2017 Conference

Abdou Soulèye Diop is President of the African and South-South Commission in the Board of the Moroccan Private sector body, Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc-CGEM (General Confederation of Moroccan Companies), with the role of strengthening cooperation between Morocco and African countries. He is also the Managing Partner of International Audit and Consultancy firm Mazars’ Moroccan firm, heading the development of the firm’s activities in Africa.

Abdou Diop has more than 25 years’ experience in consulting and advisory across Africa for Governments, public interest companies, large corporates (private or public), and international donors on strategic matters, sector reforms and development policies.

He has provided insights on Africa in various articles, publications and forums including the Africa CEO Forum.

Ali Khalpey is the Chief Executive Officer of EFG Hermes Frontier. An industry veteran of more than 20 years with careers in New York, London and Johannesburg, he has a broad range experience in financial services, including Investment Banking and Asset Management. Prior to joining EFG Hermes, Mr. Khalpey served as the Global Head of Equities and Managing Partner at Exotix Africa, and as the Head of Equities for Africa at Renaissance Capital. Mr Khalpey currently overseas the firms operations in Kenya, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. He holds a BSc First Class degree in Economics from London School of Economics.

Since June 2017, Amadou Diallo serves as the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa and is the Founder & CEO of Saloodo!. Previously, he was the CEO of DHL Freight, CEO Africa and South Asia Pacific of DHL Global Forwarding, prior to which he also served as Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post DHL Logistics Divisions and Managing Director for the integration of Exel and DHL.

Mr. Diallo has more than 25 years of experience in the tourism, banking, express and logistics industries. He is Senegalese and is fluent in several languages including English, German, French, Fulani, Wolof and Spanish. Mr. Diallo is Chairman of Amref Health Africa in Germany and member of the board of ARC Insurance and Welthungerhilfe.

Amyn Mussa is a Partner at ALN Kenya |Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K). He heads the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure department and co-heads ALN’s Energy and Infrastructure Sector Group. Under Amyn’s leadership, A&K has developed a dynamic projects and energy practice and is regularly engaged on the most significant power and infrastructure projects in Kenya and the region. Amyn is the only lawyer in Kenya ranked in Band 1 in the Projects and Energy category by Chambers Global in 2018. Amyn’s clients include Mota-Engil Engenharia E Construҫao Africa, Globeleq, Orascom Construction, Egis Projects, Quantum Power, General Electric, Ormat, the sponsors of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, Transcentury, Symbion Power, IFC, AIIM, Mitsui, Toyota Tsusho and Google.

Anne is a Partner in the Corporate Department and the Co-Head of the firm’s Competition Group. With over ten years of experience as a corporate lawyer, she specialises in mergers & acquisitions, IT & telecommunications law, competition law and intellectual property law. Anne regularly represents multinational corporations, PE Funds and other investors and is a recognised leader in her field. She is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, 2017 and has been voted one of Kenya’s best M&A lawyers by Best Lawyers International. In 2015, Anne won the CfC Stanbic Rising Star Award in the Professional Services category. She is an ardent writer on contemporary legal topics and the Editor of Legal Notes, a newsletter published by ALN.

Arshad Dudhia is the Managing Partner of Musa Dudhia and Co, the ALN firm in Zambia. Arshad is ranked in Band One for Business Law and also for Dispute Resolution in Zambia. He is renowned for his expertise in “first in country” transactions and “bet the company” work for Zambia’s domestic champions. He represents private and listed companies, investment and retail banks, financial institutions, private equity players and international development finance institutions. He holds a First Class Law degree from Kings College, London University and is an active member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK.

Ashish Patel is a Managing Director within the Abraaj Group and based in Nairobi and heads the East African Team. He has more than 20 years of private equity experience in strategy, operations and investment. Before joining The Abraaj Group, he was Head of Strategy, Emerging Markets and Corporate Development at AVG Technologies and served as a Board Member.

Previously, he was Managing Director at Intel Capital responsible for all their activities in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and has worked with Actis as an Investment Director.

Ashish qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. He graduated in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Atiq S. Anjarwalla is the Managing Partner of Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota in Dubai, UAE, and a Senior Partner at ALN Kenya-Anjarwalla and Khanna. Atiq has over 33 years’ experience and his practice focuses on corporate, banking, project finance and capital markets. In addition, Atiq also advises on the creation and management of trusts. He has assisted private businesses and individuals on succession and estate planning matters, including setting up onshore and offshore trusts for both liquid and onshore investments. Atiq is a recognised speaker and has participated in a number of seminars on various aspects of commercial law, banking, capital markets and infrastructure projects and project finance.

Brett Hattaway is the Vice President & Head of Legal for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, supervising a team of 16 attorneys with responsibility for all legal matters arising in relation to DHL’s Global Forwarding and Express business operations in 94 countries in Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa. He is a member of the DHL Express Africa Management Board, and DP DHL’s global Legal Steering Committee. He is also the Chairman of DHL’s Africa Practice Group, which is a broad array of compliance, risk/insurance and legal professionals within DHL who are focused on mitigating the risks of doing business in Africa for DHL.

Bryce Fort is a Managing Director and Founding Partner of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), responsible for identifying investments, performing due diligence, and leading transaction teams. Mr. Fort is also deeply involved with ECP Management Company operations and strategies.

Prior to joining ECP in 2002, Mr. Fort worked for Deutsche Bank AG’s European Healthcare Corporate Finance Group which executed mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt financing for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. Mr. Fort received a bachelor’s degree cum laude in computer engineering with a minor in economics from Lehigh University. He has served on the boards of Remitix Holdings, Java House, IHS Holdings, Cellcom Telecommunications, Wananchi Group Holdings, Maarifa Education, New Dawn Mining, and Central African Gold.

