Africa

Mark Chetwynd joined Liquid Telecom in July 2013 and is responsible for the Group’s financial strategy and reporting. Mark Chetwynd qualified as a chartered accountant in the UK in 1998 and since qualifying has worked in the US in the oil and mining sector and most recently in telecoms.  Prior to joining Liquid (Africa), he was… read more »

Phil Moses joined Liquid Telecom as Group CFO in May 2018. An experienced finance professional who has spent more than 25 years working in the telecoms sector, Phil is responsible for managing the group’s financial operations, helping to deliver our strategic growth plans across Africa. Phil Moses is knowledgeable in all aspects of finance with… read more »

Ben Roberts joined LTK as CEO in 2013, and has been the Chief Technical Officer for Liquid Telecom Group since 2006. With over 20 years experience across a range of technologies in design, support, integration and operational management roles, he has led the group’s networking and product strategy, expanding its technology base and fibre network… read more »

Sam Nkusi is a former Cabinet Minister for Infrastructure in Charge of Energy and ICT in the Republic of Rwanda and was active in formulating ICT, Regulatory and Energy  national policies.  He was involved in several African and global Infrastructure initiatives including dealing with stakeholders, development partners and related funding entities. Sam holds a Masters… read more »

Nic Rudnick became Liquid Telecom CEO in 2004, when the company rebranded from Econet Satellite Services, and has played a lead role in the creation of our Pan-African network, which now stretches over 50,000km. He has been listed in Global Telecom Business Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the telecommunications industry for the last five consecutive years – highlighting his… read more »

Robin Bairstow Joined I&M Bank Rwanda in September 2015. Prior to his appointment, he held senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank across Central Africa, East Africa and Southeast Asia. Robin has a reputation for innovation, is an experienced Corporate Banker and has a highly successful track record with over 23 years in the financial services… read more »

Marc Holtzman is the Chairman of Bank of Kigali (Africa), the largest Bank in Rwanda with market share across all key balance sheet metrics exceeding 33%. Mr. Holtzman has served as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since 2009. Following a successful transformation and sale of Kazkommertsbank (LSE: KKB:LI), Kazakhstan’s largest bank in… read more »

Arah Sadava assumed the CEO role at AB Bank Rwanda in April 2015. Prior to joining ABR, she was the Retail/Banking Services Manager of Access Bank Liberia from March 2014. She has more than 18 years of experience in microfinance and banking in over 9 countries, 7 of which are in Africa. Arah Sadava started… read more »

Markus Baer has been a board member since January 2016. Before joining the Board, Markus was a Principal Project Manager at KfW (based in Frankfurt) from 2011 to 2015, managing equity investments in the field of micro finance, micro insurance, micro pensions and other impact sectors, holding several board seats. Before that he had worked… read more »

Julika Breyer has been a Director of the Supervisory Board of AB Bank Rwanda since December 2014. Julika Breyer was nominated by AccessHolding Microfinance AG. Ms. Breyer is Senior Consultant at LFS Financial Systems and has been working for LFS since 2008. From 2012 to 2014, she worked as Chief Credit Officer at AB Bank… read more »

Taimor Labib was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Union Bank in November 2017. Mr. Labib is a global emerging market investor with approximately 20 years of direct private equity and investment banking experience from leading international and regional financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, Jadwa Investment and EFG-Hermes Investment Bank. Taimoor Labib holds a… read more »

Dick Kramer joined the Board of Directors of Union Bank as a Non-Executive Director in 2012. Dick Kramer is the Chairman of African Capital Alliance, an organization that has pioneered the management of private equity investments in high potential sectors of the Nigerian economy. A trained accountant, he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School… read more »

Ian Clyne joined the board of Union Bank as a Non-Executive Director in 2014. His 39 year career began at the National Australia Bank Group in 1978. He has worked in various executive management positions in international companies around the world including the Papua New Guinea Banking Corporation and the Calyon Group (formerly Banque Indosuez)…. read more »

John C. Botts, In 2012, Mr. John Botts became a Non-Executive Director on the board of Union Bank as a representative of Corsair Capital. John C. Botts is Senior Advisor to Allen & Company Advisors LLP and Corsair Capital, both located in the UK. He has held management positions with Citibank in New York and… read more »

Jack Williams was born in Mansfield, Ohio, Jack Williams graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. He joined Exxon in April 1987 as a drilling engineer in New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved to Africa.