Ghina, an Independent Consultant, is currently based out of Lebanon.

She is a banking & financial services professional with over 35 years of experience in Commercial Banking, Trade Finance, Corporate Finance, Retail Banking & Investment Banking.

She has worked with The Chase Manhattan Bank, Capital Trust Bank, National Bank of Kuwait, Byblos Bank, American Express Bank, Arab Banking Corporation, BLOM Bank as Director, Assistant GM, Country Manager & Deputy Head of Corporate Banking.

Mișu, an Independent Consultant, is currently based out of Romania.

He is a seasoned banking & financial professional with over 20 years of experience in Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Trade Finance, and Capital Market Business in Central & Eastern Europe.

He has worked with ING, EY, and Arpimex at different levels as General Manager, Country Head, Chairman, and President.

Kai is a freelance consultant for banking & development finance and currently running a private business with his wife.

Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors in different financial institutions and brings in 15 years of senior management experience.

Mr Ilm lived & worked in many cultural environments, mainly in South-East Europe and the Eurasian region.

Csaba, an Independent Consultant is currently based out of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.

He is a Veteran banker, Olympic athlete, Bank Board Director and Advisor, Senior Executive with decades of global bank leadership experience at the forefront of driving financial services innovation across a wide range of developed-, emerging- and frontier markets with large multinational banks (Citi, GE) and most recently “digital disruption” in the cutting-edge FinTech, NeoBanking and Digital Finance space.

Ivan is a serial entrepreneur and C-suite leader who has built and led organisations driving financial inclusion in East and West Africa.

Over the past 18 years, he has worked across local banks (Fidelity Bank Ghana), growth-stage global startups (Tala & Umati Capital) and global financial institutions such as Citibank.

Gürkan, a Senior Advisor on Corporate Banking, he is currently based out of Turkiye

He is an experienced banking professional with 33 years experience in the biggest Banks of Turkiye on Corporate & Project Loans, Commercial Loans, Retail & SME Loans, Risk Management, Monitoring and Follow up

He worked in İş Bankası, Koçbank, Yapı ve Kredi Bankası at different levels as Auditor, Unit Head and Director

Marietjie an Independent Financial Consultant, based out of South Africa

An innovative and successful business executive and professional consultant with 30 years of Retail Financial Services experience across multi-functional business areas. She consults to global investment firms seeking to invest in the Financial sector in SA and Africa.

She’s experienced in developing & creating new markets across Africa and has worked extensively in 14 Countries, including SA, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, and more

Mr. Sado, Country Director - Nigeria, Veefin. He is currently based in Lagos, Nigeria.

He is a Chartered Accountant with over three decades of diverse experience in different sectors of the Nigerian economy.

His work experience includes 18 years with the Central Bank of Nigeria where he retired as a Deputy Director in April, 2022. He created a niche in the regulation and supervision of financial institutions & became famous as a Management expert with special interest in Digital Banking, Regulatory Compliance & Enterprise Risk Management.

Luwai, an Independent Consultant, is currently based out of Riyadh.

He is a seasoned banking & financial services professional with over 25 years of experience in Finance Management, Business Development, Building Internal Controls, and Risk Assessment in Saudi Arabia.

He has worked with The Saudi Investment Bank, Samba Bank Ltd, Al Rajhi Bank, and Qatar National Bank at different levels as Head of Compliance and Internal Control, Compliance & Corporate Governance Head, Head of Basel, Compliance & Corporate Governance.

Adnan, a senior credit executive with more than 30 years of experience in the field of financing large corporates, middle market, small business & commercial real estate.

His expertise covers a wide range including structuring, lending strategies, portfolio management and financial restructuring.

He has worked in two leading institutions National Commercial Bank and SAMBA, and was a member of Kafalah Advisory board (Kafalah program is designed to promote financing of SMEs). And on a number of high profile projects with leading consultants such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting (BCG), Booz & Oliver Wayman.

Ouasti, a consultant & trainer for the Banking Sector; Graduate in Master of Finance, has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry.

He has experience in 3 private banks among the most competitive in Tunisia : Banque de Tunisie, Amen Bank & Attijaribank.

He has a proven expertise on SME market through the responsibilities that he took on as branch manager, area manager & development manager. In addition to the commercial aspect, he has also taken on responsibilities in credit risk management & collection.