Carlo is one of the Founders and Director of Lake Turkana Wind Power Project which aims to provide 310MW of reliable, low cost wind power to the Kenya national grid, equivalent to approximately 15% of the current installed electricity generating capacity. It comprises of 365 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 850kW, and a high voltage substation that will be connected to the national grid through an associated transmission line currently being constructed by the Kenyan Government. Carlo has investments in Kenya in various sectors, including banking, manufacturing, and project management and development.

He has previously worked in various capacities for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Program, and as director for Africa at Fata European Group, an industrial engineering company based in Turin, Italy. He is fluent in English, Italian, Dutch and French.

Christian Wiklund is Managing Director and Head of M&A for Africa and the Middle East, at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). Mr Wiklund advises SCB clients on acquisitions, disposals and other corporate activities in the region. He has worked in Africa for more than ten years and in investment banking for 16 years. While at SCB, Mr Wiklund has executed M&A transactions in all sub-Saharan African regions and across a broad range of industries (including financial services, FMCG, agriculture, telecommunications, natural resources).

Prior to joining SCB in 2009, Christian worked for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in their investment banking divisions, both in Europe and Africa. He received a M.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics where he graduated with merit. In 2009, Mr Wiklund drove through Africa with his wife, spending time in 25 countries over a six months period.

Christo Els is Webber Wentzel’s Senior Partner and is recognised as one of the leading Corporate/M&A dealmakers in South Africa.

Christo’s experience includes many of the large, transformational and cross-border transactions in South Africa in recent years, including the African aspects of AB InBev’s take-over of SABMiller; Woolworths’ ZAR 23 billion takeover of David Jones in Australia; Walmart’s purchase of a majority stake in Massmart; Vodafone’s acquisition of a majority interest in Vodacom; and Gutsche Family Investments on the multi-billion USD creation of giant Coca-Cola Beverages Africa.

Christo’s Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets expertise has been recognised by various international research organisations including Chambers Global, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers. He has BLC (cum laude) and LLB (magna cum laude) degrees from the University of Pretoria as well as an LLM (Tax) degree (cum laude) from the University of South Africa. He also attended an executive education programme on Leading Professional Services Firms at Harvard Business School in 2008.

David has worked for over thirty years in the fields of economic development, privatization, and investment in infrastructure, focusing mainly on Africa. He has been with IFC for 25 years, starting as an economist, and then in IFC’s PPP Advisory Services, for nearly a decade, based in DC and Johannesburg. Between 2008 and 2010 he worked as the Senior Manager for IFC’s Infrastructure investment programme in Africa, and in mid-2010 switched to heading IFC’s Infraventures project development business for Africa.

He has worked as team member, team leader, and manager, on many Private-Public Partnerships and private investments in the infrastructure sector.

David is Managing Partner and Founder of SR Services, a firm focussed on Strategic Knowledge and Solution provision to Global Family Offices and Corporate Business. Prior to founding SR Services, he spent 15 years in Investment Banking and Asset Management based in Australia, Asia and the MENA region. He has held senior positions in BNP Paribas, UBS and HSBC. He currently sits on UK and Asian working groups for the development of international trade, and holds a number of Board positions.

David has over 20 years’ experience operating in the logistics and shipping sector in East Africa, including setting up operating offices in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Mauritius, setting up a specific freight forwarding division for the Inchcape Group in Kenya and Uganda, setting up of a large container yard in Mombasa in 2008, and supporting the United Nations rations project in Somalia in 2013.

During a Shipping and Logistics career of 34 years, David has worked for Blue Star Lines, Africa Ocean Lines, AP Moller, and Inchcape Shipping Services as EVP of Africa from 2012 to 2016 where David was in charge of over 250 staff.

Deepak, who is currently the CEO of Arise has extensive experience and knowledge in the investment and financial services sector in Africa. He joined Norfund as an Investment Director in 2003, where he was instrumental in promoting Norwegian investments in Southern Africa and the region. He also served as the Head of Department – Financial Institutions and was a part of the Management team of Norfund.

Prior to joining Norfund he fulfilled the role of CEO of DBZ (Development Bank of Zambia) and other senior executive positions in ZCCM (Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited). Deepak has over 36 years’ experience and serves on various local and international boards. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Delhi, India and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Deepak Shah is a Director of Strategic Consultants Limited, a family business advisory practice which he founded in Kenya in 1992, catering to national and international clients. Previously he served as a Partner with Price Waterhouse. Mr Shah provides specialised consultancy services in the areas of family business planning, strategic planning, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. He has also been awarded the Corporate Finance Qualification by Corporate Finance Faculty of ICAEW.

Dennis Aluanga is a Partner at Africa focused private investment firm, Helios Investment Partners. He also serves as a non-executive director of various leading corporates, including Vivo Energy Kenya, Nation Media Group and Equity Group Holdings. Prior to joining Helios, Dennis served as the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Promotion Services (East Africa), and as the Chief Operating Officer and Group Finance Director at Nation Media Group. He holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya.

Dominic is a Partner in A&K’s Corporate department and co-heads the firm’s Competition Group. He has wide-ranging experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity. Dominic has advised domestic, regional and international private and publicly listed companies on a variety of commercial transactions, including share acquisitions, privatisations, public listings and cross listings. Dominic has extensive experience advising tech start-ups and worked with FSD Africa on examining the regulatory and public landscape that governs crowdfunding in Kenya. He is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global 2018, recommended by Legal 500 and is ‘highly regarded’ by IFLR1000 for their Financial and Corporate category.

