OUR PEOPLE
Our people include top leaders in their industry and successful entrepreneurs that are either African or have direct African experience in key disciplines required to ensure the effective and successful design and delivery of capital projects in Africa
Kadiatou Konate,
Executive Director
Kadi Konate is a business leader in Finance with 15 years of experience in Business Strategy & Planning, Financial Management and Reporting, Enterprise Risk Management as well as Business Improvement for large and medium size companies in the Energy, Real Estate and Mining sectors.
Jean is a strategic communications expert with over 25 years corporate communications experience, over 10 of those years were spent in the African Mining sector where she worked as vice president communications and external affairs Africa for Rio Tinto, Barrick Gold and Placer Dome.
Jean chawapiwa,
Lead - Communication/ Marketing/Branding
S. Gabriel Shumba,
Lead - Financing
S. Gabriel Shumba is Chief Executive Officer of Group Shumba, LLC. Gabriel has over 17 years’ experience in banking, structured finance, private equity, and business venture development.
Jacques Nyemb,
Lead - Legal
Jacques Jonathan Nyemb is a lawyer and policy advisor. Mr. Nyemb is working at Cabinet Nyemb. He was formerly an Attorney-at-law at a leading international US law firm, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, advising on project finance with a focus on infrastructure, energy, oil and gas and mining sectors.
Christian Mulamula,
Lead - Institutional Partner Relations
Christian is a member of the Dakar (Senegal) based IFC Mining team. Apart from working on the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, he is responsible for developing IFC’s mining business in the West Africa region (Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone).
Papa Dia, a native of Dakar, Senegal arrived in Denver, Colorado the spring of 1998 with a law degree from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. Starting from an entry level position at a local bank, Papa’s hard work and dedication soon earned him a senior leadership role.
As a vice president, he has been recognized by BBVA Compass, Wells Fargo, and Key Bank for consistently surpassing ambitious sales goals and penetrating into communities historically and culturally resistant to retail banking.
Papa Dia,
Lead - Government and local authority engagement
Ibrahima Barry,
Lead - Community Relations Engagement
Ibrahima has over 25 years of experience managing community relations and social license to operate challenges. While working for the United Nations at the International Labor Burau (BIT) he developed expertise in providing training related to social groups change management, facilitating agreements with communities through the design and implementation of a Think Tank (Dialogue Social) to establish appropriate solutions to maintain social peace.
Mohamed Diallo,
Lead – Operations
Mr. Mohamed Diallo is a business leader in the Telecom industry and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GUILAB.
He has over 13 years experience in study, design, roll-out and operation of telecommunications networks and systems.
He has led several projects involving the development of access networks, MPLS backbone, submarine cable systems, among others, both in Europe and in Africa.
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
OUR BOARD OF ADVISORS
OUR BOARD OF ADVISORS
Include top leaders in their industry and successful entrepreneurs that have direct African experience in key disciplines required to ensure the effective and successful design and delivery of capital projects in Africa!
Mr. Steven Din
Chairman of the board
Steven Din is the Chief Executive Officer of Konkola Copper Mines plc, Zambia since May 2014. He has over 20 years of extensive experience in the natural resources industry including copper, iron ore, titanium and oil and gas.
Mr. Frank Corsini
Energy Expert
Frank is the Chairman & Founder of GIVE Global Energy which specializes in advising and partnering with governments and private industry to create viable renewable energy based upon sustainable agriculture practices and best of breed green energy facility designs.
Dr. Luka Powanga
Energy Expert
Dr. Luka Powanga is a professor in the School of Management at Regis University and the Executive Director of the Global Commerce Forum which hosts the Energy Africa Conference (www.energyafricaconference.com).
Mr. Haris Zografakis
Legal Expert
Haris is a partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP. He heads the firm's commodities practice and for over twenty years has dealt with all aspects of shipping and international maritime trade.
Mr. Christian Mion
Emerging Markets Expert
Christian is a Senior Partner EMEIA Advisory – FraMaLux and Mena Mining leader within EY (Ernst & Young). He joined EY in 1990. He was managing partner of the Guinea office for 20 years and the RDC office during 10 years prior to his current role in the Paris office.
Warrick Ranson
Infrastructure/ Commercial Expert
Warrick is a commercial executive with over 20 years experience working at senior levels in strategy and negotiation, finance, business services, innovation and process change.
John Woods
Mining & Metals Expert
John is the lead Partner for our Deloitte Central and Eastern Africa Mining Practice. He has over 20 years of experience in the Energy & Resources industry and mining in particular.
Dr. Chris Smith,
Governance Expert
Dr. Chris Smith has developed expertise over 30 years in peacebuilding, early recovery and development
Makha Thiam,
Lead - Elite Member Engagement
Makha is one of the founder of EspaceJappo, a network which aims to become a platform for the empowerment of Senegalese in France
Ibrahima has over 25 years of experience managing community relations and social license to operate challenges
Ibrahima Barry,
Lead - Community Relations Engagement
OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
