CHAIRPERSON
Oba is a barrister with an international Africa-focussed practice that does extensive advocacy and advisory work on behalf of private and institutional clients globally.
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL & OPERATIONS, BBC WORLD SERVICE
Muriel has strong experience in business strategy, partnership brokerage, and stakeholder relationship management. She also worked on sourcing alternative income streams for the public sector and charitable organisations.
CURATOR, URBANIST & RESEARCHER
Paul’s curatorial research interests focus on art and immigration, the visual art of the African diaspora as well as transnationalism and global exhibition. He currently works on a survey of contemporary African diaspora artists’ practices in Britain – ‘Untitled: Art on the conditions of our time’.
VICE-CHAIR, INVEST AFRICA (BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR AFRICA)
A merchant mariner by training, Steve’s African and business development expertise stems from 20 years of running a shipping and logistics business.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA
David is an international business executive, with over 20 years of experience working with leading financial and professional services firms.
CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, ACOSPHERE
Nadia leads Acosphere, a sales consultancy firm that specialises in helping Fortune 100 and 500 as well as CAC 40 companies turn their business around from a sales stand point.
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AND IT PROJECT MANAGER
Mark Thomas is an experienced senior management accountant and IT project manager.
PARTNER, WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS
Titus is a Partner in the Projects Group. His practice focuses on finance, corporate and commercial transactions in emerging markets, in particular the infrastructure, energy, and natural resources sectors.
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
Nzube is an angel investor and advisor to early and growth-stage tech businesses in the UK and emerging markets. He is also Vice-Chair of BCS, Chartered Institute of IT London Central Branch.
COUNTRY DIRECTOR, BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
Pumela has over ten years of experience driving strategies and policies for government, corporate and media organisations. Her achievements include being selected amongst the 18 Global Fellows in Social Innovation in the world in 2013.
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