Doug Lacey is Special Advisor to LeapFrog Strategic Africa Investments (LSAI), a Strategically Managed Account (SMA) between Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments. After serving as LeapFrog’s Founding Partner for nine years, Doug is now focused solely on the USD 350 million SMA which aims to invest in leading insurers in West and East Africa. LSAI has recently announced a USD 180 million investment into Enterprise Group Limited in Ghana.

dward is the Founder and CEO of Acorn Holdings Ltd. Acorn was established in 2001 and has overseen the development of some of the most iconic developments in Nairobi, including the Regional Head Offices for Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Equity Bank and Huawei. In 2015, Acorn partnered with leading Africa focused private equity firm Helios and refocused its strategy purely on providing housing for young people in Nairobi.

Edward is a Registered Architect with over 20 years’ experience in real estate development. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture Degree, is a member of the Association for Project Management (UK) and the Architectural Association of Kenya.

Elizabeth is the CEO and Founder of BitPesa, a Foreign Exchange and Payment platform for Frontier Markets. In 2013, BitPesa was the first company in the world to connect bitcoin to mobile money and also to trade bitcoin into African currencies. In 2015, BitPesa became the first blockchain company to receive a license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. BitPesa is now a market-maker in every major African currency and facilitates payments into G20 currencies directly. Elizabeth expanded the company from its origins in Nairobi, Kenya to operations in 8 markets across Africa and Europe, with offices in Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, London and Luxembourg. Before building BitPesa, Elizabeth was a Rating Analyst for Microfinance Institutions across sub-Saharan Africa. She worked with regulators and policy-makers across the region on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth started her career at Credit Suisse in Zurich in Investment Banking and is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Elizabeth is a member of the Investment Committee for Bamboo Capital and the World Economic Forum’s Future Council on Blockchain. Elizabeth lives in Dakar, Senegal.

Foued Bourabiat started his career at the Algiers office of a leading French law firm. His recent experience includes assisting and advising various major investors and credit institutions in respect of investments and financings in the MENA region, including in Algeria. Before establishing Bourabiat Associés, Foued spent almost ten years at top-tier international law firms in Paris, Hogan Lovells LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.

As a Managing Director at Quantum Global, Franck heads the Group’s Corporate Development efforts targeting their inroads into Sub-Saharan Africa. He started his career at UBS’s Fixed Income Department focusing on emerging markets, and subsequently joined UBS’s Economic Research team specialising in France, Italy and Spain. After a stint at HEC Lausanne to complete an advanced degree in Financial Engineering (FAME), Franck joined EGL, a hard trading Commodities House where he worked in the Research department and joined the Trading Desk later as a commodity trader. In 2008, Franck returned to UBS to lead the bank’s overall effort and strategy towards Africa.

Franck holds an Msc in Economics from South-eastern University of London.

Prof. Gbolahan Elias (D.Phil. BCL Oxon.) is a partner at G. Elias & Co. He has been a Senior Advocate of Nigeria since 2005 and was once a Junior Research Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Prof. Elias has been called to the New York State Bar, the New York Federal Bar and the Nigerian Bar, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He worked for 3 years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a leading New York corporate law firm. His practice covers litigation, arbitration and mediation on taxation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, electric power, oil and gas and telecommunications matters.

Gbolahan is ranked in each of Chambers and the Who’s Who Legal in the top tier of each of four categories: corporate, financial, energy and dispute resolution. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and of the Energy Institute, he teaches commercial law at Babcock University, Ilishan and has published a book and many articles.

Geoffrey White is the CEO and a strategic advisory board member of Agility Africa, a leading global provider of logistics and related infrastructure solutions for the oil and gas and FMCG markets. He is an expert on infrastructure development, retail supply chains, agri-business, and investment for African markets.

Prior to joining Agility, Geoffrey served as CEO of London-based conglomerate, Lonrho, for 8 years, where he developed product supply chains for some of the world’s largest retailers, as well as developed essential infrastructure and logistics facilities for Africa’s burgeoning oil and gas industry.

Mr. White is a regular author of editorials on Africa and has given commentaries on Africa for the BBC, CNN, CNBC and Forbes, as well as at various important African debates, including the World Economic Forum, African Union, and The Economist East Africa Summit among others.

Dr Greg Mills heads the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, established in 2005 by the Oppenheimer family to strengthen African economic performance. He holds degrees from the Universities of Cape Town and Lancaster, and was the National Director of the SA Institute of International Affairs from 1996-2005. He has directed numerous reform projects in African presidencies (including in 2017 with the Ghana President), sat on the Danish Africa Commission and on the African Development Bank’s high-level panel on fragile states, and served four deployments to Afghanistan.

A member of the advisory board of the Royal United Services Institute, he is the author of the best-selling books Why Africa Is Poor and Africa’s Third Liberation, and most recently, together with President Olusegun Obasanjo, Major General Dickie Davis and Dr Jeff Herbst Making Africa Work: A Handbook for Economic Success.

Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra is a leader in the business and civic community on the continent. A former Prime Minister of Mali, he is a distinguished leader in science, education, and public life and has been described as “the pride of Mali and Africa” by the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).

Olusegun Obasanjo is a former Nigerian President who led Africa’s most populous country from 1999 to 2007. He is credited for overseeing the country’s voluntary transition to civil democratic rule that accelerated economic growth, and has been in public service for over 50 years.

H.E. Obasajno has played a key role in international mediation efforts in various African countries, as well as in the establishment and success of regional bodies, including the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He is among a group of ten distinguished individuals from the private and public sector, under the Africa Progress Panel, who advocate for equitable and sustainable development for Africa. H.E. Obasanjo is a co-author of the recently published Making Africa Work – a handbook on the continent’s economic faultlines and best practices to redress them.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan is the Minister of Tolerance in the new Cabinet announced in October 2017.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak joined the Federal Government in 1992 and held a number of government portfolios including Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Minister of Education and Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak was also Chancellor of United Arab Emirates University from 1983 to 2013; Chancellor of Higher Colleges of Technology from 1988 to 2013; and President of Zayed University from 1998 to 2013.

