Executive MBA Profile Class of 2016/17

Executive MBA Profile
Class of 2016/17
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Ahmad Alshammari KSA
[email protected]
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University
of Rostock, Germany, PhD Application of
Nanotechnology in Catalysis; University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, MSc Designing
Chemical Solutions; King Saud University,
KSA, BSc Chemistry
Languages: Arabic, German
Co-Director, KACST-UC Berkeley Center of
Excellence of Nanomaterials for Clean Energy
Application, USA and KSA
Developed the strategic research plans
Monitored progress towards completing
the objectives
Led the R&D strategy to enhance research
opportunities within the research centre
Drove projects forward to meet all internal and
external targets and deadlines
Monitored the operating and financial results
against plans and budgets
Principal investigator for developed new
materials for clean energy application
Commercialisation of inventions and
research results
Assistant Director, Nanotechnology Research
Center, KACST, KSA
Provided all day-to-day management of multiple
R&D teams
Led scientific research activities
Recruited researchers and students
Team leader for CO2 utilisation project
Senior Research Scientist, KACST, KSA
Designed and synthesised innovative materials
at lab scale
Interpreted scientific results and provided
recommendations for moving forward
Submitted the annual technical reports, patents,
scientific papers
Submitted proposals for getting funding
Production Engineer, Maersk Contractors,
Aberdeen, UK
Provided asset engineering support to two
FPSOs in the North Sea
Liaised with clients (Shell and Conoco-Phillips)
and regulatory bodies on statutory, engineering
and commercial aspects of the day-to-day
running of the facilities
Career interests
Research innovation and technology;
entrepreneurship; business building; lab
infrastructure development; clean energy
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Racheal Ankrah-Fosu USA
Ahmet Hamdi Bahceci Turkey
Rutgers University, USA, BA Ex. Sci
Management, Political Science (Hons)
Bentley University, US, MSc Finance; Bentley
University, US, BSc Economics & Finance
Languages: Turkish
[email protected]
Global Head – Latency, Capacity and
Performance Management, New York
Stock Exchange Euronext, USA
Global capacity management and optimisation
of ultra-low latency trading applications across
11 diverse exchanges
Assessment of next generation technology
trading platforms that enhance the digitisation
of financial instruments trading
Delivered US$3.5m+ resource efficiency savings
globally via technology and process automation
and simplification
Reduced strategic operational costs by 40%
via consolidating silo data-related functions
Set up latency and capacity management
function, replicated across markets globally
Consulted with financial exchange business
owners with combined trading volume in excess
of US$1bn across equity, options and futures
markets on joint business-technology large scale
implementations
Managing Director, Manager ICE,
NYSE ARCA, USA
Negotiated contracts and managed strategic
vendors. Oversight of US$1.7m budget
Facilitated strategic business-technology
decision making, delivered BI and predictive
analytics solutions to C suite
Oversaw and managed strategic, operational
and technical plans for deploying new products
and technology
Interfaced with brokerage firms to garner
support for US$100m+ revenue, cutting edge
secure financial transaction infrastructure
CEO, Galileo Preschool, USA
Acquired small business; transformed and
managed P&L growth from US$300,000 to
US$1m revenue in six years
Consultant, Accenture, USA
Developed LNP marketing strategies that
increased commercial sales by US$100m; built
competitive market analysis, developed
implementation plans
Conducted quantitative research to determine
pricing strategies; analysed rollout scenarios
and recommended approach to large clients
Delivered BI to profile prospective corporate
targets, increased new B2B base by 25%
Built “what-if” predictive modelling scenarios
by incorporating segmentation and profiling to
ensure realistic modelling
Career interests
Inclusive finance/VC; corporate strategy;
business and technology; digital financial
services; entrepreneurship; emerging markets;
big data; sustainability investments
[email protected]
CEO/Board Member, Bahceci Health Group,
Turkey
Directly responsible for the medical and
non-medical operations
Enforcement of the strategic business plan
drafted by the board
Development of new facilities and markets in
Eastern Europe, Middle East and Near East
Largest IVF service provider chain in the region
with a strong brand name and high success rate
Vice President, Bahceci Health Group, Turkey
Responsible for all aspects of international
operations
Responsible for financial control, treasury and
accounting of the whole group reporting directly
to the CEO
Business development in international markets
Dealer, Derivatives Trading Desk,
Garanti Bank, Turkey
Usha Baid UK,
India work authorisation
[email protected]
Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants, UK, CGMA; Chartered Institute
of Company Secretaries, India, ICSI; University
of Rajasthan, India, Masters in Commerce –
Accountancy and Business Studies;
Languages: Hindi
Senior Financial Controller, T- Systems Ltd,
UK & Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany
Engaged in in-house consulting for strategic
projects leading to implementation of various
integrated cost savings and process improvement
programme – Centre for Strategic Projects at
Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Introduced enhanced management reporting
and streamlined reporting processes, including
development of KPI reporting
Direct all aspects of month-end controlling
for cost base of £40m on various service lines
and Accounts
Providing tactical and strategic insight into
business performance for ongoing and ad hoc
projects to business partners
Alexandra Bekisheva Kazakhstan
[email protected]
Kazakhstan Institute of Management,
Kazakhstan, MBA (Hons) Economics and
Strategic Research (Major: Finance; Minor:
Accounting); Humanitarian Academy, Russia,
BA Economic; Kazakh-Russian University,
Kazakhstan, BA Economic; IPMA Level B; CAP
Languages: Russian, Kazakh
Chief Economy and Business Development
Officer, ENGINEERING COMPANY
KAZGIPRONEFTETRANS LLP, Kazakhstan;
Chairman of the Board of Directors, KPJV
Limited, UK
Formulating company’s mission and
development strategy resulting in a doubling
of the company’s revenue and earnings
Analysing business landscape and leading M&A
process from identification due diligence and
business evaluation to consolidated operations
with investment criteria over US$50m
Leading the bidding process for entire portfolio,
including the complex submission for the
development of the biggest oil field found during
the last 40 years
Responsible for all financial activities including
cash flow and working capital management for
multimillion oil engineering contracts
Coordinating the initiatives of development and
state approval of the special technical conditions
required for international companies to operate,
by relying on best practices applied to existing
functions around the world
Introduced robust control environment and
driving systems improvements, ensuring no
issues for internal, external audits
As a member of the board of directors,
provide direction for the organisation,
identifying mission, strategy and goals
Development and approval ethics and
compliance policy
Dealer, FX trading Desk, Garanti Bank, Turkey
Control and development of all planning and
forecasting for projects (major $50m and
minor $3m) including integral part of senior
management review panel process
Foreign exchange trading with focus on
G-10 currencies
Management Accountant, Infrasoft
Technologies Ltd, UK
Provide overall direction for the company, review
of risk register, development of mitigation plan
Market making in Turkish Lira trades, managing
customer flow
Financial control of UK business, including all
reporting, business analysis, planning and
forecasting, reporting systems and compliance
Review and approve company strategy on
Kazakh content
Foreign exchange OTC derivatives trading with
focus on G-10 vs Turkish Lira trades
Pricing complex derivatives structures for large
corporate clients
Pricing OTC single stock options and
commodities options
Market making in G-10 and Turkish lira trades on
Turkish futures exchange
Setting exchange rates for branches and online
banking customers
Managing the foreign exchange positions of
the bank
Career interests
Healthcare management; strategic planning;
reproductive medicine and genetics;
cross-border healthcare investments;
M&A; private equity; venture capital
Project Accountant, Technip Ltd, UK
Controlled UK finance team to deliver a rapid
and accurate month end close
Research Analyst, M/S TMDugar, India
Building financial models involving revenue and
cost analysis with future estimates
Orchestrating the establishment of the
governance systems
Vice President of Finance and
Commerce, ENGINEERING COMPANY
KAZGIPRONEFTETRANS LLP, Kazakhstan
Introduced new definition of labour efficiency
and re-engineered organisational structure to
improve productivity factor
Producing management pack on company’s
business operations and management
strategy plans
Established international project department to
deal with mega-projects over US$10bn capex
with international partner involvement and
80% contribution to the company’s revenue
Career interests
Directed establishment of diversified strategy
by participating in the remarkable project
of International Fair Astana EXPO 2017 with
capex exceeding US$6bn
Strategy consulting; social entrepreneurship;
investment banking; private equity; international
business development; financial management;
venture capital
Identified and utilised adequate hedging
strategies to protect more than US$20m
returns which emerged after the threat of
20% devaluation of local currency
Career interests
Leadership; strategy; finance; economics;
business development; emerging markets
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Olivier Bindo UK, Belgium
William Bryant UK
University of Oxford, UK, Postgraduate Diploma
Global Business; ICHEC, Belgium, BA Business
Management
Languages: French
University of Bath, UK, BSc Economics
[email protected]
Director, Olimat Ltd, UK
Providing operational strategy definition,
operating model implementation to the asset
management industry. Technical implementation
of IT trading systems, creation of operating model
for cross borders operational change initiatives
[email protected]
Founder, Bryant Wealth Management, UK
Established Associate Partner Practice with
St James’s Place Wealth Management
Providing bespoke wealth management and
financial planning advice to individuals and
small corporates
Specialising in tax efficient investment and
private equity
Consultant, Standard Life Investments, UK
Director, Credit Suisse, UK
Participated in implementing the global
operating model across all operations following
on from £390m acquisition of competitor.
