Speaker Group: Business Leader

Wim van der Beek is the founder and Managing Partner of Goodwell Investments. Within Goodwell, Wim van der Beek manages Aavishkaar Goodwell India Microfinance Development Company I and II and serves on the Board and Investment Committee of Goodwell West Africa Microfinance Development Fund and the uMunthu Fund. He also serves on the board of… Read more »

Liz Williamson is the Head of Energy for Rand Merchant Bank and is responsible for M&A transactions in Renewable Energy as well as Oil and Gas across Africa. She has led the growth of the bank’s international energy client base since 2015. Originally from Texas but now based in London, Liz Williamson started her career… Read more »

Kevin Simmons is an experienced angel and venture capital investor who has co-founded several investing networks and syndicates in the US, UK, and Africa. He is now a General Partner with pan-African VC leader LoftyInc Capital Management’s (LCM) Fund 4 and a Venture Partner for LCM’s Fund 3. He leads the deal team for LCM… Read more »

Trained in economics and international finance at the University of Johannesburg (undergraduate in Economics and Econometrics (cum laude)) and Honours in international trade and finance (cum laude), Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana quickly learnt that applying her trade requires adaptation to real world challenges, at least in the realm of an investment bank. Loyal to RMB, she has… Read more »

Samantha Pokroy is the Founder and CEO of Sanari Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in growth companies emanating from Africa (mainly from South Africa) with regional and global scalability and exposure. They emphasize digital and human enablement to unlock business potential. Samantha Pokroy has eighteen years of private equity and venture capital… Read more »

Dr. Tarek Moharram is the former CEO of Nile Scan & Labs, a leading regional diagnostics platform in the MEA region, succeeding his late father Dr. Hazem Moharram, who had previously established the Egyptian diagnostics company (full imaging, cardiology, oncology, and labs) over 25 years ago. He is a graduate with double majors, holding a… Read more »

Segun Omoregie is a partner in the law firm of G. Elias. He leads the capital markets, private equity and M&A practice groups in the Firm. he has over 25 years experience in advising on novel and complex commercial deals involving local and international clients and actors in diverse sectors of the economy. Segun Omoregie’s… Read more »

Chris Low is I&M Group Plc’s Regional Director for its East Africa businesses (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Mauritius), based in Nairobi. Also he advises a number of FinTech start-ups in Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria, sits on the Board of the Scottish African Business Association and is an Investment Committee member of JPIN Global Ltd… Read more »

OZOFU ‘LATUNDE OGIEMUDIA is a partner in Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie’s corporate advisory, private equity and mergers & acquisitions teams. She co-heads the firm’s pro bono practice, which was one of the recipients of the 2018 TrustLaw Collaboration Award as well as the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Award for Africa in 2020. Ozofu ‘Latunde… Read more »

Rym Loucif is the founding partner of Loucif + Co, an independent boutique law firm based in Algiers (Algeria) and specialising in business law. Prior to founding Loucif + Co, Rym Loucif practiced with American law firms in Paris (Willkie Farr and Gibson Dunn), as well as French law firms based in Algiers (Gide and… Read more »