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan received his education at the British Millfield School until the high secondary level before joining Magdalen College at Oxford University-UK.

Harjeev Kandhari is the Founder and CEO of global tyre company Zenises, a multinational company headquartered in the UK and currently operating in twenty countries. He also serves as the non-executive chairman of Walpole Capital, a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in disruptive technologies. Mr. Kandhari has extensive experience in the finance, telecommunications and technology sector, and was one of the first people to join in the founding of technology private equity firm New Media Spark in the UK.

Before founding Zenises, Mr. Kandhari was pivotal in reviving his family’s business, enabling it to expand into the global market with a focus on Europe and eventually building one of the world’s most technologically advanced industrial battery plants. He earned a diploma from the London School of Economics and a BA Honors and MA from the University of Oxford. He also has an MBA from INSEAD.

Jacques Jonathan Nyemb is Of Counsel at Cabinet Nyemb. His practice focuses on local and international corporate and financial transactions, large project investments, private equity and leverage and structured finance. He regularly advises governments and international public and private entities.

He has more than seven years of experience working for top international law firms and organizations. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, an LL.M. in Banking from the London School of Economics and Political Science and also graduated from the Paris II Pantheon-Assas University. He is a member of the Cameroonian Bar.

Jason Harel is the Co-Founding partner of BLC Robert & Associates and boasts substantial experience in corporate M&A, workout transactions as well as taxation. He generally practises in the areas of corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate insolvency, real estate, tax but also advises on litigation matters.

Consistently identified as a ‘leading practitioner’ in his field by legal directories, Jason acts for public and private companies, banks, hotels and real estate on a range of acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He sits on a number of boards of directors including JP Morgan Investments Ltd, ALN and IBL Ltd. He is also the chairman of a family controlled hotel group.

Jeremy is the co-CEO of Jumia (formerly Africa Internet Group) Africa’s leading Internet platform, a group that operates online and mobile e-commerce retail, marketplaces, classifieds and services companies and facilitatory services such as booking agencies. Jeremy has overseen with Sacha Poignonnec the successful launch and expansion of ten companies in more than fourty countries across Africa, including Jumia, Africa’s leading online shopping destination. Previous to this, Jeremy spent seven years working at McKinsey in France, India, and the USA, consulting clients in retail and e-commerce, and graduated from HEC Paris with a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Josie Lyon is Group Legal Director at Marriott International’s Protea Hotels, where she covers legal matters for 95 hotels in 7 African countries, and sits on the Protea Hotel Group’s Executive Committee.

Josie joined Marriott as in-house counsel in 2001, working in Hong Kong, London and Mumbai before moving to Cape Town in 2010, where she served as Legal Director for Virgin Active Health Clubs. Owing to her extensive international experience in the hospitality sector, Josie later re-joined Marriott in her current role, following Marriott’s acquisition of the Protea Hotel Group in 2014. In 2016, Marriott International completed its merger with Starwood Hotels & Resorts creating the world’s largest hotel company. In the same year, Josie won the “General Counsel of the Year” award at the African Legal Awards. Prior to joining Marriott, Josie worked in the London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices of Magic Circle law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Kapil is a Director within Standard Chartered’s Middle East & Africa Real Estate team. He is responsible for driving the banks Real Estate franchise expansion across Africa, having written the strategy post joining the Bank in 2011.

Kapil started his career with KPMG Corporate Finance in London, where he was part of the Real Estate M&A advisory team. He subsequently joined an Abu Dhabi based Private Equity fund, where he was responsible for the structuring and executing Real Estate Funds.

Kapil is a graduate of the Cass Business School, London, where he attained a degree in Banking & International Finance.

Karim S. Anjarwalla is the Managing Partner of ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) and a member of the firm’s Corporate department. He is consistently involved in the most prominent M&A transactions in the region, and has a wide array of experience advising domestic, regional and international clients on M&A, joint ventures and private equity investments.

Under Karim’s leadership, A&K founded and has been a key driver of ALN. Karim is regularly an invited expert at various international legal and business forums. He is rated as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and Legal 500.

Koome Gikunda manages Actis’ East African real estate investments. He has managed a number of transformative developments, including Garden City, the USD 540 million retail, residential and commercial property development in Nairobi. Actis’ strategy and strong fundamentals paired with the opportunity to meet the growing demand for international standard office and retail space across the continent inspired Koome to make the move from investment banking. Prior to Actis, he worked as an investment banker with JP Morgan in New York. Koome graduated from Stanford University where he was a Ford Foundation Scholar. He has an MBA with Distinction from Oxford University where he was awarded the Wafic Said.

Kwame Parker is a Partner and Investment Director at Frontier Investment Management, a private equity fund focused on renewable energy opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa that is headquartered in Denmark and Kenya. Kwame previously ran the power & infrastructure business in East Africa for Standard Bank. Prior to Standard Bank, Kwame was a VP at Morgan Stanley and HSH Nordbank in New York City. Kwame has executed more than USD 5 billion in energy and infrastructure financings globally over the course of his career. He holds an MBA from Michigan Business School and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from New York University.

Mahdi Mosbah is a lawyer admitted to the Tunisian and Paris Bars. He is the co-founder of BMP & Associés LLP, a Law Firm based in France and Tunisia, specialised in investment structuring and private equity.

Mahdi provides legal assistance to a number of international companies in relation to their investments in France and Tunisia. He supports the management’s decision-making and prevents litigation through his legal expertise.

He has significant experience in assisting private entrepreneurs and public operators in their projects in Tunisia and France by providing his clients with both Arabic and European legal expertise.

As director of the integrity practice for Africa, Maria provides advice on managing and mitigating complex anti-bribery and corruption risks for market entry, deal structuring and third party management. She has over 15 years’ experience providing advice and support to clients operating in Africa, and oversees all business intelligence and due diligence across the region.