Actively involved in defining the exit strategy
and de-coupling activities following on from
the £2bn sale of overseas operations
Emerging market equity trader responsible for
agency and proprietary trading across MENA,
Turkey and Greece
Lead Business Analyst, Aberdeen Asset
Management (Swip), UK
Managed full circle implementation of trading
and risk system, leading a team of business
analysts: vendor selection, business analysis,
workflow design and implementation
Implementation Manager, Charles River
Development, UK
Project managed and implemented the trading,
compliance and portfolio management system
in leading asset managers across Europe,
North America and North Africa. Lead teams
of business analysts
Senior Analyst, Goldman Sachs, UK
Helped create the control team within
international settlements
Career interests
Helped establish CS MENA franchise including
access products into Saudi Arabia
Generated proprietary revenue via a number
of strategies including day trading, local-ADR
arbitrage, long-short mean reversion and market
directional trades
David Carter Australia, UK,
USA work authorisation
[email protected]
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia;
University of Newcastle, Australia, Bachelor of
Commerce; University of Newcastle, Australia,
Bachelor of Information Science
George Chan UK
[email protected]
University of Cambridge, UK, MPhil Economics;
University College London, UK, BSc Economics
Languages: Cantonese, French
Head of Programme Management,
British Land plc, UK
VP Finance, Brightidea Inc, USA
Led the insourcing of property management
Responsible for company finance strategy and
structure to support rapid growth
Managed the programme for the creation of a
new town in London
Drive data and ROI analysis across all areas of the
business including sales, marketing, professional
services and operations
‘Chief of Staff’ for British Land’s largest business,
retail property
Levelled up board and executive team reporting
to industry best practice for SaaS companies
Financial Controller, Synamed LLC, USA
Oversaw finance and administration allowing
business to scale for rapid growth
Director of Business Intelligence & Special
Projects, European Directories, UK
Led the development of a major software platform
Responsible for creating and running the business
intelligence team
Set up debt and equity financing
Corporate turnaround of distressed subsidiary
businesses
Established joint ventures with Philippines and
Vietnam key suppliers
Associate, AEA Investors
Associate Director, HSBC, UK
General Manager, Ontracks Consulting, USA
Identified, analysed and assessed industry
sectors and potential acquisition targets
Senior emerging markets equity trader
experienced in running books across all
EMEA markets
Founded US business and grew to revenues of
US$2m+ with 10+ consultants in two years
Corporate turnaround of a distressed business
Developed a strong client franchise as well as
a sustained track record of proprietary revenue
Delivered two highly complex asset
management projects for solar energy
manufacturer and midwest gas utility
Established and developed a strong network of
local contacts through managing relationships
with regional offices and local brokers
Founded industry association focused on best
practices in asset management for the oil and gas
industry for safety, efficiency and reliability
Career interests
Director Asset Management, Matrikon Inc,
Australia, Canada, USA
Entrepreneurship; innovation; global trends;
private equity; venture capital; hedge fund;
value investing; behavioural finance; emerging
markets; investment and wealth management
Global strategy; operational strategy;
business change; information technology;
entrepreneurship; leadership
Founded North American Asset Management
Group, maintaining strong customer loyalty
through successful project delivery, high
customer service, and with integrity to grow
division from zero to US$5m+ revenue prior
to acquisition
Consultant, LEK Consulting
Completed 20 strategy projects in the transport
and tourism, biotech and pharma, telecoms and
FMCG industries
Advised on 15 commercial and financial due
diligence projects in a broad range of industries
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; corporate turnarounds;
strategy; private equity
Established 24-hour, follow the sun delivery
organisation linking North America, UK, Australia
and India
In Asia-Pacific, positively reversed significant
underperforming projects/contracts, achieving
significant performance payouts
Matrikon Entrepreneur of the year 2010
Senior Accountant, Audit and Advisory, KPMG,
Australia
Senior audit, assurance and accountant lead of
small teams for accounting, external audit and
internal audit for ASX, TSX, NASDAQ and NYSE
listed clients
Career interests
Technology; entrepreneurship; innovation; finance
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Matthew Cheeks UK, Guyana
Jill Cornish UK
Oliver Csendes Hungary
University of Cambridge, UK, PhD Chemical
Engineering; University College London, UK,
MSc Biochemical Engineering; Kings College
London, UK, BSc Biomedical (Molecular) Science
Languages: Spanish
University of Leeds, UK, BA (Joint Hons)
Languages: Chinese
Vienna University of Economics and Business,
Austria, MSc Strategy, Innovation & Management
Languages: Hungarian, German, Slovak
[email protected]
Process Development Manager, Polpharma
Biologics, Poland
Directed technical activities to create modern
industrial manufacturing processes for multiple
‘biosimilar biologic’ drugs
Built technical development team of 12 scientists
from scratch
Managed a departmental budget of €1.5m
per year
Led outsourcing campaigns and sourced
appropriate CMO partnerships (due diligence)
Advised senior management on technical
requirements for new business investments/
ventures as well as product line extensions
Founder and Director, Applied Processing
Algorithms, Jamaica
Designed and developed a cutting edge 'data
science' based consultancy service to enhance
decision making in client business processes
Established a strategic plan including company
vision, market appraisal, competition analysis,
resource/cost assessments, pricing and
marketing strategy
[email protected]
Editorial Director, Oxford University Press, UK
Direct strategy for market-leading educational
resources and services, print and digital
Lead on cross-sector policy, engagement
and influence strategies
Deliver market share and revenue growth
Forecast and monitor budgets and revenues,
and build long-term investment plans
Foster lasting relationships with key authors
and influencers, and source new talent
Head of Primary Maths, Oxford University
Press, UK
Directed forward strategy to become market
leader, growing share by 1,800% and displacing
the dominant competitor
Led the successful acquisition and integration of
target companies, notably Numicon and MyMaths
Won the deal to adapt Singapore’s leading
Primary Maths programme for the UK,
subsequently selected by the Department for
Education for their national textbook project
Worked laterally across the wider organisation to
target adjacent markets, for example by building
a professional development business
Led project execution and managed customer
interaction
Developed a network within the UK Primary
Mathematics education community to build a
thought leadership position for OUP
Lead Scientist, Lonza Biologics, UK
Primary Publisher, HarperCollins, UK
Led 12 customer projects with cumulative
revenue exceeding £5m over four years
Directed forward strategy for Primary Literacy
and Children’s Dictionaries lists
Led face-to-face customer engagement
meetings during active projects
Researched, developed and acquired new
projects through close assessment of the market
Priced and reviewed customer work order contracts
to ensure appropriate terms and conditions
Led the launch of the successful new reading
brand, Collins Big Cat, significantly increasing
market share
Scaled-up several reactor based manufacturing
processes for industrial supply of pharmaceuticals
Used state of the art statistical methods to
identify key process handles, metrics and trends
in process stability, process robustness and
process optimisation evaluations
[email protected]
Managed the performance of front and back list
assets for continued profitability
Ensured products were suitable for international
markets, delivering licensing revenue and
increased sales
Career interests
Career interests
Technology start-ups; venture capital;
biotechnology; corporate strategy;
manufacturing; risk management;
business development
Education and technology; policy;
social entrepreneurship
COO & Head of Pioneers Discover, Pioneers,
Austria
As COO: responsible for setting and coordinating
overall business unit goals, HR and Finance
Refined the overall strategy, introduced new
processes, and implemented new business
unit structures
As Head of Pioneers Discover (the consulting
arm of our business): defined the service
portfolio of the unit and delivered significant
growth by acquiring new clients, delivering
successful projects and identifying and realising
new business development potentials through
strategic partnerships
Country Manager and Managing Director
of multiple subsidiaries, Novomatic Group of
Companies, Austria
Responsible for the Hungarian and Austrian
markets for gambling, sports betting, hotels and
cable production, overseeing 1,400 employees
Managing Director at Admiral Sportwetten
GmbH – completed strategic analysis and
strategy creation for ADMIRAL 2015
Managing Director at HTM GmbH – overall
P&L responsibility (annual capex €20m),
managed business roll-out in Upper Austria,
reorganised operations in Vienna, Salzburg,
Tirol & Vorarlberg, managed the departments
Marketing, IT & Process Management, Facility
and Security, Hotels
Country Manager Hungary – overall P&L
responsibility, delivered turnaround of the
operative divisions, reorganised company
structures, Sales and Business Development
for B2B, managed the departments Accounting,
HR, IT, Real Estates, B2B, B2C
Corporate Investment and Portfolio
Management, Novomatic AG, Austria
Managed M&A projects
Designed market entry strategies and business
models for new countries
Participated as core team member in an
IPO project
Consultant, Contrast Management Consulting,
Austria
Strategic transformation of leading groceries
retail chain in Austria
Internationalisation strategy and business
model redesign
Developed growth strategy for an FMCG producer
Career interests
Innovation strategy; business strategy;
consulting; entrepreneurship; private equity;
venture capital; general management
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Taiwo Dairo UK
[email protected]
Engin Demirel Turkey,
Germany work authorisation
UCL School of Pharmacy, UK, Diploma in Clinical
Pharmacy, Kings College London, UK, BPharm
(Hons) Pharmacy, University of Wales, Cardiff,
UK, BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
Languages: Yoruba
[email protected]
Co-Founder and Director Reddways Limited, UK
Consultant System Manager, Siemens
Healthcare, Germany
Licensed pharmaceutical wholesaler.
MHRA WDA (H) No 44463 (wholesale
dealer's authorisation)
Bogazici University, Turkey, MSc Biomedical
Engineering; Bogazici University, Turkey,
BSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Languages: Turkish, German
Consultancy for implementation, interoperability
and upgrade of global Healthcare IT projects
EU Importation and UK export to Africa
Drive Imaging IT products roadmap
Foods and dry goods supplies export
Responsibility for worldwide support and
technical management of regional service
organisations
Senior Prescribing Support Pharmacist,
Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group, UK
Worked within GP practices to undertake
medication review in high risk patient groups
Implemented evidence based cost savings
in GP prescribing budgets
Acted as a source of medical and drug
information for GPs, Practice staff and patients
Managed and edited GP Practice medicines
formularies to improve the quality, safety and
cost effectiveness of prescribing
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; Africa and emerging
markets; business mentoring; start-ups;
corporate diplomacy; social entrepreneurship;
women in business; leadership
Global Technopreneurship Challenge 2015,
Leader of the winner team in “Advance Health IT”
category among 650 global participants
SPIN Innovation Challenge 2014, leader of the
winner team for the challenge “New Healthcare
Services for Clinical Customers”
Data-driven Services Award 2013, leader of the
winner team in Siemens worldwide challenge
where 190 teams competed
Project Manager, Siemens Healthcare, Turkey
Led a project team for Healthcare IT projects
implementation and handover in Turkey
Coordinated pre-sales and marketing activities
for Healthcare IT systems
[email protected]
Boston College, USA, PhD Psychology;
Harvard University, USA, MTS (Major: Religion
and Culture; Major: Human Development and
Psychology); St. Lawrence University, USA,
BA (Hons) Social Sciences (Major: World
Religion; Major: International Government)
Aston University, UK, BSc (Hons) Managerial
and Administrative Studies
Languages: Punjabi
Psychology Faculty, Supervisor & Researcher,
Boston College, USA
Graduate and undergraduate faculty instructor
for numerous psychology courses
Supervision and mentor of multi-year social
entrepreneurship project “Ghana Strong
Initiative” in Ghana
Supervision of multiple Ronald McNair
Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Fellows
Supervision and mentor for Fulbright Scholar
Fellow working in Poland
Supervision of doctoral student instructors,
master’s degree critical literature research
reviews and undergraduates completing
honours theses
Masters student admissions committee for
developmental psychology programme
Research of developmental and contextual
variables upon social mobility trajectories
Change Management & Social Impact
Consultant, USA
Led consultancies for educational institutions and
organisations transitioning under new private,
state and federal programme change initiatives
Managed International Healthcare IT projects
achieving 40% more efficiency (cost/time)
compared to company-wide benchmarks for
Center of Competence, Vienna, Austria
Designed and advised social impact
programming around investments in human
capital as an intervention for addressing systemic
social inequities
Increased market share of Siemens Healthcare
IT products to 70% and Radiology Information
Systems to 85%
Designed programmes to innovate across models
of learning and developed contextually sensitive
interventions to increase successful outcomes
Clinical Information Systems Specialist,
Siemens Medical Solutions, Turkey
Consulted with management to enable key
leadership development and organisation-wide
programmes to be effectively implemented
Implemented first HL7 integrated PACS/RIS and
HIS/RIS projects in Turkey
Expanded RIS market share in collaboration with
business management by a factor of three in
two years
Received Best Staff of the Year Award, 2005
Lighting Division Manager, Unitem, Turkey
Managed sales and marketing activities for
Turkey branch office of Trilux GmbH
Administered the local staff
Increased sales volume by 80% in six months
Career interests
Management consulting; strategy; general
management; business development; sales and
marketing; healthcare finance; technology and
innovation management
Jagtar Dhadwal UK
[email protected]
Product management of Radiology Information
Systems (RIS)
Managed RIS projects and trained clinical staff
4 Julia Devoy USA
Researched, analysed and helped develop specific
change activities from design and planning
stages to implementation, as well as delineated
challenges and proposals for potential solutions
Assisted clients to perceive the broader
ecosystem in which they operate and identify
new solutions to pursue constructive change
in partnership with others
Helped organisations join successfully with
other key players and utilise marketplace
tactics. Worked with external innovators to
help extend organisational networks for clients
Career interests
Corporate social responsibility; leadership
development; social entrepreneurship; ethics;
management consulting; brand strategy and
communication; strategic marketing; human
capital; change management
Head of Delivery & PMO, Ixxus, UK
Responsible for the successful delivery of all
client IT projects and programmes globally
Assist and collaborate with C-level executives
to help define strategic roadmaps for delivery
focusing on business value and ROI
Manage and mentor team of project managers
Advocate continuous improvement, coaching
delivery teams to become self-managing, to
ensure projects are delivered on time/budget
Lead operational excellence within the PMO
practice and manage initiatives to achieve this,
e.g. new delivery frameworks and processes
and adhering to best practices
Manage sustainable growth at 30% per year
Project & Programme Manager, Ixxus, UK
Successfully delivered several multimillion
pound content management projects using
Agile methodology, including an enterprise B2B
editorial platform, a digital delivery platform to
