Africa

Adam Walker has 15 years’ experience as the Group CFO of three separate UK listed companies. Prior to joining IHS Towers, Adam was the Group CFO of GKN plc, one of the world’s leading engineering and manufacturing companies in the Aerospace and Automotive markets with operations in 30 countries. During his four year tenure, Adam… read more »

William S. Saad is responsible for shaping IHS Towers‘ long-term technology vision and driving innovation across the company. William S. Saad has over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. He has played a key part in the development and roll-out of Nigeria’s telecom sector, including building the first turnkey sites that marked the beginning… read more »

Alfonso Garate joined the Board of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. as a Non-Executive Director on Wednesday 11th March 2015. Alfonso Garate holds a Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration Degree from University Pontificia Comillas – ICADE, Madrid, Spain (1992) and attended Harvard Business School – Advanced Management Program (2009). He is also an alumnus… read more »

Thanassis Mazarakis is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC, a position he has occupied since 3rd July, 2006. Thanassis Mazarakis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University (1984) and a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (1985). Prior… read more »

Yannis Katsaounis  is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, a position he has occupied since September, 1993. Yannis Katsaounis holds a Graduate Degree in Economics University of Geneva (1972); Graduate Degree in Regional Development, University of Athens (1975); Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (University of… read more »

Abba Mamman Tor Habib is a thorough bred banking professional with 20 years banking experience, 15 of which were spent with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he voluntarily resigned in 2008 as an Executive Director. His experience in Guaranty Trust Bank spanned across Corporate Banking and Risk Management. Mr. Habib has since 2008 been the… read more »

Mallam Ibn Mohammed received his educational qualification from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he graduated with a Second Class Upper Division in Social Sciences, even this is backed with an array of professional certificates and diplomas from within and outside the country. Mallam Ibn Mohammed started his career as a sports journalist with… read more »

Nico Steytler is a Professor of public law and the South African Research Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy at the Community Law Centre, the University of the Western Cape. Nico Steytler was formerly Director of the Community Law Centre, a research and advocacy institute that works on governance and human rights. His main… read more »

Russell Opland has designed, implemented, and led privacy and information security programmes for extremely large and prestigious organisations in the US for over 10 years, serving as their chief privacy and information security officer. He is the only person in South Africa with this wealth of practical, operational experience in privacy and data protection. For… read more »

Rodrigo Rubira Branco is senior principal security researcher at Intel Corporation, based in its Security Centre of Excellence, where he leads the Client Core and BIOS Teams. Rodrigo Rubira Branco is the founder of the Dissect || PE Malware Analysis Project and has held positions as director of Vulnerability & Malware Research at Qualys and… read more »

Brian Eiseb is a holder of LLB (Honours)- University of Namibia (2011), B. Juris – University of Namibia (2009), Specialized Training in Senior Management Development – University of Stellenbosch (2012) and a National Diploma Police Science University of Namibia (2009) and a Certificate in Forensic Interviewing. He is an admitted Attorney of the High Court… read more »

Kuruvilla Mathew has a Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom and is also a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA, UK). Kuruvilla Mathew has also undertaken the International Executive Management Development (IEDP) Programme, from the University of Witwatersrand Business School/London Business School. Career and Experience: Mr. Kuruvilla Mathew is currently serving… read more »

Jose Cantillana was born in 1969. Jose Cantillana holds a Business Administration and economic Science BSc from Universidad Sevilla and an MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra. In 1994 he joined Ibersuizas, a private Equity firm, as Director and from 2000 – 2004 he was CEO & Chariman of Cementos Cienfuegos. He joined… read more »

Pierre Costa joins from IBM where he held various positions, leading large and complex project deliveries and sales in an international and multi-cultural environment. Pierre Costa holds an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and an engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees in France. He stayed in Africa.

Jonathan Pegler, Before joining Puma Energy in 2015, Jonathan Pegler was global co-head of crude trading and head of oil Asia for Trafigura, based in Singapore. Prior to Trafigura, he worked for four years at Amerada Hess and nine years at BP, managing trading portfolios for products and risk management of their European Downstream system…. read more »