Previously, Maria has worked as a legal assistant in Namibia and as an advisor at Transparency International in Zimbabwe. She has also been a practising lawyer at Clifford Chance. She is a qualified Solicitor (Senior Courts of England and Wales), and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science from McGill University and Sciences Po (Paris).

Mbuvi Ngunze has extensive Boardroom experience having served on the Boards of Bamburi Cement, HimaCement, Mbeya Cement, (all Lafarge majority owned companies), and serving as Secretary to the East African Cement Producers Association. He was until May 2017, Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways. He served until June 2017 as Chairman of Executive Committee of African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Chairman of Kenya Association of Airline Operators, a Board member of JamboJetLimited, Precision Air and member of Board of Governors of IATA.

He continues to serve on the Board of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, the foremost conservancy organisation in Kenya and is currently serving as Advisor to the Board of Kenya Airways on the ongoing financial restructuring.

Mr. Mesfin Tafesse is the Principal Attorney at Mesfin Tafesse & Associates, one of the leading law offices in Ethiopia and ALN’s Ethiopia member firm. Mesfin has over 25 years of legal experience in the private, public, and civil society sectors in Ethiopia.

As an attorney, Mesfin has substantial experience representing foreign investors, setting up companies, and providing legal due diligence opinions in sectors including, but not limited to, M&A, banking and finance, mining and energy, and oil and gas. He is consistently recognized by Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 legal service provider in Ethiopia. Mesfin is a member of the Ethiopian Lawyers’ Association.

Michael is the Managing Director of Actis in East Africa and is responsible for Actis’s Private Equity, Energy and Real Estate investments in East Africa. He previously managed Pan Africa Agribusiness Fund. Prior to this, Michael was the founder manager of the first PE fund in East Africa – the Acacia Fund. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Michael is an experienced private equity investor and has developed a deep understanding of PE investment in agribusiness, financial services, real estate and infrastructure.

Prior to joining Actis, Michael worked in investment banking in London for Lehman Brothers and Kleinwort Benson, having started his career with Price Waterhouse.

Michael holds a first class degree in Civil Engineering and is also a Fellow of of the Institute of chartered Accountant in England & Wales.

Million Kibret is currently the Head of BDO in Ethiopia having joined the firm in 2014. BDO’s major operations in Ethiopia are corporate finance advisory, management consulting and tax services. He has extensive experience corporate finance, accounting and tax in the manufacturing, services and mining industries, gained during the last 20 years while he worked in Ethiopia as manager in Assurance and Advisory Unit of Ernst & Young and Managing Partner of Next Consult PLC, which joined BDO network in 2014.

Million holds a Degree in Accounting and Finance and is certified management consultant by Ethiopian Management Institute.

Mishaal Al Gergawi is the Co-Director of emerge85, a lab exploring emerging market trends. He is also the managing director of The Delma Institute, a risk advisory firm located in Abu Dhabi. Mishaal began his career in investment banking at HSBC and Deutsche Bank, after receiving a BA from the American University in Dubai and an MSc in finance from SKEMA Business School. He went on to establish a family construction business, and then joined the Dubai government as a project manager in charge of establishing strategy for contemporary cultural projects. Mishaal is a widely published columnist and analyst on global affairs, with work appearing in Financial Times, Foreign Policy, The Independent, and Gulf News.

Mr. Mohamed Diallo is a business leader in the Telecom industry and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GUILAB.

He has over 14 years’ experience in study, design, roll-out and operation of telecommunications networks and systems. He has led several projects involving the development of access networks, MPLS backbone, submarine cable systems, among others, both in Europe and in Africa.

Mohamed is also the Chairman of the Board of SABOUTECH an incubator focused on ICT, renewable energies and environment in Guinea where he brings in his own entrepreneurial and general management experience to help transform startups into sustainable businesses.

Mohamed received his MBA from INSEAD Business School in addition to an MSc from Telecom Sud Paris in France.

M. Mohamed Methqal was appointed by His Majesty the King Mohamed VI on 23 June 2016 as Ambassador General Director of the Morocco International Cooperation Agency (AMCI). Prior to his appointment, M. Methqal was the special economic advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, where he was in charge of new economic diplomacy, cooperation and international development. In 2016, he was also the Chief of Staff of the President of COP22.

Previously, M. Methqal had been advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance in Morocco, and had worked in strategy and management consulting at international consulting firms based in Paris. He had also advised companies and investors on strategic projects in Morocco and African countries.

M. Methqal co-founded two innovative start-ups and is a winner of the 2003 NETS Prize, awarded to the 15 most promising young entrepreneurs in Switzerland. He has an engineer diploma from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), and holds an MBA from College des Ingénieurs in Paris and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Babson College, USA.

Nadeem Shaikh is founder and CEO of Anthemis Group, a leading digital financial services investment and advisory firm. Before founding Anthemis, Nadeem was president at First Data Corporation, where he ran a billion-dollar organization overseeing businesses in more than 50 markets.

An innovator who bridges the startup world and large financial institutions, Nadeem is committed to driving the reinvention of financial services. He is focused on identifying markets in their most nascent stages, and partnering with promising entrepreneurs committed to realizing a new model for financial services. He serves on the boards of Bento, Currencycloud, Jumo, Moven, PayPerks and Financial Planning Standards Board. An advocate of structural reform in education and healthcare, Nadeem is board chairman of the Trustees of CARE UK, Pakistan’s largest educational NGO, and sits on the boards of African social enterprise Access Afya and UK charity Prospero World.

NanaAma is the founder of n. dowuona & company. Her areas of focus are corporate and commercial, property and construction, and energy and infrastructure. She is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 and has advised large international firms such as Kingdom Hotel Investments, American Tower, Rendeavour, members of the Trafigura Group, Oando and Sumitomo Chemical, as well as large local corporates.

