KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS

The speakers at this year’s summit consist of a range of prominent international experts in their respective fields.

Boitumelo Mosako

Development Bank of South Africa
CEO

Jin Liqun

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
President and Chair of the Board of Directors

Remy Rioux

Finance in Common
Chairman

Adama Mariko

Finance in Common
Secretary General

Amina Mohammed

Office of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General

Paolo Lombardo

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Director of International Development Cooperation

Ruurd Brouwer

The Currency Exchange Fund
CEO

Sidi Oul Tah

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
President

Admassu Tadesse

Trade and Development Bank
President and CEO

Ambroise Fayolle

European Investment Bank
Vice President

Antonella Baldino

Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale
Chief Executive Officer

Barbara Buchner

Climate Policy Initiative
Global Managing Director

Ilan Goldfajn

Inter-American Development Bank
President

Mafalda Duarte

Green Climate Fund
Executive Director

Nadia Calviño

European Investment Bank
President

Enrico Petrocelli

D20 Long-Term Investors Club
Secretary General

Samaila Zubairu

Africa Finance Corporation
President and CEO

Tomoyuki Kimura

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Director General

Simon Thompson

Global Capacity Building Coalition
Managing Director

Karen Kastner

Montreal Group
Secretary General

Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon

Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity
Executive Director

Carlo Monticelli

CEB
Governer

Alvaro Lario

International Fund of Agricultural Development
President

Federica Diamanti

International Fund of Agricultural Development
Associate Vice President for External Relations

Sean Kidney

Climate Bonds Initiative
CEO

Siyoon Lee-Boquien

Soul Urban Solutions Agency
Specialist

Solomon Quaynor

African Development Bank
Vice-President Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization

Hassetou Diop N'Sele

African Development Bank
Vice-President Finance, Chief Financial Officer

Nnenna Nwabufo

African Development Bank
Vice-President Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery

Leila Mokadem

African Development Bank
Director General Southern Africa

Joshua Yindenaba

University of Ghana Business School
Professor

Nimrod Zalk

University of Cape Town
Professor

Sheila Senfuma Nakanyike

Africa Europe Foundation
Lead Portfolio Manager

Luc Lapointe

Secretariat of Capital Coalitions for the Americas, Latin America and the Caribbeans
Chair

Adebayo Babalola

OPEC Fund for International Development
Director, Strategic Planning

Barbara Marchitto

European Investment bank
Head of Country and Financial Sector Analysis

Iliana Olivié

European Think Tanks Group
Director

Isabelle Bebear

Bpifrance
Director of International and European Affairs

Jiajun Xu

Public Development Finance Research Program at Peking University
Associate Professor and Principal Investigator

Jonas David

Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Research Director

Nicole Pinko

Climate Policy Initiative
Manager, Climate Finance & FiCS Lab

Sosso Feindouno

Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (Ferdi)
Research Officer

Thomas Marois

Public Banking Project, McMaster University
Professor of Political Economy and Director Public Banking Project

Thomas Melonio

Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Chief Economist

Thomas Venon

Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office
Head of Product Development

Ulrich Volz

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance

SPEAKING AT THE FiCS ARENA

Viviana Gonzale

Plata Basin Financial Development Fund
VP of Strategic Development

Uel Migan-Gandonou

Southbridge Investment
Partner

Thomas Beloe

UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub
Director

Serge Ekue

West African Development Bank
President

Ser Miang NG

IOC Member and Chair of the Finance Commission

Sam Ramsamy

IOC Member

Rodrigo Salvada

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Director General, Operational Partnership Department

Remy Rioux

Finance in Common
Chairman

Philip Müller-Wirth

UNESCO
Chief of the Sport Section, Sector for Social and Human Sciences

Ollie Dudfield

International Olympic Committee
Associate Director

Nelson Camara

Sport Impact
Executive Director

Matlohang Moiloa- Ramoqopo

IOC Member

Louis Downing

Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation
CEO

Lesley Williams

Independent, Cultural Policy and Diplomacy Advisor
CCI Expert / Artist

Jérémie Pellet

Expertise France & Practionners’ Network
CEO of Expertise France & President of the Practionners’ Network

Gustavo Marino

UNESCO
Director for Social Policies, Sector for Social and Human Sciences

Clare Akamanzi

NBA Africa
CEO

Céline Gilquin

AFD
Head of Social Link Division

Boitumelo Mosako

Development Bank of South Africa
CEO

Gunther Beger

United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Managing Director