David, Owner of Wayiera Investments & an Independent Consultant, is based out of Kenya.

He is a seasoned banking & financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in Trade Finance, Corporate & Investment Banking, Credit Management, Relationship Management, and Business Development in Nairobi & East Africa.

He has worked with Standard Chartered Bank, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), and Citibank at different levels as Senior Manager, Trade Head & Director of Sales & Relationship Management.

Santiago, Financial and Economic Consultant based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

With more than 25 years of experience in banks, he worked in financing medium, small and large companies, leading commercial and product sectors.

He currently works for Banks and for several brokerage companies that finance the supply chain of SMEs in the Argentine capital market.

Joao Ebo, is founder, acting as a senior manager and consultant at AJS Financial Advisory Services based out Angola.

He’s a senior professional finance and business advisory with over 18 years of experience on commercial credit loans, risk management and regulator affairs all over Angola banking sector.

During his path into financial sector, Joao Ebo has knowledge and experienced on Angola Central Bank, Banco Poupanca & Credito, Banco Fomento Angola, at different levels as Advisory, a Board Member and a Senior Analyst.

Callixte, is a consultant specialized in SME banking. He has 20+ experience in banking & served last as the Head of Business Banking (SME Specialized Department) at I&M Bank Rwanda from 2014 to 2019.

He worked with different DFIs and non-profit organizations dealing with the question of Access to finance for SMEs. He recently contributed to the successful closure of Feed the Future Rwanda Nguriza Nshore, a USAID project for agriculture finance in Rwanda.

He seats on the board of different institutions and is the vice-Chairman of BRD, the Development Bank of Rwanda.

El Messeery is an accomplished banker with a successful track record in executive management and financial advisory services.

She led the turnaround of Ahli United Bank in Egypt as CEO and MD, and has served as a consultant for the European Union and Managing Partner at Panther Associates.

El Messeery has held various board memberships and has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Women performers in Egypt and one of the most influential women in the Middle East by Forbes.

Joseph, a seasoned banking executive with over 23 years of management experience within the East African Region.

Former Managing Director/CEO of Bank of Africa Tanzania and Equity Bank Tanzania respectively. Previously served as General Manager for Equity Bank Uganda and Kenya.

Started career at Co-operative Bank Kenya Ltd and rose through the ranks within Operations, SME and Corporate banking to CEO level. Currently an Independent Consultant and Investor.

Americo Mandlhate Junior is an Independent Consultant based out of Mozambique. He is a seasoned banker with more than 20 years of experience.

He has held various positions in the Banking Industry for Retail and Corporate environments. He has worked for the top 10 banks in Mozambique. Some of them are Standard Bank, Absa, BancABC and FNB.

Andrey Zhishkevich has 25+ years of managerial experience in banks and enterprises including 15+ years in the position of CEO. He possess ​​professional competencies in loan products and processes, digital transformation, fintech.

He worked in the largest private and state banks - Belvnesheconombank, ITI-Bank, MTBank, Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus. Currently, as an independent director, he heads the Supervisory Board in Alfa-Bank (Belarus) and is a member of the Board of the Association of Belarusian Banks.

Sanjay, Founder of All About Supply Chain & an Independent Consultant, is currently out of Singapore.

He is a Business Transformation & Technology professional with around 40 years of experience in Supply Chain, Business Strategy, Management Consulting, Software Solutions, SMEs & MSMEs all over Singapore.

He has worked as Senior Manager, Director, and Sr. Director at Dell, JohnsonDiversey, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Huntsman, and Verifone at different levels.

Mirceta Milosevic, is a consultant on Financial Services. He is an experienced professional with 25 years in Banking, Finance, Energy and Consulting, of which most time in Risk Management and Consulting.

He was Head of Risk Management Department at Atlas Bank, while for PwC, KPMG, ING, BearingPoint and other international consulting firms he worked as an Analyst, Assistant Consultant and Consultant

Lenin Loyola Vinces , Senior Advisor for Banks and Cooperatives. He is also supporting International Lenders, Start Ups, Fintechs, IT companies and Family Companies.

He is an experienced banking professional with 16 years experience in different countries, mainly in Ecuador. He had different roles in Banks, at differente levels as CEO, CFO, CRO, Head of Finance, Head of Treasury, Head of Project Management, part of the Board and Member of different Organizations, like: Asobanca, Asomif, Red Financiera and others.