Before returning to Ghana more than 15 years ago, NanaAma was an associate in the New York office of the premier international law firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she worked in the mergers and acquisitions and corporate tax departments. NanaAma also practiced as an audit accountant in the New York Office of Deloitte & Touche.

NanaAma is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School Undergraduate Program, New York University’s Stern School of Business, where she received an MBA in Finance and Accounting and Columbia University School of Law, where she received a JD and was named a James Kent Scholar, the highest honour awarded in recognition of excellent academic performance.

Nigel Nunoo is Vice President – Africa Business Development for PFI’s International Insurance business. In this capacity, he is charged with executing the company’s long-term vision to develop Insurance, Retirement and Investment businesses in Africa, in partnership with the LeapFrog Private Equity Group.

Prior to this role, he was the Senior Investment Vice President in the Chief Investment Office, responsible for Asset/Liability and Investment Management for the Prudential’s Annuities business. His previous roles during his 15 years with the company includes Vice President & Pricing Actuary for the Pension Risk Transfer Business, Regional Actuarial Advisor for Europe, and various other Actuarial and Corporate Finance assignments across the company.

Nigel earned an MBA from Columbia University and BA degrees in Mathematics and Economics from Wabash College. He is both a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Nimit Shah is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners. He joined Helios in 2008, and over the last 10 years has invested in credit, growth equity and buyout opportunities across Africa. This includes investments in Vivo Energy, GB Foods Africa, Continental Outdoor Media, OVH Energy and Mall for Africa . Prior to joining Helios, Mr Shah was a Director within the Financial Sponsors Group at Lehman Brothers in London. His experience there spanned M&A advisory, leveraged finance and equity capital markets. Mr Shah started his career as a strategy consultant at Arthur D Little. He holds an MA degree in Economics and Management from Oxford University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Olivier is responsible for all legal issues across DP World, with a focus on cross border transactions, strategic partnerships with Governments, infrastructure, group legal strategy, international arbitration and litigation as well as managing a legal team and panel of outside counsels around the world.

Prior to joining DP World, he worked as a Senior Legal Consultant with Law Firm DLA Piper Middle East in Dubai, before which he served as Vice President in the General Counsel’s Office of American Express Company for eight years, subsequently based in France, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Olivier holds a degree in French Law and a Master in Law (LLM) from King’s College London, United Kingdom. He is admitted to the Paris Bar in France and is a former Lecturer at University College London, United Kingdom

Omar Momin joined the Chemicals business of Godrej Industries Ltd after graduating in Chemical Engineering from the Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology at Mumbai. He underwent a cross-functional induction across operations, marketing and supply chain management and then went on to do his Masters in Management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He rejoined the Godrej Group and worked as Executive Assistant to the Chairman for about two years. From 2010, Omar has been part of Godrej’s internationalization journey over the course of which, Godrej’s consumer business now has almost half of its revenues coming from outside India. He has been also responsible for overseeing GCPL’s Africa business from 2011. He currently facilitates M&A for Godrej.

Oscar joined Symbion as an architectural student in 1993 and continued with the firm upon his graduation. He became a Partner at the firm in 2000 and moved to head the Uganda Practice where he stayed for a period of eight years before returning to Symbion Kenya.

He is a Fellow member of the Uganda Society of Architects and a corporate member of Architectural Association of Kenya where he serves as the immediate past Chairman of the Project Management Chapter. Oscar is also a registered Project Management Professional (PMP).

Patrick leads the integrity risk and cyber security practice for Control Risks in East Africa, with 10 years’ experience helping clients and businesses across Africa to manage risk complexities in their environment.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Patrick led the fraud risk management function at Standard Chartered Bank’s Retail Clients division in Africa, where he worked with the business, risk and compliance functions to define and implement the fraud risk strategy in Africa. He also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a manager in the Forensics and Business Recovery practice.

Patrick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science & Engineering and is a Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya.

Paul is the CEO of Catalyst Principal Partners. He has over 20 years of management consulting, entrepreneurial, investment banking and private equity experience. He has managed a significant and diverse regional investment portfolio and led several high profile merger and acquisition transactions across Africa.

Peter Triggs joined DBS Private Bank in April 2012 as Managing Director and Head of International Clients and Wealth Structuring, moving to his current Regional Wealth Planning role in April 2015, a role which covers advice on trusts, insurance, family offices, philanthropy and family governance. Prior to joining DBS, Peter worked for Citi’s Private Bank for 19 years. Peter’s last position before joining DBS was Deputy CEO for three years at Bank of China (Suisse) SA in Geneva. Peter is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Chartered Tax Advisor in the UK, and a Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Prejelin Naggan is Head of Primary Markets in the Capital Markets division of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). His role entails leading teams that drive new listings by local and international issuers across all the JSE markets. This includes focusing in particular on new equity and debt listings and related products such as ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), warrants and hybrid instruments.

Before joining the JSE, Prejelin was with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank for almost 8 years where he worked within the Investment Banking division advising clients in different industries on M&A and ECM transactions.

Riad Bsaibes has been the COO of Amana Contracting Group since 2002. Prior to that, he held various managerial and operational positions with Corning (Massachusetts, USA) and Schlumberger (Middle East). Mr. Bsaibes holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering M.I.T. (1991) and an MBA from the Harvard Business School (2001). He is an ex-Director on the global board of Harvard Alumni Association (USA) and Vice Chairman for the Southern Gulf of the MIT Educational Council. Riad is also the Vice President of The Harvard Club of the UAE, and is on the board of the MIT Club of the UAE. He is also an active member of the YPO and Endeavor global organizations and a jurist on the MIT Business Plan Competition for the Pan-Arab Region.

