David is Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Kasada Capital Management. Kasada Capital Management is an investment platform within the Kasada group, dedicated to hospitality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm was launched in 2018 with the backing of Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, and Accor, a world leading hospitality group. In April 2019…
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Cheryl Buss is currently the CEO of Absa International which includes Absa Securities United Kingdom. Among other responsibilities, Cheryl leads the bank’s international operations which ultimately enables a globally scalable business that drives connectivity with corporates and institutional clients through an independent international presence. Cheryl joined Absa in 2008 and managed the Global…
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Until his appointment as Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation in Senegal in April 2019, Mr. Amadou Hott was the Vice President of the African Development Bank’s Power, Energy, Green Growth and Climate Change Complex, since November 2016, and has 20 years of experience in areas such as structured finance, sovereign wealth funds management, investment banking, infrastructure and the…
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Jenn Jones is a senior policy strategist and social impact advocate who has spent over 20 years fighting to change norms, change policies and empower people to build equitable communities. Jenn currently serves as the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), overseeing a staff of 8,000 employees dedicated to providing affordable housing for poor and working…
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Fareena Mazhar is an officer of Central Superior Service and Secretary, Board of Investment (BOI), Pakistan. Earlier, she served as the executive director general at BOI and was leading on business reforms in Pakistan. She has over 30-year-experience of working in the government sector across various organizations including Federal Board of Revenue, Ministry of Commerce, Pakistan Electronic Media…
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Sanjay Kathuria is a fellow at the Wilson Center, a senior visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in India, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and visiting faculty at Ashoka University. Previously, he was a lead economist at the World Bank. He is one of the leading thinkers and…
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Ahsan Khan Chowdhury is the chairman and chief executive officer of PRAN RFL Group— the largest food and beverage brand in Bangladesh. The business conglomerate, established in 1981, pioneered agribusiness in Bangladesh by providing farmers with guaranteed prices. In 2008, the company announced plans to open a production facility in Tripura, India, after the Indian government lifted the ban on…
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Hector Gomez Ang is the Regional Director, South Asia, IFC. Prior to this role, he was IFC’s regional manager for Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, and Botswana. Between 2014 and 2019, he served as IFC’s country manager in Brazil, where he led the repositioning of IFC’s operations in the country. In his role in South Asia, Hector focuses on strengthening IFC’s presence in the region, targeting the…
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Lilia Razlog is a Senior Debt Specialist in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice of the World Bank. She is a leading expert in Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) evaluations, conducted by the World Bank as part of the Debt Management Facility technical assistance program, funded through a multi-donor trust fund. The program assists low and lower-middle income…
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His function includes risk management, environmental management, climate change adaptation and mitigation and water service compliance monitoring. He is tasked with the mammoth responsibility to oversee and drive the municipality’s transition towards a Green Economy given the finite nature of natural resources. Mr. Mhlongo is a Member of the Mbombela Appeals Tribunal and the Chairperson of the…
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