enable multichannel content delivery and a global
publishing platform, managing content ingestion,
enrichment, and distribution and hosted on
AWS Cloud
Managed several large globally dispersed teams
made up of developers, analysts, designers,
testers and 3rd party vendors, building multiple
enterprise digital platforms
Led product development team to produce
several successful commercial publishing
modules using Lean, Kanban & Scrum methods
to ensure continuous delivery and enrichment
of features; generating 5% increase in revenue
Scrum Master, PMP and MSP practitioner
Project Manager, BNP Paribas, UK
Successfully delivered a new web content
platform for the award winning global markets
e-commerce web and mobile portal
Responsible for a team managing fixed
income web applications used by Structured
Credit, Securitisation, Risk, Marketing and
Research teams
Implemented lean and agile methods to increase
productivity by 20%
Technical Lead, BNP Paribas, UK
Responsible for design, development and
delivery of enterprise web applications using
Web 2.0, JavaScript frameworks and Java,
including a dynamic web publishing application
used by front office analysts and researchers
to manage and publish research content to the
global markets research portal
Career interests
IT; entrepreneurship; start-ups; management
consultancy; e-commerce; business strategy;
product development; corporate management
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Stephen Douglas USA, Ireland
Nikki Curtis Eberhardt USA
Natalia Efremova Russia
Bryan Eustis Liberia, USA
Cambridge University, UK, MA Law;
Cambridge University, UK, BA (Hons) Law;
Dublin University, Ireland, BA (Hons) History
and Political Science
Languages: French
University of Utah, USA, PhD (ABD) Global
Sociology; Brigham Young University, USA,
Masters of Arts International Development;
University of Utah, USA, BA Behavioral Science
and Health
Languages: Russian
Kyoto University, Japan, PhD, Computer Science;
Russian State University for the Humanities,
Russia, MSc Applied Linguistics
Languages: Russian, Japanese
Boston University, USA, Master’s in Public Health
(Hons) Epidemiology; University of Roehampton,
UK, BA (Hons) Philosophy and History
Languages: Spanish
Project Manager, Base Logic, Russia
Executive Director, Partners In Health, Liberia
Managing R&D team in an international software
development company
Oversee the programmatic strategy, policy, and
operations for a Global Health NGO in Liberia
Developed a start-up project to estimate
customer satisfaction/engagement for software
products; managed a team of 12 developers to
design and implement a system which would
offer complex AI solutions for facial recognition
to predict the level of customers' interest on the
market before the product was launched
As Chief Operating Officer for Ebola Response,
established clinical programmes and teams
supporting over 50 health facilities and half a
million people in Sierra Leone and Liberia
[email protected]
Diplomat, Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe, Ukraine
Change management: researching, planning and
implementing projects related to the deployment
of hundreds of diplomats in eastern Ukraine
Ceasefire regime monitoring: verifying and
certifying the conflicting parties’ degrees of
adherence to agreements concerning the
non-use of and withdrawal of weapons
Establishing facts: planning, leading, participating
and reporting on fact-finding patrols comprising
multinational teams of diplomats throughout
Luhansk province
Facilitating dialogue: acting as an intermediary
between citizens, soldiers and armed militants on
issues concerning, for example, anti-personnel
mine removal
Diplomat, Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe, Kosovo
Project coordinator: oversaw the planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of dozens of capacity-building democratisationrelated projects at the central and local level
throughout Kosovo
Team management: managed a project
implementation team comprising diplomats
and local staff working across Kosovo
Programme financial management: exclusive
approval authority for the majority of the
Mission’s democratisation programme
expenditure in 2013
Interim Executive Director and General
Secretary, Alliance Party, UK
Provided strategic direction to a governing
anti-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland;
managed the party's finances and fundraising, as
well as its staff, and its development programme
Planned and executed the “most complex and
successful set of simultaneous election
campaigns in a generation” (as described by the
party leader and minister for justice)
Researched, drafted and negotiated the
introduction of the party's first legislative bill in
its 40-year history (please see transcript of my
appearance at the Northern Ireland Assembly's
finance committee: tinyurl.com/84w2xvt )
Career interests
Change management (in-house or otherwise);
corporate diplomacy; external and internal
corporate relations; multicultural and globally
orientated working environments
[email protected]
Hub Communications Manager, Delta Air Lines,
USA
Develop and implement hub communication
strategies vis-à-vis various channels for 1,350
employees, leadership and corporate
Coordinate hub charity partner involvement
and all employee engagement events
Create content for corporate and 80,000
person readership
Business Development and Event Manager,
Global Citizen, USA
Co-managed all talent for 2015 Global Citizen
Festival Central Park with Pearl Jam, Beyonce,
Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden,
Prime Minister of Sweden, Bill Gates, Richard
Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, among others
Co-managed all partner activations for Global
Citizen Festival Central Park 2014 with JayZ/
Hugh Jackman for Queen of Sweden Charity;
Global Citizen Earth Day 2015 in Washington DC
with No Doubt/Usher for UN Foundation, Oxfam,
among others
Co-produced and managed celebrity launch
event with Larry King and managed VIPs for
Global Citizen Festival 2013 with Stevie Wonder/
Alicia Keys; managed launch of digital Global
Citizen/The Color Run platform
Four festivals had over 560,000 attendees,
150 million live stream viewers and billions
of media impressions to garner billions of
dollars and 150+ policy commitments to end
extreme poverty
[email protected]
Helped IT service provider to project manage
two large engagements in Poland and Latvia
after they recently opened branches in
Eastern Europe: analysed regional regulations,
developed business processes, connected local
representatives with the development team
and provided solutions when problems arose
Monitoring and implementing the state-of-the-art
algorithms in machine learning, neural networks
and high-end technologies
Built a neural network model for financial
forecasting (derivatives prices forecasting based
on machine learning/neural network techniques)
aimed at predicting future prices based on the
analysis of historical data
Managing Editor, DeGruyter, Germany
Managing team of Editors and Associate Editors
(over 60 people)
Running two journals on Computer Science and
Robotics and a book program (Open Access)
Developing and maintaining contacts with
scientists in the field of robotics
Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan
Founder and President, United Nations Women
Chapter, USA
Developing a new type of neural network for
computer vision
Created, recruited and managed 12 board
members from various sectors
Conducted research in the field of machine
learning and computer vision
Recruited and managed member base 200+
Project Manager, Premium Games, Russia
Oversaw chapter communication and
orchestrated fundraising activities
Managing an R&D team (26 developers)
Partnership Manager, Nelson Mandela
Foundation, USA/South Africa
Managed Nelson Mandela Foundation film
promotion for Filmraise –social media reach
30 million+ and email database 15 million+
Produced Sundance Film Festival
Career interests
Corporate social responsibility; development;
entrepreneurship; impact investing; leadership;
management consulting; relationship
management; social entrepreneurship;
strategy; sustainability
Development of full-circle on-line system
(games, e-commerce)
[email protected]
Served as the Program Director for Partners
In Health Malawi managing the operations and
programmatic activities for health system
strengthening work
Chief Executive Officer, BME Strategies,
United States
Founded and direct a consulting firm dedicated
to emergency preparedness planning, training,
and exercising contracting with over 200 local
and state governments in the USA
Developed the Massachusetts Emergency
Operations Plan for the State Department of
Public Health
Oversaw the development of the evacuation
toolkit for the Harvard School of Public Health
and the Massachusetts Department of Public
Health to guide hospitals throughout the region
in their evacuation and disaster response planning
Senior Program Specialist, Needham Health
Department, USA
Developed and coordinated public health
programming for the town of Needham
Served as lead competitive grant writer for the
Needham Health Department
Adjunct Professor, Worcester State College, USA
Taught graduate coursework focused on
introducing students to local Public Health
concepts and strategies for improving the
health of communities
Career interests
Leadership; strategy; operational management;
global health; social impact; entrepreneurship;
emergency management and response
Software adaptation for customer needs,
country localisation (Brazil)
Development of new product line (over 35 projects)
Career interests
Information technology; project management;
research; technology; behavioural finance;
analytical finance
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Ramil Eyyubov Azerbaijan
Simon Fearnhead UK
Iryna Fedortsova Ukraine
Azerbaijan State University of Economics,
Azerbaijan, MSc (Hons) International Economic
Relations; Azerbaijan State University of
Economics, Azerbaijan, BSc (Hons) International
Economic Relations
Languages: Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian
South African Institute of Chartered
Accountants, Chartered Accountant,
South Africa; University of Cape Town, South
Africa, Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting;
University of Cape Town, South Africa, BComm
ACCA Affiliate; Kyiv National Economic
University, Ukraine, MSc Economics of
Enterprises; Kyiv National Economic University,
Ukraine, BSc (Hons) Economics of Enterprises
Languages: Ukrainian, Russian
Group Director FP&A, SABMiller plc, UK
General Director, TET Channel 1+1 Media
Group, Ukraine
[email protected]
CEO, R.I.S.K., Azerbaijan
18+ years proven expertise in executive
management, business development,
marketing, sales, negotiating, purchasing,
logistics and service
Implemented global company strategy and
expanded business development in five
international markets
Increased market share from 35% up to 85%
Redesigned and implemented more effective
company procedures, which decreased
time-to-market by 55%
Supervise team of six directors across all units/
functions, including HR, finance, operations,
customer service and business development,
as well as sales, marketing and R&D/engineering
Balance change management within the
demanding and pressurised business environment
Advanced to lead three global business units
[email protected]
All group financial planning, reporting, analysis,
target setting, budgeting and capital allocation
Responsible for Group Marketing and Supply
Chain financial management
Responsible for leading and developing SABMiller’s
Group Financial Development Programme
[email protected]
Managed operational activities of Channel
with year budget of up to US$45m, led a
35-member team
Increased the Channel’s audience share by 50%
in 2014 against a budget cutting of 30%
Responsible for finance, procurement, IT,
Legal and internal audit
Initiated and implemented an automated system
of long-term broadcast planning which resulted
in precise budgeting and threefold decrease in
labour costs during budgeting process
Led key M&A and business development
initiatives for inorganic growth
Finance Director, 1+1 Production 1+1 Media
Group, Ukraine
Financial Controller, SABMiller Procurement,
Switzerland
Set up a controlling department and managed
financial activities of 1+1 Production with year
budget up to US$60m, led a 15-member team
Finance Director, Ursus Breweries, Romania
Assisted in creating a centralised procurement
organisation
Created all financial reporting systems
and processes
Chief Commercial Officer, R.I.S.K., Azerbaijan
Led successful implementation of SABMiller’s
global IT platform
Achieved growth from $20m to $50m, increased
new customer growth by 120% per annum
Developed and implemented a policy of
accounting for movements of fixed assets within
the group, resulted in up to US$1m savings per
year, managed a project team with 30 members
from eight departments of the group
Katharina Flohr UK, Germany,
Canada
[email protected]
University of Oxford, UK, Post Graduate
Diploma Course Strategy and Innovation 2015;
Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf,
Germany, Medicine
Languages: German, French, Russian
Director, Morgan Hall Ltd., UK
Strategic brand and business development/
creative direction
Managing Director, Fabergé, UK
Defined the business blueprint and retail strategy
for the relaunch of the iconic name transforming
it to a global luxury brand
Creative Director, Fabergé, UK
Defined all visual expressions of Fabergé,
led product development and creative teams,
managed marketing and production departments
Produced award winning jewel and watch
collections and inventory in excess of US$40m
Formed collaborations with artists and artisans,
managed CSR project Fabergé Big Egg Hunt
in London and New York raising over US$4m
for charity, partnered with Vistajet and
co-developed award winning documentary
“Fabergé’ A Life of Its Own”
VP International Finance, Lawson Software
Inc, Switzerland
Developed and implemented a production policy
which facilitated communication within the
group and defined the executors of each process
Chaired international Herald Tribune Luxury
Jewellery Summit
Oversee the planning, development and
execution of an organisation's marketing and
advertising initiatives
Established centralised service operations for
international business including all budgeting
and reporting
Accomplished cash flow optimisation measures
increasing payment terms up to 90 days and
delaying credit liability for about US$1m per month
Founding Director, Vogue Russia,
Executive accountability for P&L, strategic
planning, staffing, and sales development for
a $300m technology business
Led finance team of 140 people and
implemented a new IT system
Implemented tendering procedures in
production services and reduced expenditures
by 25% (in 2011 – up to US$3m)
Provided leadership in market-changing
initiatives requiring strategic vision and
implementation talent
Led integration process and eliminated a SOX
material weakness
Master Black Belt, General Electric Inc, Sweden
Director of Sales and Marketing, R.I.S.K.,
Azerbaijan
Established centralised financial service
centres supporting 1,100 legal entities across
14 European countries
Served behind all cross-company sales objectives,
such as budget preparation and sales targets
Six Sigma certification
Rebuilt a new direct marketing organisation
within a year, including account management,
vendor business management and pre-sales
services and achieved productivity increase
of 80%
Career interests
Private equity; buying and building a company
Awarded “Employee of the Year”
Developed sales strategies and
performance metrics
Supervised sales and marketing manpower
as well as the hiring and training of personnel
Career interests
Implemented automation of finance reporting
and controlling functions
Speaker FT, IHT, Bloomberg
Condé Nast Publications, Russia
Co-launched Vogue in an emerging market,
trained Moscow based department, brought
international designers and talent to Moscow,
created editorial content and advertiser relations
Founding Director, Vogue Hellas,
Senior Auditor, Ernst & Young, Ukraine
Condé Nast Publications, Athens
Audit of IFRS financial statements under ISA,
transformation of Ukrainian statutory financial
statements to IFRS
Selected to put in place and train team to bring
title in line with international editions
Assessment of Internal Control Environment at
the Entity level including identifying fraud risks
Was in charge of projects for following industries:
metals and mining, airlines, vehicles manufacturing
and trading, oil and gas (state-owned company,
forming an essential part of the national system
of oil and gas production)
Auditor, Baker Tilly, Ukraine
Fashion Director, Hearst Publications, Munich
Managed editors, art directors, copywriters
and photographers
Career interests:
Business development; strategy; change
management; social entrepreneurship; arts;
media; entertainment; retail
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; business development;
business strategy; corporate finance;
project management
Entrepreneurship; general management;
strategic growth; expansion management;