Richard Kiplagat is the Growth & Markets leader at africapractice, where he leads the Infrastructure industry group and serves as a Senior Stakeholder Advisor to business and Government leaders in the infrastructure, energy, oil and gas sectors. He advises a portfolio of companies which have collectively invested in excess of USD 2 billion in Africa. Prior to joining africapractice, Richard was the Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Microsoft Africa, responsible for managing its engagements with development partners and inter-governmental organizations. He was instrumental in establishing Microsoft’s partnerships with the African Union, African Development Bank, UNECA, ECOWAS, World Bank and The East African Community among others. He has also been involved in negotiating significant public-private-partnership contracts in the education and health sectors.

Richard is a graduate of economics and political science from the University of Toronto Canada, and is passionate about the role of productivity in accelerating Africa’s growth and competitiveness.

Roddy is a director in the corporate group at Anjarwalla & Khanna. He has over 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures and other corporate transactional work. He was previously a partner at Hogan Lovells in London and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Anjarwalla & Khanna in 2013, Roddy headed up Webber Wentzel’s Africa Group and was based in Johannesburg for over 6 years, where he had overall responsibility for developing the firm’s practice on the African Continent (outside South Africa).

Roddy’s practice is pan-African and over the last ten years has been involved in investments and transactional deals in over thirty African countries. His experience in working in emerging markets in Africa and Asia has positioned him well to understand how to successfully conclude deals in challenging environments.

Romain is responsible for originating and executing infrastructure investments across the African continent for AIIM’s funds. Romain has an in-depth knowledge of infrastructure sub-sectors and has served on the boards of various infrastructure companies including Noatum, North Queensland Airports and Global Ports Holding and is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of AIIM Hydroneo.

Safia Fassi-Fihri is the Managing Partner of BFR & Associés, working alongside two other founding partners of the firm. She qualified as a lawyer (avocat) in Casablanca, Morocco, and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, (including listed and nonlisted companies, and investment funds), joint-ventures, capital markets transactions and financings. She also advises real estate or touristic developers in connection with the structuring of investment funds and takes interest in corporate governance and socially responsible investments.

Safia worked as a lawyer in a renowned international law firm in Paris and London before accepting a position as general counsel for a major insurance company in Morocco. She holds a Masters degree in business law form the University of Paris II – Assas and is a graduate of ESSEC Business School.

Salimatou Diallo is the founding Partner of SD Avocats and is a member of the Conakry, Paris and New York Bars. Having graduated from the University of Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne and the American University of Washington DC with an LLM, Salimatou began her career in the Paris offices of major international law firms where she was promoted to Of Counsel. After 10 years’ experience working on African projects, Salimatou decided to establish her own independent law practice in Conakry. She is recognised as a leading lawyer in Guinea by Chambers Global and IFLR1000 legal directories.

Sanjeev Gupta is Head of Financial Services and an Executive Director in the Board of Directors of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He heads AFC’s Treasury, Trade Finance, Syndication and Advisory Business. He has more than 25 years of experience working across the emerging markets in Africa, India, GCC and South Asia, focusing on Corporate Strategy, M&A , Asset Management, Private Equity and Advisory services.

Over the years , he has developed strong relationships with global funding and development agencies, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, banks and political leaders in these markets.

Sanjeev is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (India), and holds an alumunus from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Ms Sarah Maja is the head of Frontier Markets Sales Trading at EFG Hermes. Sarah has 18 yrs experience in Financial Services across Trading and Investment Banking covering some of the largest global institutional investors in Sub Sahara Africa and Frontier Asia. Before joining EFG Hermes, Sarah was instrumental in setting up the Frontier business at Exotix Africa and was the Head of Exotix’s Nigerian Business. Sarah holds a BSc degree from the University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa)

Selim Eddé is Google’s Head of Public Policy, Middle East and North Africa, leading public policy campaigns across the full range of policy areas that impact Google and the web. A passionate public policy leader, Eddé is a thought leader on building innovation programs with Governments and has a particular expertise in labour markets, entrepreneurship and job creation initiatives.

Mr. Eddé has advised Governments in MENA and Africa, providing strategic programs and was previously the Vice President of Government Affairs at SAP, setting strategy, devising and implementing plans Government Relations at SAP in MENA. Formerly, Selim was the Country Development Officer at Cisco, and Senior Regional Lead at Hewlett-Packard and IBM. A frequent speaker at regional and international events, with appearances in the specialised media, Eddé graduated from Imperial College-London with a Master’s degree in management sciences.

Shaka Kariuki serves as Co-CEO of Kuramo Capital Management. Previously, he served in a number of leadership roles at the USD 9 billion Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (DMBA), most recently as Head of Global Equity Markets across asset classes, Head of Fixed Income, and Portfolio Manager of Global Private Equity. Shaka also headed the investments of DMBA Affiliates in Developed and Emerging Markets, including Africa. Prior to DMBA, Shaka was a Senior Member of the Global Finance team at Agilent Technologies where he managed finance teams in Asia, Europe, Japan and USA. He currently serves as Executive Chairman of NAS Foods in Ethiopia, and is on the Board of Leon Business Solutions in Zimbabwe, Solo in Nigeria, Sepfluor in South Africa and the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

Shaka holds a B.S. in Economics, an MBA with an emphasis in Finance from Brigham Young University, and a Masters in Government from Harvard University. He is a member of the CFA Institute.

Shamiza Ratansi is the Managing Partner at ATZ Law Chambers. She focuses on Banking and Finance Real Estate Corporate, Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Conveyance, Private Equity, Mining and Capital Markets matters. She is a member of both the Tanganyika Law Society and the East African Law Society. Shamiza is recognized by international directories such as Legal 500, Chambers Global, IFLR1000, and Who’s Who Legal.

