Africa

Top 100 most influential leaders in Hospitality – Global Mice congress and awards 2019. Most influential Hospitality CEO for London – CEO Monthly Magazine. Lilizela Award judge for 5 consecutive years (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018). African Tourism Leadership Forum – Awards committee member & speaker, and current Chairperman of AYTIC. Recognised international speaker… read more »

A seasoned, versatile, and enthusiastic leader with 20+ years’ experience spanning general management, strategy & operations, executive leadership, sustainable tourism, development, and financial controls. Proud native and ambassador for Indian Ocean with great respect for different religions & cultures. Pascal holds a master degree in Strategy and management. He used to be the director for… read more »

Mona Mahdy spearheads the Oracle NetSuite organization for Africa & Levant. As a professional in the technology industry for the past 16 years, Mona advanced through multiple roles within multinational organizations. Starting out in product & brand management for the public sector, channel management, sales, and most recently leading Oracle NetSuite’s expansion across Africa &… read more »

I am a techie at heart and one that has been fascinated with transforming the way we work and live to make a real difference to people, companies and the world we live in. I have spent most of my professional career as a digital and technology transformation specialist,designing, leading and executing the transformation of… read more »

I have experience spanning start-ups to listed corporates and have operated locally, regionally and globally. I was appointed Group CFO at Bowmans in October 2017 and sits on the Board of CAFSA, Sanari Capital and MMI Lending as a Non-Executive Director. Previously I was consulting to Texton Property Fund Ltd and an Executive Director and… read more »

I lead Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE technology propositions across Asia-Pacific, India, MENA & Africa. As Enterprise Proposition Lead, I work with large organisations propelling their adoption of technology to meet their global tax and accounting compliance and reporting requirements. In addition to driving engagement and ensuring customers get the most out of the ONESOURCE suite and… read more »

I am an entrepreneur with 11 years experience in TMT in Africa, focused on the intersection between traditional media, mobile networks and the Web. Wide- ranging experience in product development, management, mergers &acquisitions, social entrepreneurship and tech start-ups.

Olivier Granet is the former CEO of AccorHotels Middle East and Africa, where he was responsible for a portfolio of over 200 hotels consisting of 50,000 rooms across over 30 countries. He joined the Middle East team in 2011 at a time when the Group had 40 hotels in the region. With almost 20 years… read more »

Irina Unkovski is a qualified quantity surveyor, specialising in infrastructure procurement methods. She has close to 20 years’ experience working within the infrastructure and built environment industry, with both the public and private sector, on various infrastructure initiatives. Irina Unkovski has completed various consulting assignments mostly at National and Provincial Government levels specifically development of… read more »

Deborah Nicol-Omeruah is the Chief Commercial Officer for UACN Property Development Company Plc (UPDC) and is responsible for identifying, developing and implementing new real estate development opportunities, driving business growth, and increasing profitability across the entire business. This includes strategic joint venture partnerships, and asset management of the UPDC Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Deborah… read more »

Kevin Teeroovengadum has an MBA and M.Sc. in Finance. He worked for KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young in corporate finance and business consultancy before moving to Loita Capital Partners Group. Kevin Teeroovengadum joined Actis as a Director as part of their Africa real estate team. At Actis, he led the origination of a number of… read more »

Simon Ardonceau joined the JLL Sub-Saharan Africa Strategic Consulting team in 2016 to develop the substantial potential for customised real estate consulting advice across the continent. He currently has strategic input in a wide range of assignments, and has been involved on several high profile and complex developments across Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the… read more »

Kecia Rust is the Executive Director and founder of the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa. She is a housing policy specialist and has provided strategic support to government in South Africa for the past 20 years. Over the span of her career, she has focused on affordable housing finance, residential property assets and… read more »

Ivan Cornet is co-founder and managing partner of Latitude Five where he is in charge of real estate. Ivan assists international and local investors active in West Africa, providing market intelligence and identifying off markets opportunities, as well as structuring commercial and financial transactions. Ivan Cornet holds a business law degree and a Master in… read more »