Commonwealth Business Forum Speakers
H.E. Paul Kagame
President of the Republic of Rwanda and Incoming Chair
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Rt. Hon. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda
Rt. Hon. Philip Davis
Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Rt. Hon. Andrew Michael Holness
Prime Minister, Jamaica
Rt. Hon. Édouard Ngirente
Prime Minister of Rwanda
Hon. Chris Fearne
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Malta
Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Lord Jonathan Marland
Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council
Clare Akamanzi
CEO, Rwanda Development Board
Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
Hon. Vijay Daryanani
Minister for Business, Tourism and The Port, Gibraltar
Makhtar Diop
Managing Director, IFC
Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Reeta Roy
President and CEO, Mastercard Foundation
Hon. Wamkele Mene,
Secretary General, AfCFTA
Dr. Agnes Kalibata
President, AGRA
Dr. James Manyika
Senior VP of Technology and Society, GOOGLE
Joe Moynihan
CEO, Jersey Finance
Gianni Infantino
President, FIFA
Annette Ssemuwemba
Deputy Executive Director, EIF at WTO
Dr. Donald Kaberuka
Chairman and Managing Partner, Southbridge Group
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
President , Africa Development Bank
Tamara Cincik
CEO, Fashion Roundtable
Rudra Chatterjee
MD, Luxmi Tea Company Private Ltd.
Iyinoluwa E Aboyeji
Founder and General Parnter, Future Africa
Frank Hester OBE
CEO, TPP
Dr. Joanna Newman
Secretary-General, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Jim Ovia
Founder and Chairman, Zenith Bank
Caroline Rush CBE
CEO, British Fashion Council
Derrick Roper
MD, Novare Equity Partners
Victoria Brackett
Group Chief Commercial Officer, Irwin Mitchell
Bhairav Trivedi
CEO, Crown Agents Bank
Paul Russo
CEO, KCB Group
Dr. Diane Karusisi
CEO, Bank of Kigali
Shola Akinlade
CEO and Co-Founder, Paystack
Dr. Diane Acha-Morfaw
Chair, Cameroon Promotion Investment Agency
Dr. Max Graham
Founder and CEO, Space for Giants
Robert Nelsen
Chairman, Resilience Founder, ARCH
Mansoor Hamayun
Founder, BBOX
JP Fabri
Director, Seed Consultancy
Israel Bimpe
Director Africa Go-To-Market, Zipline
Hon. Soraya Hakuziyaremye
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Rwanda
Eric Pohlman
Co-Founder and Rwanda Country Director, One Acre Fund-TUBURA, USA
Marco Forgione
Director General, Institute of Export and International Trade
Dr. Valentine Obi
Founder and Group CEO, eTranzact
Nick O'Donohoe
CEO, British International Investment
Will Straw
CEO, Prince’s Trust International
Deodat Maharaj
CEO, Caribbean Export Development Agency Trinidad & Tobago
Hardy Pemhiwa
President and CEO, Cassava Technologies
Yvonne Makolo
CEO, Rwandair
John Holland-Kaye
CEO, Heathrow Airport
Dr. Vera Songwe
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UNECA
Omowunmi Wemi-Akinsola
Founder, Fashtrack
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko
Partner, Africa Legal Partners
James Mwangi
CEO, Equity Group Holdings Plc
Dr. Hermogene Nsengimana
Secretary General, African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO)
Professor John Latham
Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University
Benjamin Fernandes
Founder and CEO, Nala Money
Hon. Gerardine Mukeshimana
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Resources, Rwanda
Perez Ochieng
CEO, SACOMA Global Foods Innovation
Teta Isibo
Founder, Inzuki Designs
Ben Hedley
Leader, Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) and Africa and Caribbean Engagement
H.E Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Hon. Dr. Ernest NSABIMANA
Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda
Simbarashe Mhuriro
Founder and MD, Oxygen Africa
James Mwangi
Executive Director, Dalberg
Paul Hinks
Founder and Chairman, Symbion Power
Victoria Chelangat Sabula
CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund
Kampeta Sayinzoga
CEO, Development Bank of Rwanda
Andrew Clint
Managing Director of Authentication, De La Rue
Dr. Asiwaju Michael Olawale-Cole
President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Fergus Drake
CEO, Crown Agents
Professor Senait Fisseha
Director, Global Programs, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Gregory Rockson
CEO, mPharma
Holm Keller
Executive Chairman & CEO, Kenup
Dr. Kathryn Toure
Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, IDRC
Dr. Sangu Delle
CEO, CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings)
Mark Napier
CEO, FSD Africa
Batya Blankers
Co-Founder & CEO, CHANCEN International Rwanda
Mohamed Amersi