Sylvain has more than 20 years’ experience in buy-outs, investments, banking, M&A and corporate restructuring. Over the years, Sylvain lead and participated in over 30 successfully closed transactions of all sizes deploying more than $3 billion of capital in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In addition, Sylvain has personally been involved in the restructuring of many companies as executive, adviser or through senior executive roles. Sylvain is currently lead buy-side advisor for the African strategy of leading multinational, reviewing opportunities throughout the continent.

Mr. Vieujot is the co-founder and Chairman of the Equitativa Real Estate. He is also co-founder, Deputy Chairman and CEO of the REIT Manager. Mr. Vieujot transferred the holding company of “Société de la Tour Eiffel” – the first French newly listed REIT (SIIC) – from Luxembourg to the DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre). In 2010, Equitativa Real Estate together with Dubai Islamic Bank launched Equitativa Dubai, the REIT Manager of Emirates REIT. In 2014, Emirates REIT was the first REIT listed on Nasdaq Dubai and in 2016, it became the largest Sharia’s Compliant REIT in the world. Prior to his involvement in Equitativa Real Estate, Mr. Vieujot co-founded several companies, including Freelance.com and Platre.com. He listed Freelance.com on the French Stock Market (Alternext of Euronext). Mr. Vieujot has a Masters in Entrepreneurship from HEC, Paris, France and is an Engineer in Computer Science & Micro-electronics.

Dr. Tahar JARBOUI is the Chairman and co-founder of Valomnia, member of PROXYM Group, one of the leading Tunisian IT groups, located in Tunisia, France, UK and United Arab Emirates.

Before joining PROXYM Group, Tahar started his career as a Researcher in Software Dependability at LAAS-CNRS research lab in Toulouse (France) and at Orange Labs, Orange’s Innovation and R&D entity in France.

Dr. Tahar JARBOUI, leads PROXYM Group’s activities in Middle East and Africa. He is experienced in developing and implementing high added value’s projects in GCC and Africa.

He is also very active in the Tunisian civil society as member or several professional associations in charge of promoting entrepreneurship and he chairs a local branch of ‘Réseau Entreprendre International’ a network of experienced entrepreneurs dedicated to mentor business starters and buyers.

Tarik Hamane is an Executive Director – Advisor to the Chairman of Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), in charge of project development, including the transfer of renewable projects and assets from Office National of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) to MASEN, and their deployment. He has more than 12 years of managerial experience in leading the development of large scale power generation projects in Morocco.

Prior to joining MASEN, Tarik was the Executive Director of ONEE’s Power Generation Projects and Programs, and also served as Head of ONEE’s Gas Turbine Division.

Tarik is an engineer with an MBA from Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées Paris, France, a Specialized Master’s degree in Industrial IT, and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation.

Tariq Bin Hendi is currently an Executive Vice President and the Head of Wealth Products & Advisory at Emirates NBD Group, having previously served as the CEO of Emirates NBD Asset Management. He has almost two decades of experience, primarily focused on asset management, private equity and investment banking. Prior to his current role, Tariq held various roles at Commercial Bank of Dubai, Mubadala, Citigroup, Dubai Holding, Delta Airlines and UPS. He is currently a board member of the publicly listed entities ENBD REIT (NASDAQ) and AXA Green Crescent (ADX), having previously served on the Board of Aramex. He holds a PhD in Economics from Imperial College London (UK) as well as MBA and bachelor degrees from Columbia University (USA), London Business School (UK), Clayton State University (USA) and is a YPO member.

In 1997, Wayne Koonin qualified as a South African Chartered Accountant. He has 15 years’ experience in the mining sector where he worked for internationally listed mining and exploration companies and raised over $1bn in capital and $500m in debt. In 2014 he was appointed as Group Finance Director of JSE listed chemicals group Omnia Limited. In 2016 and 2017, Wayne was nominated as one of South Africa’s top 25 CFO’s and won the top award for Finance and Technology in 2017. He specialises in corporate turnarounds and has extensive experience in legal, tax, corporate finance, regulatory, investor relations and information technology.

Yann joined Swiss Re Direct Investment in 2014 as the Head of Africa for Private Equity and Strategic Acquisitions, taking on responsibility for originating and executing transactions and monitoring investee companies throughout Africa. Prior to that, he worked as a Principal at Actis, based in Lagos, covering West Africa transactions. Yann founded and is currently the Chairman of Africa Bridge investment Partners, an investment holding company that focuses on start-up and early stage companies, currently holding a portfolio of 5 companies in Central Africa. Yann started his career at KPMG as a Consultant in New York.

He holds an MBA from Wharton Business School and an Engineering Degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris, obtained with honours

Mr. Yogesh Manek is a well-known and reputed entrepreneur from Tanzania who started his professional career in his early ages.

Initially managing the family trading business, he established his first manufacturing venture in 1975 – Chemicotex industries. He then established MAC Group in the 1980’s and expanded the business portfolio to Insurance, Banking, Real Estate, Agribusiness,
Shipping and Logistics and Services sectors, within Tanzania and the East Africa regions.

He is currently the Chairman of Mac Group, Heritage Insurance Company Tanzania, Strategis Insurance Company, Chemi & Cotex Industries and PIL Tanzania. He also sits on the Board and advises on several other successful businesses in Tanzania and East Africa.

Zaahir has close to 10 years’ experience in International Banking and Finance. He has recently been appointed Head of Energy and Commodities Finance team at the Corporate & Institutional Banking division of MCB following his active involvement in building relationships with key clients and in the development of landmark commodity transactions with a focus on Oil and Gas. He has worked extensively originating and structuring trade finance including pre-export, inventory and receivables finance facilities for African importers and exporters.

Prior to joining MCB, Zaahir was an Analyst within the Global Banking and Markets division at Royal Bank of Scotland.