Global Manager for Financial Inclusion, International Finance Corporation
Aliou Maïga
Regional Industry Director, Financial Institutions Group, Africa, International Finance Corporation
Andiswa Bata
Managing Executive: Business and Commercial Banking, Nedbank
Ashley Scott
Senior Director, Global Policy and Government Affairs, Circle
Bongi Kunene
Managing Director, Banking Association South Africa (BASA)
Charlotte Keenan
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Cleola Kunene
Executive Head of SME Development, JSE
Dr. Dorothy Nyambi
Chief Executive Officer, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)
Ethiopis Tafara
Regional Vice President, Africa, International Finance Corporation
Ghada Teima
Principal Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
Ghita Erling
Chief Executive Officer, Payments Association of South Africa
John Gachora
Group Managing Director, NCBA Group
Kelvin Teo
Co-founder, Funding Societies
Kizito Okechukwu
Executive Head, 22 On Sloane
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui
Director, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
Lyle Horsley
Head of Fintech, South African Reserve Bank
Manoj Mittal
Chairman and Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Mohamed Gouled
Vice President, Industries, International Finance Corporation
Munir Duri
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kifiya
Natalie Jabangwe
Chief Executive Officer, Timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation
Nigar Arpadarai
COP29 Climate High-Level Champion, Climate High-Level Champions
Nontobeko Lubisi
Director, Financial Inclusion, National Treasury of South Africa
Dr. Patrick Njoroge
Former Governor, Central Bank of Kenya
Pearl Nkrumah
Africa Head, Retail & Digital Banking (Excl. Nigeria), Access Bank Plc
Philip Sigwart
Group Chief Executive Officer, Baobab SAS
Qamar Saleem
Global Head, SME Finance Forum
Ravi Menon
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN); Ambassador (Climate Action), Singapore & Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Dr. Segun Ogunsanya
Chairman, Airtel Africa Foundation
Sopnendu Mohanty
Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Hon. Sylvester Adinam Mensah
Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Export-Import Bank
Nora Brown
Head of Operations, SME Finance Forum
Nshuti Mbabazi
Global Managing Director, Better Than Cash Alliance
Nvalaye Kourouma
Group Head, Business Digitization and Analytics - Consumer & Commercial Banking, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
Ody Akhanoba
Director, SME Development, African Export-Import Bank
Olivier Manzi
Technical Projects Lead, Mojaloop Foundation
Opelo Motswagae
Executive Director, Ticano SME Finance
Owureku Asare
Deputy Director, Fintech and Innovation Office, Bank of Ghana
Parag Ekbote
Chief Business Officer, Veefin Group
Pat Patel
Chief Executive Officer – USA, LATAM, MEA & Co-CEO, Forums, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Patrick Reily
Co-founder, Uplinq
Paula Maria Leynes Felipe
Regional Manager, Upstream and Advisory Services, FIG Eastern and Southern Africa, International Finance Corporation
Paula Pelaez
Director of MSME, Gender, Diversity and Inclusion, IDB Invest
