Patrick Parring
CEO of Par Equity Group. He was the founder Chairperson of WECBOF, an organisation who represented small and medium size businesses in The Western Cape Province. He is concurrently Chairman of Synergos Southern Africa, a poverty alleviation think tank. Raised with his ten siblings by his grandparents in a poor environment in the midst of […]
Joseph Ogutu
Mr. Joseph Ogutu is Chief Special Projects at Safaricom PLC, including Safaricom Foundation. He joined Safaricom as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer in May 2005 from Telkom Kenya. He has worked closely with the CEO in formulating strategic direction for the business and focusing on developing Safaricom’ s position as an industry leader in driving innovation […]
Laureen Kouassi – Olsson
Laureen Kouassi-Olsson is the influential Founder and CEO of Birimian Ventures, primarily focusing on luxury and premium African heritage brands. With extensive experience in African financial services and private equity, she has held significant roles, including Non-Executive Director at Fidelity Bank, Ghana, and involvement with Orange Abidjan Participations. Previously an Investment Director at Amethis, she […]
Adedotun Sulaiman
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) of Nigeria, and Executive Chairman of Arian Capital Limited, of Barclays Nigeria, and of SecureID Limited. Non-Executive Director of Cadbury Nigeria Plc. He has been Chairman of Helios Towers Nigeria, InterSwitch Limited, Mouka Limited, Cornerstone Insurance Plc, among others. He is Chairman of the Financial Reporting […]
Julio Garrido – Mirapeix
Julio is currently an Affiliate Partner with Third Way Partners https://www.thirdway.earth/ supporting the advisory team globally. Julio is a seasoned professional who has spent thirty-four years overseas of which twenty-six based in Africa. He was a Partner at KPMG in Africa for fourteen years whereby he founded and led International Development Advisory Services, a high growth Pan […]
Florença Antonio Dengo
Florença is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of working experience including interlia Development Finance, Private Equity, Banking (Corporate and Institutional Banking), Non-Profit Organization, and Chemical Engineering. She spent the last 13 years of her professional career at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), where she built a solid track record in […]
Gunilla Carlsson
Mrs. Gunilla Carlsson has had a distinguished career, holding senior management positions as well as positions of trust with highly reputed institutions. With extensive experience at the highest level in politics and complex multi-and bilateral negotiations –Mrs Carlsson has dedicated her life to sustainability and global health, human rights and sustainable development. She has a […]
Uwa Osa – Oboh
Uwa Osa-Oboh is the Head, Corporate Development at Capital Alliance Nigeria, a member of the African Capital Alliance (ACA) group, an Investment Management firm with investments in Sub Saharan Africa. She joined the firm in 2013 and facilitates its strategy definition and implementation.At various times in her career, she has worked as a lawyer, banker […]
Paul Carttar
Paul Carttar is a partner with IVPC, an organization working to advance social investment globally. He is also a Senior Advisor to and co-founder of the Bridgespan group. From 2010 to 2012 he was the initial Director of President Obama’s Social Innovation Fund (SIF), which mobilized more than USD one billion in public and private […]
Allison Hollowell
Allison Hollowell is the COO of the International Venture Philanthropy Center (IVPC), an organization dedicated to growing the social investment ecosystem globally. Prior to IVPC, she spent 5 years on the leadership team of AVPA’s sister network in Asia – The Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN). During her time in Asia, Allison led AVPN’s strategic […]