Rt. Hon. Lord Mark Malloch-Brown KCMG

Lord Mark Malloch‐Brown is a former number two in the United Nations as well as having served in the British Cabinet and Foreign Office. He is active both in business and in the non-profit world, and also remains deeply involved in international affairs.   He is a Senior Advisor at Eurasia, engaging with its clients […]

Carl Manlan

Carl Manlan is Vice President, Social Impact for Visa Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa.  His focus is on enabling community impact with local, regional and global partners, co-creating partnerships that support Small and Medium Businesses, Individuals and households to thrive in the CEMEA region. Prior to Visa, Carl served as the Chief […]

Ronak Gopaldas

Ronak is currently a Director at Signal Risk, an African risk advisory firm. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, economics and business on the continent. He was previously the Head of Country Risk at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) for a number of years, where he managed a team of analysts who provided the […]

Gail Klintworth

Gail held the role of chief sustainability officer for Unilever, globally positioning the group as a pioneer in corporate, social and environmental stewardship. She has over 30 years’ experience with varied roles in human resources, sales, marketing and business solutions across Unilever’s foods, home care and personal care businesses. She served as CEO of Unilever […]

Helen Hai

Helen Hai is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Goodwill Ambassador for industrialization in Africa. She is the CEO of the Made in Africa Initiative which advises African government for industrialization and investment promotion. Ambassador Hai is Co-Founder of C&H Garments, which is a pioneer Pan-Africa export-oriented garments manufacturer.  Ambassador Hai was trained as an actuary in […]

Hasnen Varawalla

Hasnen Varawalla is the Co-Head of Banking for Absa based in Johannesburg in which capacity he oversees the corporate finance, capital markets and M&A businesses.  He has over 20 years of investment banking experience spanning Africa, Asia and Emerging Europe having advised on over 100 capital markets and advisory assignments.  Prior to joining Absa he […]

Beth Honig

Beth Honig provides strategic leadership to Ubuntu Pathways’s office in London. Working closely with philanthropists, foundations, and corporate partners, Beth continues to strengthen Ubuntu’s support base in the UK. Her team drives Ubuntu’s global data-driven strategy, generating over £1 million per year through award-winning galas and outreach within the South African community. In April 2016, […]

Sabrina Roshan

Sabrina Roshan is the Director of the Schmidt Futures Technologists for Global Transformation (TGT) Program. The program offers early career technologists the opportunity to participate in solving the world’s greatest ecological and socio-economic challenges. Prior to Schmidt Futures, she served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Good Machine, a venture studio that ideates impactful innovations […]