Ai’s advisory board is made up of cross-border investment experts, investment bankers and communications directors from business and government. Advisory board members ensure Africa investor’s content remains relevant to international investors and the financial media.
The Board is chaired by:
- Dr Alhaji Bamanga Tukur »
Chair, NEPAD Business Group and Executive President, African Business Roundtable (ABR)
Members of the Board:
- Mr Nick Allen »
Head of Corporate Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, East, West and Central Africa - Mr Demba Ba »
Head of Private Sector Development, World Bank - Mr Justin Chinyanta »
Chairman, Loita Capital Partners International - Mr Rob Clark »
General Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Visa International CEMEA - Ms Ngozi Edozien »
Regional Director East, Central and Anglo-Lusophone West Africa (ECAWA) Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals - Mr Jean-Louis Ekra »
President, African Export-Import Bank - Mr Geoffrey Lipman »
Assistant Secretary General, UNWTO - Mr Nick Hales »
Area Director, West Africa, British American Tobacco - Mr Barry Humphreys »
Director of External Affairs and Route Development, Virgin Atlantic - Dr Cecilia Ibru »
Managing Director & CEO, Oceanic Bank - Ms Yvonne Johnston »
CEO, International Marketing Council of South Africa - Dr William Kalema »
Chairman, Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) - Dr Ken Kwaku »
Special Advisor to Former President Mkapa - Mr Dan Marokane »
General Manager, Exploration & Production (E&P), PetroSA - Mr Desi Lopez Fafie »
Vice President, Oracle Africa - Ms Norah Odwesso »
Corporate Relations Director, Diageo Africa - Ms Arunma Oteh »
Vice President, Corporate Services, African Development - Mr Mark Smith »
Director Middle East and Africa, Travelex Plc - Mr Chris West »
Deputy Director, Shell Foundation
Member of the board:
Ms Norah Odwesso
Corporate Relations Director, Diageo AfricaNorah Odwesso has been Diageo Africa’s Corporate Relations Director since 2005.
Prior to this she was employed at East African Breweries, firstly as Group Strategy Manager and then as Director of External Affairs.
Ms Odwesso has also worked for Standard Chartered Bank, the Capital Markets Authority and Steel Africa Ltd. She holds an MA in Finance & Investment from the University of Exeter and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Nairobi.