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
Collins Wanyonyi
Director SME Banking, Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited
Daniel Lauchenauer
Head of Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland in South Africa
Daniella Keet
Head of Strategic Partnerships, FNB Commercial
Danielle Lawrence
COO, FINASA
David Laithwaite
Head, Enterprise Lending, Africa Regions, Standard Bank
Davis Albohm
Director, Global Partnerships, Stanford Seed
Deo Onyango
Senior Industry Specialist - Sustainable Finance, IFC
Dirkes Fatma
Vice President and Head of Executive & Professional Education, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Dishi Smit
Head of Strategic Partnerships, OTT Mobile Technologies
Elan Theeboom
ESG Lead, Arise Investment
Eugene Bempong Nyantakyi
Chief Research Economist, AfDB
Fahd Diouri
Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
