Speaker Group: Business Leader

Jeffrey Kirk is the managing partner of the Appleby British Virgin Islands office and he leads the BVI office Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, investment funds & services, private equity, (re)insurance and other corporate matters. He is also the global head of the Appleby Islamic… Read more »

Tom’s family have lived in Kenya since 1993 and he spent eleven years at school in Nairobi. Having also graduated from Bath University with a first class business degree, Tom joined J Sainsbury Plc in London, spending two years in a number of brand strategy and commodity buying roles. Tom has also worked for L’Oréal… Read more »

Philip is the architect of the Frontclear business concept, having conceptualized the business while working at TCX Investment Management Company B.V. which he had joined in 2008. Prior to TCX, Philip was an Investment Officer at the Development Bank of Southern Africa for 4 years. Prior to DBSA, Philip worked at the European Institute of… Read more »

Kwabena joined Verdant Capital in 2014 to open the firm’s office in Accra, Ghana. Kwabena has direct experience working in the International Financial Institution sector as a Senior Private Sector Officer at USAID and has broad corporate, entrepreneurial and transactional experience in Ghana and beyond.

MacDonald is an Analyst at Verdant Capital having joined the organization in 2017. He is currently responsible for all aspects of the business including analysis, research work and transactional support in Southern Africa. Verdant Capital is a specialist corporate finance firm with exceptional experience transacting across the African continent.

Farrukh enjoys 13 years of extensive and diverse experience in Islamic finance industry. His contribution involves policy level advisory to the governments of more than 20 countries, building the infrastructure for Islamic finance, and playing key roles in launching ground-breaking Islamic finance operations across several jurisdictions. He led IFAAS team in various high-profile projects, form… Read more »

Leutlwetse has worked extensively in the capital markets and resources sector in Botswana. He has held key executive positions at Capital Securities (now Imara Capital Securities) where he worked as the Head Client Services responsible for institutional and retail clients. He has also worked as Country Manager for Minergy Limited responsible for the company’s operations… Read more »

Mr. Keletsositse Olebile is the Chief Executive Officer at the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC). His role includes, being the lead advocate for a competitive and attractive investment climate in Botswana, facilitation of both domestic and foreign sourced investments, provision of aftercare services for companies doing business in Botswana, facilitation of regional expansions by… Read more »

Sean Kidney is CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilize debt capital markets for climate solutions. Projects include a green bond definitions and certification scheme with $34 trillion of assets represented on its Board and some 200 organizations involved in its development and governance; working with the Chinese central bank… Read more »

Mohamed Kalif is the Head of Financial Intermediation and Inclusion at the African Development Bank (AFDB) which covers commercial banks, trade finance, SMEs, insurance, leasing, regional development financial institutions and financial inclusion. Before joining the Private Sector Department of the AFDB, Mohamed was Chief Risk of African Development Bank for a period of 7 years…. Read more »