information and security technologies;
business development; investments;
start-ups; international business development;
operational management
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Alison Friedman USA
Benjamin Fry UK
Daud Gutseriev UK, Russia
Stanford University, USA, BA Political Science
University of Oxford, MA in Physics and
Philosophy; University of Southern California,
MFA in Motion Picture Producing; Regents College
London, MA Psychotherapy and Counselling
University of Royal Holloway (University
of London), UK, BSc (Hons) Management
Languages: Russian
[email protected]
Vice President, Global Fund to End Slavery, USA
Built a bipartisan; to create and fund a first-of-itskind international public-private partnership
expected to double the global funding dedicated
to combating human trafficking
Designed intervention strategy to leverage
European Union engagement on fishing in service
of better worker protections and secured early
commitments from relevant cabinet members
to co-lead the initiative
Secured early partnership commitments from
Philippines and Myanmar governments to cost
and create national plans to eradicate slavery
Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and
Combat Human Trafficking, Department
of State, USA
Substantive lead for President Obama’s Executive
Order on Human Trafficking, negotiated deal
points on wages, contract thresholds,
vulnerability indicators to ensure the world’s
largest supply chain utilises best practices in
preventing worker abuse
Managed more than 30 staff on multiple
teams and over US$65m in programme
funding, frequently serving as Acting Director
and spokesperson of the 55-person office
Managed all ongoing White House, Congressional,
NGO, corporate, and media relationships for
the Office
[email protected]
Managing Director, Khiron House
Founded company from start-up
Achieved growth and stabilisation
Continue to manage professional team
Self employed
Psychotherapist in private practice
Author and broadcaster with national media
Author of three books and two audio books
Presenter of BBC3 series on spending
Managing Director, K-bar and Zoo Hotels
Start-ups in leisure and hospitality
Built other people’s ideas into viable companies
Exited after start-up phases
Graduate Trainee, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
Media Corporate Finance
[email protected]
Infrastructure Capital and Project Finance,
VTB Capital plc, UK
More than five years of infrastructure, project
and structured finance experience
predominantly in the EMEA region
Involved in implementation of several major
infrastructure investment projects such as
Moscow-St Petersburg M11 (section 7-8)
Toll Road Construction Project, Levashovo
Waste Treatment Facility in Russia, Western
High Speed Diameter Toll Road Project in
St Petersburg, Pulkovo Airport Modernisation
Project in St Petersburg and others
As part of a larger team, provided financial
advisory support on a number of limited recourse
deals in various sectors (oil and gas, mining,
petro-chemical, real estate)
Career interests
Project finance; infrastructure investment;
real estate finance; entrepreneurship
Completed trainee scheme
Career interests
Not for profit, entrepreneurship, innovation
and healthcare
Created slaveryfootprint.com, an online tool
enabling individuals to calculate how many slaves
“work for them”
Senior Advisor, Quadrennial Diplomacy and
Development Review, Department of State, USA
Senior appointee in office responsible for crafting
first-ever State/USAID Joint Strategic Plan,
laying out four-year foreign policy objectives
and accompanying indicators
Facilitated strategic planning processes across
agencies, securing buy-in from principals and
identifying quantifiable metrics to evaluate
foreign policy success
District Director, Congresswoman Jane
Harman, USA
Co-authored Homeland Security Readiness
analysis of California’s 36th Congressional
District, the home of LAX, the Port of
Los Angeles, and multiple oil refineries, later
touted by Secretary of Homeland Security
Managed all staff, operations and workflow
in two district offices, regularly serving as the
Congresswoman’s surrogate
Career interests
Business and human rights; procurement;
foundations; risk
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Jesse Horstmann USA
Honor Huyette Switzerland
David Hyde UK
University of Pittsburgh, USA,
BA Communications
SDA Bocconi, Italy, MPM; American University,
USA, BA Public Relations & French
Languages: French
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales, UK, Associate Chartered Accountant;
University of Southampton, UK, BSc (Hons)
Economics and Finance
[email protected]
Senior Analyst, Board & CEO Practice,
Korn Ferry International, USA
Create and execute change strategy on behalf
of the practice leadership team focused
on growth and engagement with top tier
organisations, based on analysis of market
position and internal operations
Associate Director, New Product
Development, CEB Global, USA
Directed full lifecycle product development
and launch including: market research,
concept testing and go-to-market strategy
Identified new B2B market opportunities in
excess of US$120m
Developed c-suite level relationships at F1000
organisations as a way to influence product and
corporate strategy
Built and managed global cross-functional
teams to launch new products that exceeded
first year expectations
Associate Director, Market and Product
Management, CEB Global, USA and APAC
Managed products in Asia and increased regional
contract value by 13% and reformed operations
to reduce costs
Led product integration post M&A including
the creation of new-to-world offers based on
synergies between CEB and newly acquired
firms around the world
[email protected]
Director Strategy and Controls, Data Capital
Management, New York
In charge of developing the business and the
hedge fund around the quantitative strategy
being built by our data scientists
In charge of asset raising (ex-US)
Co-head of Compliance, managing all regulatory
issues for the business
Investor Relations, Olympus Capital, Geneva
Managed existing clients
Focused on regulatory filings for the fund
Managed relationships with counterparties
Founder, Honor SA, Geneva
Set up advisory business
Focus on hedge funds, business strategy/
operations, and business growth and networking
Hedge Fund Advisor, HSBC, Geneva
Managed Middle East clients, hedge fund portfolios
Focused on bringing in new clients to the business
Spent six months in London with European
Research Team analysing London based funds
Career interests
Hedge funds; private equity; asset management;
entrepreneurship; technology
Executive Advisor – Human Resources, CEB
Global, USA
Advised senior executives at Fortune 1000
organisations on strategic human capital issues
using proprietary insights
Secured over US$4m in new contracts by
demonstrating the value of CEB insights and
advisory services during sales conversations
Account Manager, CEB Global, USA
Coordinated client service to enhance value and
negotiated contracts in excess of US$3m
Achieved 100% of goal in North America and
103% of goal in Asia across the height of the
global downturn
Regional Director, Sigma Phi Epsilon, USA
Transformed a shrinking region into one of the
fastest growing by working with local staff
to identify and address the root cause of
systematic problems
[email protected]
Finance Director, Chemring Defence UK
Limited, UK
Successfully produced strategic plans to obtain
significant investment to enable growth in
turnover of over 40% year-on-year with a
workforce of over 300 people
Leading implementation of Microsoft Dynamics
AX to shape future business structure
Building relationships with key customers in
Middle East, creating delivery plans to comply
with offset requirements and undertaking
contract negotiations
Head of Finance, Chemring Defence UK
Limited, UK
Acted as finance lead on disposal of
German business
Restructuring of Finance, IT, HR and Procurement
teams to meet business needs
Financial Controller, Chemring Defence UK
Limited, UK
Revised company reporting as a result of
restructuring of the group, which increased
company understanding of key financial and
strategic measures on a monthly basis
Responsible for financial reporting for UK and
German businesses
Head of Reporting, Chemring Group PLC, UK
Responsible for foreign exchange exposures.
Traded over five different currencies – US$1bn
of foreign exchange trades in one calendar year
Produced financial documents for £230m
refinancing of group banking facilities, raising
US$280m through a US private placement
Managed day-to-day running of
Luxembourg office
Responsible for acquisition accounting reviews
in accordance with International Standards in UK
and US
Organised three global finance conferences for
the international group
Career interests
Corporate strategy; organisation development;
aerospace and defence; corporate finance
Developed strategic recommendations for
the national board of directors that changed
the landscape of internal operations
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; general management;
innovation strategy; management consulting;
product management; social entrepreneurship;
strategy; venture capital
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Eric Idiahi Nigeria
Sanjar Ismailov Uzbekistan, Russia
Ann Marie Juliano USA
University of Houston, USA, BSc Economics
Regent’s University London, UK,
BA (Hons) Global Management
(Major: Global Financial Management)
Languages: Uzbek, Russian
Harvard Business School, USA, Advanced
Management Program; College of the Holy
Cross, USA, BA Political Science
[email protected]
Partner, Verod Capital, Nigeria
Raised approximately US$200m across two funds/
portfolios to date for investments in Nigeria
Returned 4.5x on Verod’s first portfolio/fund
(invested in eight companies with six Exits to date)
Served as a non-executive director in several
of Verod’s portfolio companies
Director, HFP Engineering (Verod Portfolio
Company), Nigeria
Conceptualised and structured financing for
development of a US$60m retail complex
Developed and financed the largest paving stone
factory in Nigeria
Oversaw partnership with a REIT to develop a
US$30m residential estate
CEO, Spinlet Limited (Verod Portfolio
Company), Nigeria
Built the largest independent platform in Africa
for digital music distribution
Aggregated and licensed the largest collection
of music from artists across Africa
CEO, Fountainhead Media, Nigeria
Coordinated over US$50m capital raise for
a local pay-TV operator
Financed and coordinated the development
of a local radio station
Head Financial Advisory, Financial Derivatives
Company Ltd, Nigeria
Advised hedge funds and private equity firms
on investments in Nigeria
Successfully advised several local clients on debt
restructuring and capital raising
Career interests
Private equity
[email protected]
[email protected]
Co-Founder & CEO, Demeter Capital, UK
Associate, VTB Capital, UK
Instrumental role in the US$1.8bn Initial Public
Offering of MEGAFON on the London Stock
Exchange in 2012, biggest London IPO since
2007. Utilised personal network of contacts to
bring the deal to VTB Capital
Orchestrated a lucrative agreement for VTB
Capital Plc to act as advisors for the sale of a
leading television broadcaster in Russia. VTB
Capital went on to successfully source and
secure a buyer for the deal worth US$400m
Played a pivotal role in facilitating a number
of regulatory complicated and high profile
transactions including Essar Global Fund’s
US$1.9bn public takeover of Essar Energy Plc
and a public takeover of ENRC
Intern, Mail.ru Group, Russia, UK
Astutely recommended and secured buy-in
from Mail.ru Group to invest in a small start-up
company Airbnb a website for people to rent out
lodging after conducting detailed analysis of
markets and trends. Airbnb subsequently grew
into a US$25.5bn business with over 800,000
listings in 33,000 cities and 192 countries
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; big data; investments;
leadership; asset management;
telecommunication; media; technology;
Special situations advisor to institutional asset
managers, insurance companies, and banks
globally with a core focus on the longevity market
Work as an expert witness for high profile US
litigation cases in the insurance sector
Over 15 years of trading history including
US$20bn in swaps, notes and securitisations
of US and UK longevity risk
Managing Director, Fortress Investment
Group, USA and UK
Responsible for the sale of a US$10bn+ insurance
position across multiple funds
Developed and implemented a capital market
strategy, which involved building out the team
Produced high revenue trading profits for the
firm with new trading counterparties
Director, Credit Suisse Securities LLC,
USA and UK
Co-head of origination and distribution of
longevity based risk investment products for
Europe and the US
Was on the team that structured the first UK
pension hedge in derivative format
Team was growing quickly and forecasted to
make US$500m in revenues
Assistant Vice President, Moody’s Investors
Service
Worked on the development and implementation
of rating products that implied ratings based off
bond, CDS, and equity market prices
Career interests
Social entrepreneurship; sustainability;
private equity; venture capital
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Vassilis Karavas Greece, USA
Anastasiia Karpova Russia
Somia Khawaja Pakistan
Rajmund Kiss Hungary
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA,
PhD Management Science; Technical University
of Crete, Greece, MSc Industrial Engineering;
Technical University of Crete, Greece,
BSc (Hons) Industrial Engineering
Languages: Greek, German
Higher School of Economics, National Research
University, Moscow, Russia, Political Science
Languages: Russian
Middlesex University, UK, BA(Hons) Marketing
and Finance; University of Oxford, UK,
Dip Global Business
Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Farsi, Arabic
University of Oxford, UK, Postgraduate Master’s
degree in Global Business; Péter Pázmány
Catholic University, Budapest Hungary,
Faculty of Law of Political Sciences
Languages: Hungarian
[email protected]
Advisor to financial services companies,
London, UK
Fund structuring – private equity and hedge funds
Investment sourcing and due diligence
Managing Director, Nomura International,
London, UK
Head of managed accounts platform
Established an alternative investments
platform to deliver investment products
in various jurisdictions
Responsible for product development,
business strategy and group budget
Portfolio Manager, Schroders Investment
Management, New York, USA
Portfolio manager for multi-strategy and equity
long/short hedge fund portfolios
Managing Director, Amundi Alternative
Investments, Chicago, USA
Senior portfolio manager for arbitrage and
directional hedge fund strategies – US$2bn
Member of the Investment and Risk Committees
for US$20bn investments
Managing Director, Crédit Agricole Structured
Asset Management, New York, USA
Hedge fund allocation and portfolio design
of institutional portfolios – >US$4bn
[email protected]
[email protected]
Chief Executive Officer/Member of the Board of
Directors, ERKAPHARM Group, Pharmacy chains
“Doctor Stoletov”, “Ozerki”, Moscow, Russia
Senior Executive, Crescent Holding
UK/USA/UAE
Manage a TOP three pharmacy chain in Russia
operating 316 pharmacies across 10 regions
with an annual turnover exceeding $332m
Plan and implement workforce downsizing to
align with recessionary market backdrop and key
organisational projects
Lead the chain’s best financial performance
in the industry (EBITDA/revenue ratio 6% as of
2014) and a dramatic x4 growth of turnover
in 2012–2015
Analysing which projects need to be completed
with maximum turnover and which not to finance
(scenario planning)
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ERKAPHARM
Group, Pharmacy chains “Doctor Stoletov”,
“Ozerki”, Moscow, Russia
Responsible for the contractual terms with key
pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors
Drove the automation of the commercial processes
Introduced coalition loyalty programmes
Launched a private label brand production
Director of Marketing, Advertising and PR,
PROTEK Group, Pharmacy Chain “Rigla”,
Moscow, Russia
Responsible for brand strategy, price and
assortment optimisation
Led a strategic pharmacy chain rebranding project
Ensured key national awards for the company
Career interests
Retail; pharmaceuticals; business strategy;
business development; operations
Member of the Investment and Management
Committees
Managing Director, Lyra/Starview Capital,
New York, USA
Hedge fund allocations for institutional portfolios
– US$2bn
Designed and developed a portfolio
management and risk system
Director of Research, Schneeweis Partners,
Amherst, USA
Established selection and risk protocols for hedge
fund selection
Research and development of alternative
investments products including Zurich Hedge
Fund Indices and Dow Jones Hedge Fund
Strategy Benchmarks
In charge of the Fiskar Alternative energy project,
and was responsible for managing and directing
the project presentation for GCC investors
Successfully negotiate and sign contracts.
