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nigeria
Christina Ulardic Vice-President, Environmental and Commodity Markets
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Switzerland
Shamsuddeen Usman
Minister for National Planning of Nigeria
Michael Utkin Vice-President, Strategic Planning KM Core Ukraine
Ben Valk Global Head, Multilateral Development Banks
Rabobank International Netherlands
Venkat Ram Vasantavada
Business Head, Asia and Africa Advanta India Limited India
Jenny Vaughan Bureau Chief Agence France Presse Ethiopia
Peter van de Ven General Manager and Health Sector Leader, Africa
Philips Healthcare Netherlands
Wouter Verwey Managing Director Zimco Group (Pty) Limited South Africa
Kaundinya Vinnakota Ramachandra
Chief Executive Officer Advanta India Limited India
21/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Fleming Voetmann Director, Head of Public Affairs Novozymes A/S Denmark
Anthony Vonsee General Manager, North Africa and Levant
Cisco Systems Netherlands
Melissa Waggener Zorkin
Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide USA
Sid Wahi Special Projects Producer CNBC Africa South Africa
Steve Wainwright Head of Wealth Management, sub-Saharan African Region
Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA Switzerland
Andrew Wales Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Development
SABMiller Plc United Kingdom
Amritpal Singh Walia Managing Director TAK Agro Nigeria
Melanie Walker Deputy Director, Special Initiatives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USA
Siobhan Walsh Executive Director Concern Worldwide US USA
Mardia van der Walt-Korsten
Senior Vice-President and Regional Head, Africa and the Middle East
T-Systems Africa & Middle East Regional Office
South Africa
James Wanjohi Kiiru Managing Director Equity Group Foundation Kenya
Masato Watanabe Vice-President Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan
Mark Watt Associate Principal, Leadership Consulting
Heidrick & Struggles South Africa
Charles Weller Country Head, Nigeria and Head, Lagos Representative Office
Deutsche Bank AG Nigeria
Christian Wessels Head, sub-Saharan Africa, and Partner, Financial Services
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Holding GmbH
Germany
Thomas Clive Wheelwright
Head, Corporate Public Policy, APAC and EEMEA
Deutsche Post DHL Singapore
Rosa M. Whitaker President and Chief Executive Officer The Whitaker Group (TWG) USA
Geoffrey White Chief Executive Officer and Director Lonrho Plc United Kingdom
Lyal White Director, Centre for Dynamic Markets Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
South Africa
James Whittington Senior Communications Officer, Africa Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
United Kingdom
Victor Williams Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, East Africa
Standard Bank Kenya
Wes Williams Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Gulf Alliance Company USA
Stephan Willms Partner africa enablers Ethiopia
Michael Wilson Managing Partner Migson Ghana Ltd Ghana
Gavin E.R. Wilson Chief Executive Officer IFC Asset Management Company LLC
USA
Worede Woldemariam
Managing Director, East and Central Africa
Pioneer Hi Bred Seeds Ethiopia Plc
Ethiopia
Peter Wonacott Africa Bureau Chief Wall Street Journal South Africa
Arsène Totao Yabre Manager, External Relations and Fundraising
Secrétariat Permanent des Organisations Non Gouvernementales (SPONG)
Burkina Faso
Derek Yach Senior Vice-President, Global Health and Agriculture Policy
PepsiCo Inc. USA
Gihad E. Y. Yagoub Abunafeesa
Training Manager, Mother Nile Project Frontline Maternal and Child Health Empowerment Project
Sudan
Kenji Yamamoto General Manager, Algiers Office JGC Corporation Algeria
Bhaskara Sai Chander Yarrapotu
Director, ROW United Phosphorus Limited Australia
Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah
Director McKinsey & Company South Africa
Bruh Yihunbelay Editor-in-Chief, The Reporter Media and Communications Center (MCC)
Ethiopia
22/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
Arega Yirdaw Chief Executive Officer The Midroc Technology Group Ethiopia
Gisele Yitamben Founder and President Association pour le Soutien et l'Appui à la Femme Entrepreneur (ASAFE)
Cameroon
Sola Yomi-Ajayi Director; Division Head, International Financial Institutions and Transaction Banking
UBA Group Nigeria
Ehab Younis Board Member, ABB Transformers; Senior Vice-President
ABB Egypt Egypt
Abiy Zegeye Chief Academic Officer, Student Affairs Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Legesse K. Zerihun Chief Executive Director Waryt Mulu Tila International Plc
Ethiopia
Kenneth Zhang Yixiao
Chief Executive Officer Haohe Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd
People's Republic of China
Zhong Jianhua Special Representative of the Chinese Government on African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
Risana Zitha Country Head, South Africa Morgan Stanley South Africa
23/23
World Economic Forum on Africa