Founder, Inclusive Ventures Group
Nathalie Munyampenda
CEO, Kepler
Hon. Claudette Irere
Minister of State, MINEDUC, Rwanda
Hon. Paula Ingabire
Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda
Yonas Maru
Founder, BCS Group
Wole Oshin
CEO, Custodian Investments
Teddy Mugabo
CEO, Rwanda Green Fund
Ify Umunna
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Nourishing Africa
Kaddu Sebunya
CEO, Africa Wildlife Foundation
Tsitsi Masiyiwa
Founder, Higherlife Foundation
Itzhak Fisher
Chairman, Rwanda Development Board
Dato’ Sri Idris Jala
President and Chairman, PEMANDU Associates
Dr. Frannie Leautier
Senior Partner, SouthBridge
Lanre Akinola
Head of Content, Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA)
Julie Gichuru
Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, Mastercard Foundation
Samuel Makome
CCO, KCB Group
Nick Barigye
CEO, Rwanda Finance Limited
Bronek Masojada
CEO and Founder , Association of British Insureres
George Odhiambo
Managing Director, BPR Rwanda Plc
Tesi Rusagara
Managing Director, Kigali Innovation City
Georgie Ndirangu
Global Moderator & Consultant, Portland
Fiona Muthoni
Presenter and Producer, CNBC Africa
Prof. Irving Mintzer
Director, Initiative on Closing the Investment Gap in Sustainable Finance, University of Maryland
Christelle Kwizera
Founder, Water Access Rwanda
Acha Leke
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Pascal Murasira
Managing Director, Norrsken
Alice Kilonzo-Zulu
MD, Ecobank Rwanda
Alok Sharma
President, COP26
Ralph Mupita
President & CEO, MTN Group
Faustin Mbundu
Chairman, MTN Rwandacell PLC
Ms Chantal Kagame
CEO, Mobile Money Rwanda Ltd - MTN Group
Tomas Lamanauskas
Managing Partner, Envision Associates & Candidate for Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union
Amali Chivanthi de Alwis MBE
CEO, Subak
Melvyn Lubega
Co-Founder, GO1
Keneea Linton-George
Fashion Designer, Keenea Linton Designs
Dr. Darshan Chandaria
Group CEO, Chandaria Industries Ltd
Dr. George Elombi
Executive Vice President – Corporate Governance and Legal Services, Afrexim Bank
Fadilah Tchoumba
Secretary General, African Business Angel Network
Faris Saeed
Co-Founder and CEO, Diamond Developers
John Bowers
Director of New Business, MDA Technologies
Millie Ogden
Council Member, Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Ayo Otuyalo
Group Managing Director, Prime Atlantic
Gbemi Disu
Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Dr. Amod Kumar
Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India
Tumi Dlamini
CEO, Organisation for Global Africa Cooperation
Colin Buckley
Managing Director and General Council , British International Investment
Dr. Nick Hardman-Mountford
Head of Oceans and Natural Resources, The Commonwealth
Hon. Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Gambia
Ferit Sahenk
Chairperson, Dogus Group Holding
Ingabire Muziga Mamy
Managing Director, Charis UAS
Olivia Rubagumya
Founder of O|I Productions, a Creative Agency Pioneering New African narratives
Mayor Bernard Wagner
Mayor, Belize City
Jumoke Jagun-Dokunmu
Regional Director for Eastern Africa, IFC
H.E Abdulla Shahid
President of the United Nations General Assembly
Nigel Topping
UK High Level Champion for COP26 and Former CEO of We Mean Business
Dr Nadia Binte Amin
Chair, Women's Entrepreneurship for Development Association (WEND)
David Rhoden Salmon
Journalist, Jamaica Gleaner
Joseph Abakunda
Chief Strategy Officer, Rwanda Space Agency
Alice Higiro
Smart Cities Project Director, Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda
Suhail Al Banna
CEO and Managing Director, DP World Middle East and Africa
Annick Sakho
Regional Director, Sales - Sub-Saharan Africa, Oracle
Dr. Andrew Forrest
Non-executive Chairman, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) & Chairman and Co-Founder, Minderoo Foundation
CJ Fonzi
Partner at Dalberg Advisors and Office Director, Dalberg Kigali
Ntoudi Mouyelo
Chief Investment Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited
Pardon Mujakachi
VP Strategy and Partnerships, Chippercash Africa
Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda
The Rt Hon Sir Hugo Swire KCMG
Deputy Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council
Nirj Deva
Founder, Commonwealth Union
Wilf Blackburn
Regional CEO, Prudential
Astrid Haas
Urban Economist, African Development Bank
Nardos Bekele-Thomas
CEO NEPAD, Ethiopia
Grant Reid
President and CEO, MARS Inc., United States
Patrick Ambuga Amuyunzu
Commercial Head and Director, East Africa UPL
Godfrey Mutizwa
Chief Editor, CNBC AfricaL
Prof. Paul Noon
Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Enterprise & Innovation, Coventry University