Promote networking capabilities to take
advantage of profitable joint venture
partnerships
CEO (one-year contract), St. Mary’s group of
institutions, UAE
Introduced emergency first aid programme
(EFR) for children to educate them in emergency
first aid for the home, which was approved by
the knowledge human development authority
stating all schools should provide emergency
education in the UAE
Received emergency first aid response
“teaching status” approval by EFR (USA)
Introduced internship programmes, grants,
merits for scuba diving. Educated the children by
getting motivational speakers for the school
Assistant Manager (internship), Crescent
Holding, UK, UAE
Manage and direct all company design/
development strategies, led by business
development through an in-depth analysis
of customer needs and requirements
Development of company manuals and
employee handbook, updated, reviewed and
revised if necessary
Career interests
Private equity; corporate finance; asset
management; corporate diplomacy; scenario
planning; entrepreneurship; strategic leadership;
mergers and acquisition; portfolio management;
global business development
[email protected]
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
of Hungary to the WTO in Geneva, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
I am responsible for the management and
professional guidance of the trade policy team
at the Hungarian Mission to the WTO
Envoy, Trade Policy Department, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
Trade policy
Business Development Director, Economic
adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office,
Századvég Economic Research, Hungary
I was revising policy papers, initiatives and
proposals, maintaining key accounts, facilitating
briefings between government and its strategic
partners, among my immediate duties
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Hungary
in Singapore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Hungary
As a Deputy Head of Mission I oversaw the heads
of sections (Political, Economic, Consular,
Administrative, Public Affairs) at the Embassy
Furthermore I served as charge d’affaires
ad interim
I enhanced bilateral diplomatic, economic,
and cultural relations between Hungary
and Singapore
Diplomat, Head of Economic Section-Regional
Economic Representative, Embassy of
Hungary in Singapore, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Hungary
My role was to identify potential business
co-operation between private and public
sector enterprises
I was responsible for trade and economic
relations with Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia
and Philippines, where I collaborated with the
relevant authorities on bilateral and international
platforms discussing economic policy
and regulation
Member of the Board, European Chamber
of Commerce in Singapore
As a board member I represented the common
interests of European businesses in promoting
bilateral trade, services and investments
between the countries of Europe and Singapore
and the region
Career interests
Alternative investments; entrepreneurship;
merchant banking; private equity; turnaround
management; hedge funds
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Kevin Llewellyn Norway
Angelo Lorenzana USA
Australian National University, AU, Master
of Diplomacy, MA International Relations;
University of Bergen, Norway, BA Comparative
Politics; Hedmark University College, Norway,
BA Crisis Management
Languages: Norwegian
Rutgers University, USA, BS Finance,
Political Science
Languages: Tagalog
[email protected]
Consultant, KellConsult, Norway
Founder and General Manager
Strategic policy advice, operational leadership
and capacity building to peace support activities
and operations
Situational analysis, risk and crisis management
in international conflict and crisis response
Chief Operating Officer, IDB, Philippines
Attaché to the Norwegian Embassy in Manila
Establish and start-up of the international peace
support organisation IDB
Direct, administer and coordinate planning and
execution of the organisation’s integral activities
in area of operation – Mindanao
Key leader engagement and track II diplomacy
when liaising with all counterparts
Decommissioning, monitoring and evaluation
Officer, Norwegian Armed Forces (SOF)
Operational command, strategic capability and
concept development
Military diplomacy and operations during
multilateral security responses to
international conflict
Main instructor, advanced training
Maritime CT specialist, national security
Career interests
Leadership; strategy; corporate strategy
and diplomacy; business strategy; global
trends and innovation; energy and resources;
entrepreneurship; organisational behaviour
and development; international consulting
[email protected]
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, USA
Provide financial advisory services and valuation
to hedge funds, private equity, banks, financial
institutions and corporations
Lead execution of significant advisory deals
Responsible for developing and implementing
strategy to expand practice in domestic and
international markets; enhance business
development and sales activities
Senior Vice President, Houlihan Lokey, USA
Co-founded the firm’s Portfolio Valuation
Advisory Services Practice serving alternative
asset managers; created and developed the
infrastructure of practice: financial and credit
analysis methodologies, financial models, internal
procedures, training for financial staff
Served as financial advisor in investment banking
credit-related transactions; notable deals:
Lehman Brothers, CIT Group Inc
Delivered financial advisory and valuation
services to hedge funds, private equity, banks
in connection with transactions (financial
restructuring, M&A) or fair value reporting
Analysed US and international companies with
complicated capital structures in various sectors;
valued complex illiquid securities
Taylor Mackay USA,
Luxembourg work authorisation
Olwethu Mafanya
South Africa
University of Pennsylvania, USA, Certificate,
Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy;
Brigham Young University, USA, BS Accounting
University of London, UK, MSc Finance and
Financial Law; University of Cape Town, South
Africa, BCom Economics and Business Strategy
Languages: Xhosa, Zulu, Afrikaans
[email protected]
Strategic Sourcing – Regional Manager,
dÕTERRA, Luxembourg
Assist and develop dÕTERRA’s “Co-Impact
Sourcing” strategy (i.e. Fair Trade) for raw
material essential oil production inputs
Manage and negotiate equity partnerships and
long-term supply agreements
Work directly with farmers, cooperatives,
NGOs, and distiller organisations around the
globe to implement socially and environmentally
responsible sourcing strategies
Assistant Treasurer, dÕTERRA, USA
Responsible for global liquidity and cash
management
Manage global cash flow projections across
consolidated entities
Responsible for payment processing
solutions – led merchant processing negotiations
that resulted in more than US$6m in savings
Responsible for managing company debt
relationships, payments, and terms, providing
financial risk and benefit analysis
Accountant, dÕTERRA, USA
Executed and processed intercompany billings
Senior Financial Auditor & Risk Analyst, Valley
National Bancorp, USA
Managed inventory and cost of goods
sold accounts
Supervised audits of high risk departments:
corporate lending, commercial real estate,
secondary market trading, car dealer finance
Responsible for overall accounting management
of US$65m campus construction project
Created and implemented audit policy and
procedure of significant risk exposure areas
Director of Operations, Asante Foundation,
Kenya
Portfolio Manager, Valley National Bancorp, USA
Directed phase 1 construction of Amani Village,
a 57-unit low-cost housing development
Directed the portfolio management function
of US$30m Institutional IRA accounts
Responsible for the hiring, employee training, and
daily management of more than 50 employees
Credit Analyst, Valley Bancorp, USA
Identified and implemented procedures for cash
management, financial planning, accounting,
and project management
Performed credit analysis and assisted in
underwriting bank loans; delivered new business
assessing financing needs of clients
Management Associate, Valley National
Bancorp, USA
Led bank-wide transformation programme
to enhance procedures to assess credit risk of
bank’s US$4bn commercial mortgage portfolio
Analyst, Jost Financial Corp, USA
Managed the analyses, operations, and
marketing of private wealth management firm
Career interests
Banking; SME lending; inclusive finance;
microfinance; social entrepreneurship;
emerging markets; valuation
Career interests
Social entrepreneurship; agricultural supply
chains; emerging markets; SME investments;
sustainability
[email protected]
Portfolio Manager: Development Impact and
Private Equity, Eskom Pension and Provident
Fund, South Africa
Lead the sourcing and implementation of the
fund’s Development Impact investments into
low income affordable housing, renewable
energy, education, healthcare and small to
medium business sectors
Invest in private equity fund structures,
co-investment opportunities and direct deals
Member of the Investment Management Unit’s
senior management team that oversees all the
strategic investment decisions including
strategic and tactical asset allocation of
ZAR120bn assets under management
Portfolio Monitoring and Reporting Specialist,
Development Bank of Southern Africa,
South Africa
Led the post-investment analysis, reporting and
management of the entire bank’s equity portfolio
(direct unlisted and private equity funds)
Led risk analysis of the entire bank’s portfolio of
senior debt across the telecommunications,
energy, transport, water, mining, residential,
tourism and construction sectors
Expanded purview from managing the equities
portfolio and reporting on the South African
investment banking portfolio, to reporting on the
bank’s entire loan and investment portfolio
Estimated impact of the portfolio includes
the creation of 102,600 jobs and ZAR10.6bn
in incremental household income in Africa,
representing 0.54% of South Africa’s Gross
Domestic Product
Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst
Multi-manager portfolio management and fund
manager research analysis
Authored the in-depth analysis and research of
six topical fund managers for the Advantageous
Insights publication which was published
quarterly and sent out to the entire South African
investment industry
Led the Securities Lending Proposals, which were
sent to different securities lending firms
Selected for the Mentorship Programme for
promising future leaders of the firm
Career interests
Private equity; development impact;
affordable housing; renewable energy;
education; healthcare; SMEs; rural shopping
centre developments; social entrepreneurship
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Damien Mcshane Ireland, UK
Mike Moss UK
Maria Belen Munoz Chile, Spain
University of Dublin (Trinity College), Ireland,
Master of Laws (LLM); Honorable Society of
King’s Inns, Ireland, Barrister-at-Law (BL);
University College Dublin, Ireland, Master of
Arts in Politics (MA); Queen’s University Belfast,
UK, Law with Politics (LLB)
University of Cambridge, UK, BA (Hons) Natural
Sciences Part I/Management Studies Part II
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile,
BS Industrial Civil Engineer, with diploma in
Transport and Logistics; Adolfo Ibanez
University, Chile, Leadership and Coaching
Postgraduate Diploma
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
[email protected]
Executive Director, BNY Mellon Trust Company,
Ireland
Member of the Board of Directors of a principal
operating subsidiary (by S.E.C. filings) of the
world’s largest custodian bank
Part of management team responsible for
ownership/safekeeping of approximately
US$400bn worth of assets
Ensured that the company’s systems and
processes are robust, effective, and continuously
improved to meet the needs of investors, clients,
and other stakeholders
Senior Lawyer, Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland
Advised a range of functions within Ireland’s
Central Bank and financial services supervisor
on laws, regulations, and other matters
[email protected]
Programme Manager, Tesco Stores, UK
Designed, developed and deployed supply chain
systems that now manage £20bn of sales
forecasts per annum
Delivered project to improve Tesco's promotion
forecasting, improving on-shelf availability by
1%, customer satisfaction by 10% and growing
revenue by £30m
Delivered a number of cost saving projects
yielding a total reduction of £30m waste per
annum and £25m in stockholding
Manage a 20 person team of project managers,
analysts and PhD-level data scientists, working
with a further 30 indirect software developers
offshore in India
Provide consulting to Tesco’s international
operations from Thailand to Hungary, at COO
and Supply Chain Director level
Head of Product Development, Library House, UK
Assisted in policy formulation and with
legislative/regulatory developments
Worked with the CEO, board members and other
heads of department to build and drive the
company’s product development roadmap
Represented the bank in interactions with
government departments, regulatory authorities
and other bodies
Managed a small team of developers using Agile
software development
Legal and Regulatory Manager, Aviva, Ireland
Legal counsel to the health insurance division
of Ireland’s largest consolidated insurance
group, undertaking advisory, transactional,
and representative work for the company
Leading the compliance and risk management
function of one of the group’s material trading
subsidiaries
Assisting in representing the group with key
decision makers at national and EU level
[email protected]
Site and Initiative Leader Prestige Products,
Beauty Care, Procter & Gamble, UK
Led multifunctional teams to deliver global
launches for key brands including AMQ,
Stella McCartney, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana,
Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Escada
30+ high complexity new product projects
launched on time, with expected service levels,
optimised supply installed capacity and
minimising losses associated with materials
and finished goods transitions
