Mr Wong is Group President & CEO of Sembcorp Industries since 2020. Prior to that he was group chief executive officer of Singapore Power (SP Group), Mr Wong led the transformation of the company towards an increased focus on sustainability and innovation. Prior to the SP Group, Mr Wong was senior managing director of investments at Temasek International, overseeing investments in the energy…
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Christian Déséglise is Group Head of Sustainable Infrastructure and Innovation at HSBC. Previously, he held various positions within HSBC, including Head of Sustainable Finance and Investments, Global Head of Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds at HSBC Global Banking and Markets, and Global Head of Emerging Markets at HSBC Global Asset Management. Christian is also a Non-Executive Director…
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Maria Flachsbarth is the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
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Evans Wadongo is a Partner at Wadson Ventures, an early stage venture builder working with promising African start-ups. He is a Co-Founder at GreenWize Energy, which is advancing cutting-edge African-designed renewable energy solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also the Founder of Sustainable Development For All, an organization that has helped lift thousands of mostly rural people out of…
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Ada Osakwe is the 2021 Forbes Africa Businesswoman of the Year. As an award-winning entrepreneur, investor and passionate African development advocate, she has a successful track record with 20 years’ experience in private equity investing, development finance, public policy and startup venture-building. She is Managing Partner of Agrolay Ventures, a principal investment firm that deploys capital…
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Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah assumed duty as the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations in February 2017. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sunyani West Constituency, having been elected in 2008, 2012 and 2016. In 1992 Hon. Baffour Awuah obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Business Administration (Accounting option) from the University of Ghana Business School, Legon. He…
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Alain Kabundi is a Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region of the World Bank. He joined the Bank in 2018 and had worked at the Prospects Group after spending four years at the Prospects Group. Prior to joining the World Bank, he was lead economist in the research department of the South African Reserve Bank. Alain Kabundi is an associate editor of the South…
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Magali Rodriguez Reyes is a recruiter at the World Bank Group (WBG). A Mexican national, Magali has 15 years of experience in human resources, and before joining the World Bank Group, she spent worked for 15 years in Public & Private Sector and Academia, and three years as a professor of Mexican Political System, Political Science and Latin American Studies, at Universidad Anahuac del Sur…
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Paul Brenton is Lead Economist in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice of the World Bank. He focuses on analytical and operation work on trade and regional integration. He is currently working on issues including small-scale cross-border trade in Africa, trade and climate change and regional integration in the Horn of Africa. He recently co-authored the World Bank report on…
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Lois Gicheru is the Founder and CEO of Solafrique, a company committed to increasing access to electricity in Kenya through the development of solar micro grids in rural and underserved areas. She has amassed a wealth of experience offering energy consultancy services to rural-based commercial entities and local governments in Kenya. Lois is the Deputy Secretary and Treasurer of the World Energy…
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