Tedd George is the founder and Chief Narrative Office of Kleos Advisory. Kleos provides thought leadership and strategic advisory on African markets, commodity value chains and fintech. Tedd advises on a number of fintech & agritech projects in Africa and is a regular speaker on the conference circuit and commentator in the media (see @DrTeddGeorge for details). Tedd has a number of specialities, including disruptive technology (especially fintech, blockchain, agritech & regtech), soft commodities (especially cocoa), agribusiness, trade and trade finance.

Duarte Pedreira is an experienced trade financier, with an emphasis in emerging markets. He joined Crown Agents Bank in August 2016, having previously held senior trade finance roles with the Standard Bank Group, where he was responsible for African trade finance sales in South Africa and transactional banking at the bank’s Angolan subsidiary. Duarte has also previously held roles at AIG and Caspian Sea Capital.

Barnabas Kalenzi is currently Bank of Kigali’s Head of Business Intelligence in charge of coordinating the business planning process to ensure timeliness and quality in the process. He coordinates research and strategy to ensure the availability of data that advises timely and quality strategy development for the bank.

Lanre Oloniniyi has over 15 years’ investment experience doing business between Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to co-founding Orbitt, Lanre was involved in originating investment ideas and raising the required capital to grow start-ups in Africa, including Sankuru, First African Gold and Tranergy Capital. He also worked at BP, Subsea 7 and Citi in the UK.

Grace Murage is an experienced corporate banker with over 12 years’ experience across SSA spanning Trade Finance, Cash Management and Global Markets.  In her current role, she manages FI relationships in East and Southern Africa as well supporting corporate clients in East Africa to structure sustainable working capital solutions.

Susan Aburi is Head of Financial Relationships for Tradeable House Africa, a company focused on sourcing and supplying a wide-ranging assortment of quality finished goods, raw materials, energy products (LPG, Petroleum), pharmaceuticals, building material, equipment (machinery, plant) and food products.

Graham Bright is the Head – Compliance and Operations at Euro Exim Bank, an innovative financial institution specialising in Trade Finance – LCs, SBLCs and Bank Guarantees facilitating global trade. He is an experienced industry professional and his extensive career has covered more than 35 years (20 years at SWIFT). It encompasses working collaboratively with industry utilities, regulators and central Banks (CHAPS and Enquiry link projects), consulting, and partner/channels management.

Joyce Njogu is Head of KAM Consulting at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), a representative of manufacturing and value-add industries in Kenya. KAM seeks to create wealth at both corporate and individual levels by advocating for a competitive environment for businesses to operate, thereby creating better industries, growing the economy, creating jobs and hence resulting in better standards of living for Kenyans.

Patrick Makau is the current Executive Principal and Head of Trade and Trade Products for Standard Chartered Bank Kenya and East Africa. He has over 13 years Banking experience in Trade Finance and Cash Management providing Working Capital Solutions across geographies and industries. His experience spans both public and private domains with key focus on Structured Trade & Commodity Finance and Cash Management within Manufacturing, Energy, Oil & Gas, Agriculture & Commodities, FI Trade, ICT and Public Sector, among others.

Eric Intong is a Corporate and Investment Banker with over 15 years’ experience in Trade Finance, Corporate Banking and Risk Management. He joined Afreximbank in March 2014 and is responsible for Sovereigns, Financial Institutions and Corporates across Africa, in the Trade Finance Department. Prior to joining Afreximbank, he was Vice President, Deputy Corporate Banking Head and Business Credit Officer for Citibank Cameroon responsible for Global Clients and Local Corporates Relationship Management in Central and West Africa.