Responsible for stewardship compliance
operational processes, procedures and interfaces
to operate manufacturing contractors based
on P&G standards for material management,
material and production planning, line operations,
quality, safety, internal control and costs
HR Business Account Manager, Procter &
Gamble, Chile
Research Manager, Library House, UK
Led key talent development projects:
top talent employees’ organisational reviews,
career progression and change management
programmes
Interviewed start-up company CEOs for VC
deals database
Designed and implemented a cultural change
intervention across the organisation
Led consulting and research teams advising early
stage investors
Managed employee relations and policy area
Career interests
Data science; entrepreneurship; product
management; supply chain and logistics;
technology and innovation; venture capital
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; strategy; systems; innovation;
law and regulation; risk management; corporate
governance; public policy; leadership
Regional HR Learning & Development Leader,
Procter & Gamble, Latin America
Led corporate training strategy and operation
Managed a team of 12 people aimed to execute
the strategy and deliver internal/external courses
serving 17,000 consumers across 10 geographies
Conducted a complete re-design process of the
LA L&D to meet employee reduction target while
delivering outstanding results
Enhanced cultural changes that create better
gender equality
Awarded LA HR Create Value Annual recognition,
2012; LA Diversity & Inclusion Role Model, 2013
HR Talent Manager, Procter & Gamble, Chile
Led recruiting and training strategy for four
business units, managing two direct reports
Executed the in-placement process during
Panama HQ relocation project
Career interests
FMCG; entrepreneurship; management
consulting; diversity and inclusion; gender parity;
human capital
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Evgeniy Orashakov Bulgaria
Patricia Perez Arias Spain, France
Academy of Economics D. A. Tsenov, Bulgaria,
MSc Accounting and Control; Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
Languages: Bulgarian
EPSCI Essec Group, France, BA (Hons)
International Business
Languages: French, Spanish, German
[email protected]
Business Development Director, Tri.Art Food
Company, Bulgaria
Responsible for set-up and management of
organic farm for herbs and spices production
Responsible for development of business line for
bean and potato production and sales
[email protected]
Alexander Pozenel Austria,
Switzerland
[email protected]
Director, Lloyds Banking Group, UK
Vienna University of Economics and Business,
Austria, Master in International Business
Administration
Languages: German, Spanish
Manage a liquid asset portfolio to comply with
the LCR rules, including regulatory attestation
and governance
Director Risk Management, Banque Cramer
& Cie SA, Switzerland
Delegated accountable executive for the
regulatory MiFID II implementation
Lead in the design and implementation of
company-wide operational risk framework
and internal control system
Participation in Acquisition Committee invested
in four companies in food and agriculture industries
Responsible for the methodology and results
of regulatory and internal stress tests on
asset-backed and covered bond portfolios
CEO, Agro Sip, Bulgaria
Supervision of analyst team
Credit risk management and evaluation
Responsible for structuring and managing
financial and operational performance
management
Project manager of surveillance systems
Director Corporate Finance/M&A, Valartis
Group AG, Switzerland/Austria
Lead acquisition of a farm doubling production
capacity to 100,000 pigs
Responsible for compliance with EU requirements
CEO, Ceres, Bulgaria
Managed arable land portfolio of 21,000 ha
by selling 3,500 ha and consolidating for
farming 14,700 ha
Built 8,000 square metre grain storages
Responsible for the sale and logistics of more than
60,000 tons of soft commodities per annum
Responsible for the sale of the company to
strategic investor
Career interests
Private equity; emerging markets; turnaround
management; business strategy; business
development; agriculture and soft commodities;
food industry
Advisor on at-risk credit names: de-risked legacy
asset-backed portfolio in Iberian assets and
other asset classes
Implementation of repo-platform with Swiss
counterparties and the Swiss National Bank
Deputy Head Corporate Finance/Mergers
and Acquisition, Zurich
Acting deputy head of a credit team of a £40bn
global asset-backed portfolio
Set-up of Zurich office with a focus on Swiss and
European mid-caps in M&A as well as capital
market transactions (ECM, DCM) and corporate
lending (syndicated loans and sub-underwriting)
Underwriter of a large and diverse £7bn portfolio
(100 transactions)
Bond issues for international clients on the SIX
Swiss Exchange in excess of US$550m
Key participant to work-out group during the
credit crisis, recommending actions on CLOs,
derivatives, monolines and re-securitisations
Various M&A mid-market transactions in the
banking and industrial production sector
Director, Bank of Scotland, UK
Associate Director, Standard & Poor’s, UK/Spain
Relationship Manager, Western Union
International Bank GmbH, Austria
Expanded the Spanish Structured Finance
practice from two to seven team members
and trained each analyst
Lead in two global initiatives in money transfer
product development for the EMEASA region
Lead senior analyst for Iberian Structured
Finance transactions
Lead in the successful introduction of a third
party insurance product to the bank’s money
transfer product offering
Responsible for over 100 pan-European
transactions in four years
Management and development of the money
transfer sub-agent network
Successfully rated ”first” in their kind
transactions: building society covered bonds,
Russian consumer bonds
Sourcing of third-party products in financial
services and banking
Structured Finance Analyst,
J.P. Morgan Chase, UK
Credit analyst in the emerging markets and
western Europe structured finance teams across
a broad range of products
Created and presented model on a project
finance bid for the Ministry of Finance of Bahrain
Career interests
Social finance; impact investing; sustainability;
asset management; venture capital; luxury;
entrepreneurship
Relationship Manager, Raiffeisen Leasing
International, Austria
Key account management in vendor finance for
agricultural machines, machinery as well as IT
hard- and software
Responsible for sector-specific leasing business
in 14 countries throughout CEE
Associate, PwC Advisory Services, Austria
Client support throughout M&A transactions,
valuations and general corporate finance tasks
Career interests
Corporate finance; mergers and acquisition;
corporate banking; corporate strategy;
private equity; hedge fund; business
development; financial structuring;
management advisory; risk management
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Ty Rallens USA
Maxine Rawlins UK
Gareth Rowlands UK
University of Oxford, UK, MSt Literature and
Arts, Distinction; New Saint Andrews College,
USA, BA Liberal Arts and Culture, Summa
Cum Laude; University of Idaho, USA,
BS Computer Engineering, Summa Cum
Laude (Minor: Economics)
Cardiff University, UK, LLB (Hons) Law;
Bristol University, UK, LLM, Law
Nottingham Trent University, UK, Legal Practice
Course; Guildford College of Law, UK, Common
Professional Examination; University of Oxford,
UK, BA Zoology
Engineering Manager, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise, UK
Leading and managing the delivery of technical
and administration services
Managing a team of release engineers who
deliver automated build scripts and tools for
over 200 embedded software developers
Responsible for planning strategic business
objectives
[email protected]
Expanded acquired company’s single-site
infrastructure to two other states for business
continuity and to accelerate development
Recruiting and training a team of UK sustaining
development engineers to handle customer
escalations in EMEA region
Business Operations Manager, HewlettPackard, USA
Planned and executed director’s US$20m
annual R&D budget with +/- 1% accuracy
Created custom SQL Server database to
automatically reconcile purchase orders and
accounting records in a single dashboard
Release Manager, Hewlett-Packard, USA
Led development team through planning,
implementation, qualification, controlled release,
and on-time general availability release phases
for two six-month programmes
Transitioned R&D project from US to India by
training new team, visiting India for three weeks,
and mentoring through first programme
Reconciled struggling test and development
teams with daily meetings focused on unblocking
team members and assigning objective priorities
to avoid a two-month slip
[email protected]
CEO, Hawksford International, Jersey
Developing the firm’s international footprint
organically through mergers and acquisitions
[email protected]
Legal Consultant, Paysafe Group, UK
Supported the acquisition and integration of a
competitor leading to move from AIM to FTSE 250
Set up the Japanese office and led the application
for a payment services licence
Head of the Jersey tax practice
Reviewed global licensing and regulatory
strategy and impacts of regulatory changes
to the business
Head of asset management for UK
Interim Head of Legal, UK Payments, UK
Part of the EMEIA leadership team for FATCA
Restructured and managed the legal department
Led the European tax initiative on AIFMD
Advised the businesses in preparation for the
new incoming Payment Systems Regulator
Partner, Ernst & Young, UK
CEO, Maples & Calder, Cayman Islands
Increased headcount from 43 people in two
jurisdictions to one 180 people in six jurisdictions
Enjoyed significant increases in net profit
throughout the 2008 downturn in finance
Led the development of five new offices
Developed additional service and product
offerings and acquired and developed
system infrastructure
Director, Close Brothers, UK
Single business development resource into the
US market
In-house legal
Technical advisory
Career interests
International finance; legal; regulatory; compliance;
international tax
Humanities, Logic, and Rhetoric Instructor,
The Ambrose School, USA
Led students through interdisciplinary study
of ancient sources from Homer to Josephus
Taught formal and informal logic, including
fallacies and formal proofs of validity
Software Engineer (Firmware), HewlettPackard, USA
Current Product Engineering (CPE) technical
lead. Created processes and metrics used by the
whole lab to drive product availability from
99.995% to 99.999% over several releases
Developed communication between redundant
storage controllers over PCIe
Supported re-launch and rebranding of the
Payments Council
Supported payment innovations such as Faster
Clearing Model for digital cheque clearing
Head of Legal, Insignia Global Cards, UK
Supported launch of new consumer and
commercial card programmes
Managed the passport of a Maltese electronic
money issuing licence across Europe and the
establishment of a cross border issuing
programme with Visa Europe
Managed a team split across UK and Malta
Senior Legal Counsel, Visa International and
Visa Europe, UK and Singapore
Managed provision of commercial and regulatory
legal support for the development of the V.me
digital wallet
Led the European legal support for Visa’s
sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Advised on corporate venturing and joint
technology development deal with Australian
anti-fraud software company to develop
dynamic passcode technology and products
Developed Visa Europe intellectual property
activities and legal interface with Visa Inc. for
technology licensing
Career interests
PayTech and FinTech; entrepreneurship;
venture capital; private equity; e-commerce;
m-commerce; cybersecurity; data; strategy;
marketing; media and arts
Designed method for adaptive tuning of caching
algorithm: patent US8291171 B2
Career interests
Technology; operations; enterprise storage;
global teams; strategy; general management;
organisational debt; development; emerging
markets; project management; education;
integrating business and the humanities
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Jonas Saladžius Lithuania, UK
Rosane Santos Brazil
Vilnius University, Lithuania, LLM
Groningen University, the Netherlands,
International and EU Law studies
Languages: Lithuanian, Russian
University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil,
Bachelor in Accounting; Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro (UFF), Brazil, MBA Finance
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish
Managing Partner, Eversheds, Lithuania
Internal Audit & Compliance Senior Manager
for Latin America, Nissan Motor Corporation,
Brazil
[email protected]
Head a leading business law firm
Responsible for corporate and M&A, energy
and infrastructure, financial services teams
Advised global clients such as Barclays, Berlin
Chemie, Boeing, Danone, DNB bank, Fortum,
HSBC, IATA, Oracle, Samsung, Sofa Brands,
Statoil, YIT and public sector
Member of International Board, Eversheds, UK
Director of one of the world’s largest
international law firms with 55 offices
Speaker at Global Law Summit, Law Society
of England and Wales, Investment Forum for
Baltic and Nordic Region at Mansion House
Acted as partner responsible for CSR,
contributed to accountable leadership and BD
Council Member of the Lithuanian Bar, Lithuania
Oversees anti-money laundering and
counter-terrorism financing
Chaired annual meetings of the Lithuanian Bar
Association (1,000+ solicitors)
Acted as a member of the Bar Exam Commission
and co-editor of the journal of the Lithuanian
Bar Association
Head of the Lithuanian Bar Permanent
Delegation to CCBE (Council of Bars and Law
Societies in Europe, 1,000,000+ lawyers)
Lecturer at Vilnius University
Lecturer of Finance Law at Law Faculty
Co-Founder of School of Legal Excellence with
Vilnius University
Delivered lectures on International Law and Treaties,
EU Law, Diplomatic and Consular Law at Institute
of International Relations and Political Science
[email protected]
Start-up of the Internal Audit and Compliance
roles for Nissan Motor Corporation in Latam
Oversight of the compliance function for Latam
