Andrew founded LeapFrog Investments in 2007. Today, LeapFrog’s companies serve 130 million people across Africa, Asia and Latin America with financial tools and healthcare. Since investment portfolio companies have grown an average of 40% per annum. They support 120,000 jobs. Andrew is a Board Member of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). In 2018 he was named the recipient of…
Type: Expert
Lim Guan Eng is Minister of Finance in the new Pakatan Harapan Government led by Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir. He is a well-known politician serving as the Secretary General of the Democratic Action Party since 2004. He also served as Chief Minister for the State of Penang from 2008-2018 and is the son of Lim Kit Siang – a long-time leader of the opposition from 1973-1999. YB Minister Lim…
Type: Expert
JPN joined Smart Africa in January 2018 as Special Advisor to the Executive Director. In his role, he will be in charge of supporting the Executive Director on overall organizational strategy, operations, partnership, resource mobilization, corporate communication and branding. Phil is a strong believer in the combined power of leadership, technology, innovation and inclusive partnerships to…, Prior to joining Smart Africa, Phil served successively as Cabinet Minister of Youth and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Government of Rwanda for 6 years. In that capacity, he spearheaded several flagship initiatives including TransformAfrica Summits and YouthConnekt Africa Initiative. He led the design and implementation of the Smart Rwanda Master Plan with policies on…
Type: Expert
Mr. Kganyago has been the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank since November 2014. He served as Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from May 2011, and was responsible for a wide range of areas, including research, financial stability and regulatory reform, bank supervision, and risk management and compliance. During his tenure as Director-General of the National Treasury of…
Type: Expert
Geoff Cutmore is co-anchor for CNBC's flagship Squawk Box programme in EMEA. The three-hour show, which broadcasts worldwide five days a week, bookends the opening of European equity markets and is a must-see for financial professionals, C-suite executives and investors. Cutmore is one of CNBC's most experienced presenters, with more than 20 years covering the financial markets. He has anchored…
Type: Expert
Caroline Freund is Global Director of Trade, Investment and Competitiveness. Previously she was a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. She has also worked as Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank, after working for nearly a decade in the international trade unit of the research department. Freund began her career in the…
Type: Expert
Dr Khor is responsible for macroeconomic and financial market surveillance on East Asia and on the member economies in the region. He is also a member of the senior management team responsible for setting the strategic direction and management of AMRO. Prior to joining AMRO, Dr. Khor was a Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF),…
Type: Expert
From 2009 to 2013, Dollar was the U.S. Treasury’s economic and financial emissary to China, based in Beijing, facilitating the macroeconomic and financial policy dialogue between the United States and China. Prior to joining Treasury, Dollar worked 20 years for the World Bank, serving as country director for China and Mongolia, based in Beijing (2004-2009). His other World Bank assignments…
Type: Expert
Prior to the appointment, Zou served as Commissioner of the National Supervisory Commission, China’s highest anti-corruption agency, since March 2018, Vice Minister of Supervision from March 2017, and previously Head of Discipline Inspection Group of Foreign Affairs Office, CPC Central Committee between 2016-2017. During 2009-2015, Zou was Director-General of Ministry of Finance’s Department of…
Type: Expert
Timothy Marbun is the main news anchor for “Sapa Indonesia Pagi” morning show on Kompas TV, owned by one of Indonesia’s largest media companies, Kompas Gramedia. Starting off at Indonesia's first News Television, Metro TV, Timothy has been a broadcast journalist for 11 years, and now sits as an Executive Producer where he creates and handles programs such as News Bulletins, In-Depth Reports, Talk…
Type: Expert