affiliates, which includes trainings, investigations,
communication campaign, review of policies and
procedures, acting as a key advisor to the
business at all levels
Nissan Brazil Board Member
Regional Compliance Committee Member
Head of ACS (Audit and Consulting Services)
for Latin America, Essilor Group, Brazil
Implementation and management of the internal
audit role and team for Latin America (35 entities
in six countries), including manufacturing plants
and optical laboratories
Implementation of the Latin America
Governance Committee (internal audit as
a permanent member, along with finance,
legal and senior management), engaging the
group on critical issues
Contribute to create a compliance culture within
the organisation, through an “Organizational
Development Program”, shared within all Latin
America employees
Career interests
Strategy and business development;
human resources; leadership and
talent management; gender equality;
international healthcare organisations
Sushma Shankar India,
UK work authorisation
[email protected]
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA,
MS Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Visvesvaraya Technological University,
India, BE Telecommunications
Languages: Hindi, Kannada
Project Leader, Hitachi Communication
Technologies America, USA
Managed research and development of next
generation wireless telecom solutions
Responsible for strategic relationship
management efforts and consulting with
external stakeholders across North America,
Europe and Asia
Led product development projects, resources,
integration and full product lifecycle
Founder, Mumily, UK
Developed concepts that effectively engaged
parents to improve child development
Successfully launched mobile applications
and drove customer growth
Founder, Love This Trend, USA
Founded a crowd sourced street fashion platform
Led product development teams through
execution, integration and architecture of systems
Member of Scientific Staff, Nortel Networks,
USA
Led software development for mobile
communication networks
Led multinational teams to demonstrate the
first 4G mobile call in the world
Drove training for software best practices and
development methodologies
Career interests
Innovation; strategy; technology; management
consulting; entrepreneurship
Co-author of law books and publications
Head of Tax and Legal, PwC, Lithuania
Managed tax and legal practice of PwC
Founded and acted as Managing Partner of PwC
law firm in Lithuania
Led advisory teams on major privatisation
deals, cross-border M&A and restructurings,
investment projects, IPOs, taxation
Career interests
Business development; strategy; consulting;
legal services; entrepreneurship; financial
markets; healthcare; energy and resources;
mergers and acquisitions
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Sergey Shedov Russia
[email protected]
Moscow State University, Russia, MSc Applied
Mathematics and Computer Science;
Bauman Technical University, Russia, MEng
Languages: Russian, Spanish
Founder and Director, Educational Institution
“Programming School”, Russia
Created and developed a network of
education centres of computer education
for school children
Grew enterprise from three employees and 50
students into one of the leading networks of IT
training centres for teenagers in Moscow region
with more than 50 employees and more than
1,500 students. The project has enjoyed wide
recognition in the Russian educational sphere and
strong support from the IT sector including a
joint venture with the biggest Russian Internet
company Yandex (which owns the fourth largest
search engine worldwide)
Develop and execute strategies; manage
virtually all aspects of the business including
financial analysis and planning, budgeting and
statistics, negotiating and change management,
recruiting and team building
Deputy Director of Information Technologies,
Liceum #23, Russia
Designed and managed use of information
technologies in secondary school educational
and administrative processes
Trained team of students who won international
competition in programming for the first time
ever in Moscow region; received an award from
the governor for accomplishments
Software Engineer, Zenon LLC, Russia
Developed business-oriented software such as
databases, online shops and enterprise resource
planning systems (received Microsoft and 1C
training and certification)
Dmitry Shornikov South Africa,
Russia
[email protected]
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa,
Diploma Mineral Economics; Lomonosov
Moscow State University, Russia, BA (Hons)
African and Oriental Studies
Languages: Afrikaans, Russian
Managing Partner, Caversham Management
Services, South Africa
Established an equity investment and consulting
company for early stage mining projects in
Southern Africa
Alison Small UK
[email protected]
University of Oxford, UK, Masters Diploma
Strategy and Innovation; Leeds University, UK,
BA (Hons) Economics and Econometrics
Executive Director, Realise Strategy &
Consulting Limited, UK
Supporting the success of SMEs through
working with financial and business services
Broad experience across diverse industry sectors
Executive Director, ABN AMRO Commercial
Finance PLC, UK
Started from scratch and brought to the
production level a gold mining operation
Executive Board Director in financial
services sector
Supervised the completion of a bankable
feasibility study of an exploration project;
implemented the US$55m exit strategy of
the project
Board responsibilities for company performance,
strategy, governance and risk
Business Development Director, Mineral
Investments Company of South Africa,
South Africa
Formulated and implemented the US$75m exit
strategy for a ferrous metals mining project
Acquired a US$45m rare earth elements
exploration project
Supervised the completion of a heavy mineral
sands exploration project
Business grown to be one of the largest and most
well renowned providers of asset based finance
outside the UK clearing banks
Senior member of Credit Committee for
lending decisions
Specific responsibility for business development
and sales strategy and for the delivery of
products and services through digital, direct
and intermediary channels
Led diverse team nationally
Supervised the completion of nuclear fuels
exploration project
Additionally, Chair of European Group Business
Development, grew cross border financing and
supported pan European projects
Business Development Director, Renova
Group of Companies, South Africa
Successfully implemented a lean management
programme
Supervised the completion of a manganese
exploration project, contributed towards proving
a 430 million ton resource
Managing Director (North), Venture Finance
PLC, UK
Acquired a ferro-alloy smelter (US$110m)
Oversaw company’s US$25m social
responsibility activities
Career interests
Career interests
Social entrepreneurship; change management;
innovation strategy; education; IT
Asset management; business development;
energy and resources; mergers and acquisitions
Set up a regional asset based finance provider to
service UK SMEs together with implementation
of operational and risk processes
Responsibility for profit, growth of income and
risk profile
Fast growing profitable region with strong client
service and high staff engagement
Managing Director, City Invoice Finance
Limited, UK
Appointed MD following acquisition
Successfully completed full integration of culture,
systems and clients within one year
Career interests
Consulting; strategy; SMEs; asset finance;
corporate finance; business development;
relationship management; risk management;
private equity; financial advisory;
non-executive directorships
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Jonathan Spry UK
Jay A T Stallard USA
University of Warwick, UK, MSc Engineering
Business Management; University of Oxford,
UK, Adv Undergraduate, Environmental
Conservation
Imperial College London, UK, Postgraduate
studies in Risk Management and Financial
Engineering; University of Plymouth, UK,
BSc (Hons) Economics
Boston College, USA, MA BS Biology, Summa
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Nu
Founder and Managing Partner, SAO Capital,
Nigeria, UK
Partner, Aros Capital Partners, UK
[email protected]
Founded an investment and advisory firm
focused on investments in agriculture,
real estate and renewable energy
[email protected]
Co-lead for insurance strategy
Building an insurance focused investment strategy
Head of Capital Allocation and COO
Advisory in development of infrastructure:
power (renewable energy), water, mining,
healthcare and agriculture in Africa
Managing Director, Head of Insurance
Solutions & Advisory, Stormharbour
Securities, UK
Investment in large and early-stage agribusiness,
food-related companies and projects
Insurance asset advisory
Real estate development in large-scale residential
(top, mid luxury and affordable housing) and
commercial mixed-use development (offices,
hotels, shopping malls) projects
Partner, Ubuntu Capital, Nigeria, Mauritius
Strategic advisory structure for M&A,
divestitures, capital-raising and corporate finance
Development of emerging market opportunities
Technical Advisor, Nigeria Infrastructure
Advisory Facility
Advisory services for urban development
projects and infrastructure – power, water,
road and rail for Federal & State Government
PPP projects
Lead Safeguard Specialist, Federal Ministry
of Finance, Nigeria (World Bank)
Focused on infrastructure development through
PPPs in transport, power, agriculture and water
(total concession project size – $5.5bn)
Special Assistant to the Honorable Minister
of State FCT, Nigeria
Advisor on urban development projects,
developed a $400m AFDB and Climate
Investment fund for Urban Integrated
Infrastructure project ($300m Infra and
$100m Transport), 7,000 housing units
through PPP – co-financing of over $600m
Global Technology, Deutsche Bank,
UK Operations, Royal Bank of Scotland
Operations, Environment Agency, UK
Worked on a £700m green IT outsourcing
project to reduce carbon emissions by 50%
Financial Analyst, Thomson Reuters, UK
Career interests
Social entrepreneurship; agriculture; renewable;
private equity; emerging market; technology
Capital raising and advisory
Insurance linked securities
Head of UK Insurance Coverage, RBS, UK
Coverage of UK insurance clients
Capital optimisation for insurers
[email protected]
Owner, Xeris, Inc., Rep. De Panama, Costa Rica
Acquired multiple multi-family dwellings in
Panama and multiple-use properties in Costa Rica
Independent Consultant, USA
Managed a team >60+ individuals responsible
for the generation of US$62m in gross revenue
Managed offshore and onshore software
development
Principle Consultant, PA Consulting Group, USA
System design: designed a strategic sales
analysis tool
Team member responsible for ensuring
compliance with FDA regulations
Technology Board Member, Verizon
Communications, USA
Debt capital markets
Responsible for representing US pharm strategic
communication and technology needs
Insurance solutions
Senior Manager, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, USA
Senior Vice President, Guy Carpenter, UK
Primary technical liaison and trusted advisor to
the Executive Vice President of USP Sales
Capital markets
Insurance linked securities
Advisory
Structured reinsurance
Career interests
Private equity; insurance; alternative assets;
risk management
Managed a budget of > US$25m year over year
Strategy: developed the five-year technology
rationalisation framework
Managed the Virtual Private Network and site
to site private network connections
Insourced email resulting in a US$1.7m year over
year saving
Director of Technology, Idealpath, USA
Technical/Business liaison between the former
President and EVP of Levi Strauss and an
outsourced technology vender
Designed and developed an online apparel
sourcing system for offshore garment sourcing
– a US$4.6m Cloud based solution
Technical PM & Process Development
Associate, ICOS Pharmaceuticals, USA
Implemented a computerised maintenance
management system for USP Manufacturing
Responsible for process-development of
mammalian and microbial manufacturing of
recombinant therapeutic proteins intended
for clinical study
Co-managed scale-up production design of
Cialis™ for commercial manufacturing
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; disruptive technologies;
biotechnology; human – computer interaction;
turnaround management; business strategy;
M&A negotiations
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Murat Tekin Turkey
[email protected]
University of Istanbul, Turkey, BA (Hons)
Economics
Languages: Turkish
Head of Corporate Governance, ABank, Turkey
Attends Board and Board Committees meetings
(Execution, Credit, Audit, Risk, Corporate
Governance, and Remuneration) of ABank and
its subsidiaries to ensure that they operate in a
cohesive and holistic manner and in line with
targets and regulations
Carlos B Torres Diaz Mexico,
Norway work authorisation
[email protected]
University of Sheffield, UK, MSc Energy
and Env. Engineering; Club Español de la Energia,
Spain, Diploma Energy Business; Universidad
Iberoamericana, Mexico, BSc (Hons) Civil
Engineering
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Built a team of 20 people
Trading advice to hedge fuel and power positions
Advised executive management on corporate
governance actions to achieve highest level
of efficiency by introducing best practice
Senior Internal Auditor, Isbank, Turkey
At Isbank, focused on detailed analysis
of facts and figures, close to customers on
the frontline, visited c. 70 micro markets,
at the largest bank in Turkey. Gained extensive
experience in commercial and retail banking
Prepared reports on: quality of credits,
remedial actions for non-performing credits,
sales performance of branches, operational
risks, human resources for each audited entity
with on-site work to guide business and advise
senior management of the bank for proper
assessments of risks and performance
Contacted hundreds of key customers for
developing sustainable relationships or negotiating
solutions for non-performing credits
Developed versatility by taking part in 18 audit
teams with varying roles
Talent Acquisition Director, Beijaflore, France
Responsible for European gas market forecast.
Achieved outstanding KPI
Reports to the Board, manages relations with the
shareholders and regulators
Developed strategic insight on commercial,
retail, treasury, private banking businesses and
support functions with a cohesive and holistic
approach covering performance and risk aspects
Rouen Business School, France, Master
Management (Hons); Lyon III University,
France, Triple DipHe (Hons) Mathematics,
Economics & English
Languages: French
Develop recruitment strategies (more than
1,000 people hired)
Development of long term fuel scenarios to
support the company’s investment decisions
Observed the big picture, close to the executive
management at the Head Office, at the franchise
of the leading global bank
[email protected]
Senior Analyst, Statkraft, Norway
Follows up and reports on progress of strategic
action points on behalf of the Board
Head of Corporate Governance, HSBC, Turkey
Clemence Tribes France
Senior Analyst, Thomson Reuters, Norway
Project leader for LNG product. Managed to
deliver new content on the Eikon platform
providing in-depth reports and data for a
new market
UK and European gas markets analysis.
Experience managing a multinational team
Develop the employer branding (annual budget
of $500,000)
Member of the Executive Board
Business Unit Director, Beijaflore, France
Created and developed a new business unit
(insurance industry)
Identified decision makers and tender
opportunities (€2.4m sales and €1m gross
margin generated in one year)
Built a team of three sales and 20 consultants
Cross-commodity analysis supporting clients’
trading decisions
Business Unit Director, Beijaflore, France
Gas Contracts Manager, Union Fenosa
(Gas Natural), Mexico/Spain
Managed a portfolio of existing major accounts
and created new business (€9.5m sales and
€3.3m gross margin)
Purchase of gas for three power plants from
Mexican and US suppliers
Management of long term supply agreements.
Conducted contract negotiations that resulted
in savings of US$1.5m per year
Responsible for invoicing US$50m/month.
Reduced reconciling errors by 95%
Led the business unit dedicated to finance industry
Managed up to 100 people
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; HR and business consulting;
corporate strategy; energy and resources
Project Engineer, URS, Mexico
Youngest Project Manager in the company.
Managed an EIA on-time and on-budget
Responsible for conducting power plant
evaluations for the World Bank
Career interests
Commodity/financial markets; trading;
investment banking; consulting;
entrepreneurship; social development
Relationship Manager, Isbank, Turkey
Prepared financial analysis reports for credit
extending facilities
Organised and actioned marketing activities
Managed relationships with key customers
Career interests
Strategy; leadership; international business;
banking; corporate governance
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GuYing Van Bommel
The Netherlands, China
[email protected]
Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
MSc Economics and Logistics
Languages: Mandarin, Dutch
Advisor, Business Development,
Wintershall-BASF Group, Norway
Work effectively in a dynamic and fast changing
business environment, completed mergers and
acquisitions deal of €700m in 2015
Provide team leadership and stakeholder
management. Articulating the vision on asset
sales; aligning team members to sales strategy;
taking several open bidding steps (stage gate)
to achieve asset sales target; deliver projects
within an agreed framework and meet the
board expectation
Provide advice on economic, fiscal, financial or
commercial issues. Advise tax department on
oil and gas sales. Translate financial analysis
into strategic recommendations to the board
In my term of office, company made a profit
of more than €1bn in 2014, for the fourth year
in a row. The net income after taxes and interests
was €1.5bn. Despite the low oil price in 2015
and 2016, new production target set to be
190MMbbl in 2018
Commercial, Wintershall-BASF Group,
the Netherlands
Have confidence and credibility to work and
negotiate with high-level government officials
Mart Vau Estonia
[email protected]
University of Tartu, Estonia, EMBA Major
Strategic Management; Estonian Business
School, Estonia, BA Major Banking and Finance
Languages: Estonian, Russian
CEO, CFO, Bauhof Group, Estonia
Ramesh Viswambharan Malaysia,
Brazil work authorisation
[email protected]
University Brunei, Brunei, MSc Petroleum
Geoscience; University Malaya, Malaysia,
BSc (Hons) First Class Honours Applied Geology
Languages: Malay
Prepare and execute the strategy and business
plan of Bauhof, the market leader of the Estonian
DIY Retail sector and among top 15 retailers
in Estonia
Senior Field Supervisor & Assessor
– Drilling, Brazil
Took company from fourth position on market to
first position
Tender and contracts management in Malaysia
Conducted a strategic and cost-cutting
turnaround that shifted company from loss
to profit
Co-founder and Partner, Kiirlugemiskool,
Estonia
Lead Drilling Operations Team to drill oil wells in
Latin America region
Headed team to drill longest well in Brazil
for Statoil
Career interests
Private equity; hedge fund; asset management;
entrepreneurship
Founded the first and only speed reading and
memory training company in Estonia
Senior Manager Corporate Finance, Sampo
Bank/EstIB, Estonia
Co-launched the bank’s corporate finance
service, advised and conducted several
M&A deals
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; start-ups; M&A; retail; real
estate development; housing development;
business strategy and development
Negotiate and execute oil and gas commercial
agreements for the acquiring of production
licence and sales of hydrocarbons in the region
Identify and explore new business opportunities,
evaluate the associated risks and implement
strategies, including asset acquisitions and
divestitures
Member of various industry associations.
Keynote speaker at conferences and forums,
in 2013 interviewed by Bloomberg news to
forecast the gas price in Europe
Chief Economics and New Venture, Nile Dutch
Africa Line, the Netherlands
Lead team to start-up new business on
China market. Manage relationships with the
government authorities and national companies
Monitor the overall Asia, Europe and Africa sales
Head Supply Chain and Manufacturing,
Hyundai Heavy Industry, the Netherlands
Supply chain and stock modelling
Develop company expertise in project
management
Career interests
Mergers and acquisitions; investment
opportunities in energy and infrastructure;
business in emerging market
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Lorraine H Wright UK
Kohei Yamada Japan,
Singapore work authorisation
Pingping Zhang China
[email protected]
Brunel University, UK, BSc Information Systems
[email protected]
Director, Security IT, UBS, UK
Waseda University, Japan, MPM; Aichi
University, Japan, BA Modern Chinese Studies
Languages: Japanese, Mandarin
Programme management of global cross
functional IT/HR efficiency change programme
to deliver CHF 24m of annual benefits
Lead cross functional teams across Switzerland,
Poland, UK, US and Philippines
Management of strategic initiatives for security
IT including global organisational change initiatives
Director, Wealth Management IT, UBS,
Switzerland
Secured CHF 50m investment for development
of innovative security device for 100,000
UBS staff
Programme management of global programme
to improve bank's security controls
Business case development
Delivery of group wide solution, to manage
adherence to client data confidentiality
requirements and regulations
Founder, UGCY, UK/Ghana
Management and production of annual televised
choir competition event engaging 39 UK and
15 Ghanaian universities
Responsible for negotiation and securing of
sponsorship and investments
Annual delivery of official backing choirs to
national TV programmes such as Britain's Got
Talent and X Factor
CEO, Universe Minerals Trading, Mauritius
Sales Director, Damo Resources (Singapore)
Pte Ltd, Singapore
Responsible for managing the company and
developing mineral trading business, and sales
and marketing of minerals produced by Damo
Resources, parent company, from the mines
in Zimbabwe
CEO, Ryoma Corporation Pte Ltd, Singapore
Setting up an international study programme
for foreign tourists to experience Japanese
village life in Kochi Prefecture, Japan to revitalise
the region
General Manager, Advanced Material Trading
Pte Ltd, Singapore Trader, Advanced Material
Japan Corporation, Japan
Developed new customers and suppliers in the
rare metal field in Japan, Asia, Africa and Europe
Managed the multinational staff from China,
India, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan
Coordinated the Japanese Official Development
Assistance (ODA) for the mining sector in
Myanmar with Ministry of Economy, Industry
and Trade (METI) and became a member of
delegation of METI minister for meeting with
Myanmar Minister of Mines
Artist, EPIC RECORDS JAPAN INC, Japan
[email protected]
Peking Union Medical College, China, MMed;
China Medical University, China, BMed
Languages: Chinese
National Professional Officer, WHO China
office, China
Work on policy, legislation, advocacy, project
management in food safety and Traditional
Chinese Medicine areas; manage fellowship
programme; support emerging infectious
diseases surveillance and response, and public
health emergency
UN Coordinator, MDG Achievement Fund Joint
Programme on Improving Nutrition, Food Safety
and Food Security for China’s Most Vulnerable
Women and Children (CFSN) at US$6m
implemented in six poor counties of three
provinces in China. Led eight UN agencies in
collaboration with over 20 Chinese Ministries
and institutions to evaluate the programme and
bring it to a successful closure
Coordinated Asian Development Bank/State
Food and Drug Administration/WHO
cooperation project on National Food Safety
Regulatory and Strategic Framework at
US$400,000. The project has contributed
to China’s food safety legislative and
institutional reform
Project Officer, European Union-China Training
Programme on STD and HIV/AIDS, China
Managed the procurement of the equipment,
published the programme newsletter,
implemented the fellowship programme, and
monitored the implementation of operational
research projects. Worked till the project closed
Grew and positioned organisation as supplier
of choirs to corporate events, national TV ad
campaigns, weddings and TV productions
Released two CDs for HIV/AIDS issue and
published one book on my experience in
Malawi, Africa
Founded LW Company Ltd, in Ghana – event
management company
Donated HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling centre
to Malawi by the profit of the CD sales
Coordinated the implementation of the World
Bank Loan Project IV on Rural Human Resource
Development and Hong Kong Caritas Project
Management Consultant, Accenture, UK
Rural Development Officer, Japan
International Cooperation Agency, Malawi
Public Health Doctor, Anshan Hygiene and
Anti-epidemic Station, China
Produced HIV/AIDS prevention song and made it
official JICA project for HIV/AIDS prevention
through the media and placed No. 1 in the music
chart in Malawi
Worked on environment hygiene focusing on
drinking water and hospital sewage management
in a city with a population of over three million
Planned and managed income generating
activities and small scale irrigation project by
utilising local resources
Career interests
Capital markets/financial services consulting
Responsible for the delivery of derivatives
reform diagnostic solution
Programme management office lead responsible
for CHF 4.5m budget
Project Manager, Solex Partners LLC, USA
Led variety of infrastructure and change
management projects
Implementation of new CRM and
telecommunication service
Career interests
Career interests
Entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship; venture
capital; business development; metal trading;
tourism; education
Programme Officer, Ministry of Health, China
There was no major waterborne disease outbreak
Healthcare; development banking; social
entrepreneurship; management consulting;
project management; charity and
development work
Entrepreneurship; management and strategy
consulting; international business expansion
projects/business development; global business
change management; sustainable investing;
wealth management; innovation; media
production; event management
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Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP
United Kingdom
Saïd Business School
Taught Programmes
Executive Education
Finance
Saïd Business School at the
University of Oxford blends the
best of new and old. We are a
vibrant and innovative business
school, but yet deeply embedded
in an 800-year-old world-class
university. We create programmes
and ideas that have global
impact. We educate people for
successful business careers, and
as a community seek to tackle
world-scale problems. We deliver
cutting-edge programmes and
ground-breaking research that
transform individuals, organisations,
business practice, and society.
MBA
General Management
Oxford 1+1 MBA
Oxford Advanced Management
and Leadership Programme
Oxford Finance and Corporate
Governance Programme
Executive MBA
MSc Financial Economics
MSc in Major Programme
Management
MSc in Law and Finance
Diploma in Financial Strategy
Diploma in Global Business
Diploma in Organisational
Leadership
Diploma in Strategy and
Innovation
BA in Economics and
Management
Research Programmes
DPhil Programme in
Management Studies
Leadership
Oxford Strategic
Leadership Programme
Oxford High Performance
Leadership Programme
Oxford Chicago Valuation
Programme
Oxford Investment
Management Programme
Oxford Private Equity
Programme
Oxford Real Estate Programme
Women Transforming
Leadership Programme
Oxford Impact Investing
Programme
Oxford Programme
on Negotiation
Custom Programmes
Corporate Reputation and
Executive Leadership
Programme
Strategy and Change
Oxford Scenarios Programme
Consulting and Coaching
for Change
Oxford CIO Academy
Corporate Affairs Academy
Oxford Cyber Risk for Leaders
Programme
Oxford Strategic Marketing
Programme
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