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June 2024
Namibia
Dami Adepoju
Development Marketing Director, EMEA
Marriott International
Scott Antel
Founder
Scott's FZ
Devendra Asher
Group General Manager
Panari Hotels and Resorts
Mohamed Awadalla
CEO
TIME Hotels
Rose Bakri
Chief Operating Officer
Louvre Hotels Africa
Anne Biging
CEO & Founder
Healing Hotels of the World
Charbel Boutros
VP Development ME & Africa
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Paul Bridger
Chief Operating Officer
Rove Hotels
Farhan Charaniya
Managing Director
GHSP FZCO
Rahul Chaudhary
Managing Director, CG Corp Global &
CEO, CG Hospitality Global Holdings
Karim Cheltout
Regional Vice President, Lodging Development
Marriott International
David Damiba
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Kasada Capital Management
Rajan Datar
Host of BBC Travel Show &
BBC World News
Mark Dunford
CEO
Knight Frank
Lara Dupre
Co-founder & General Manager
Le Palais d'Akwa
Thomas Emanuel
Senior Director
STR
Hamza Farooqui
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Millat Investments (Pty) Ltd
Erwan Garnier
Sr Director Development
Radisson Hotel Group
Artur Gerber
Chief Executive Officer
TUI Blue Hotels & Resorts
Koome Gikunda
Director Real Estate
Actis
Wayne Godwin
Head of East Africa, JLL |
Head of JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group, Africa
Olivier Granet
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Kasada Capital Management
Peter Greenberg
Travel Editor
CBS News
Sérgio Guerreiro
Academic Director
Nova SBE Westmont Institute of Tourism & Hospitality
Margareth Gustavo
Executive Director for Strategy and Branding
Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB)
Bani Haddad
Founder, Managing Director
Aleph Hospitality
Shady Hassan
Vice President | Lodging Development EMEA
Marriott International
Olivier Hennion
Managing Director
IT Hospitality Group
Mohammed Hersi
Group Director of Operations
Pollman's Tours and Safaris Ltd
Valerie Hoffenberg
President and Founder
She Travel Club
Kim Irmler
Development Director
Accor
Srividya Jagannathan
Manager - Consumer and Social Services
International Finance Corp, World Bank Group
Mahmud Jan Mohamed
Managing Director for Tourism Promotion Services, Serena Hotels Africa
Head of the Tourism Department for Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)
Ariella Kageruka
Head of Tourism and Conservation Department
Rwanda Development Board
Merilee Karr
Founder and CEO
UnderTheDoormat Group
Khalil Ketari
Consultant
Kasada Capital Management
Jugal Khushalani
Director, Lodging Development, Middle East & Africa
Marriott International
Jim Kinyany
Vice Chair
Friends of Nairobi National Park (FoNNaP)
Naiara Lopez Giner
Associate Manager - Tourism Advisory Lead MENA Region
Colliers
Clemence Lormand
Development Director FAUCHON L' Hôtel
Aleph Hospitality
Christopher Lund
Executive Director, Head of Hospitality & Tourism
Colliers
Jerry Mabena
Chief Executive Officer,
Motsamayi Tourism Group
Hon. Peninah Malonza OGW
Cabinet Secretary
Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife Kenya
Alyshia Mangalji
Vice President of Europe & Africa
Westmont Hospitality Group
Majid Mangalji
Founder and President
Westmont Hospitality Group
Khalil Manji
Partner
Compagnie Hoteliere et Immobiliere Du Congo (CHIC)
Laurinda Marsh
Global Projects Key Account Manager Africa
Hansgrohe SE
Vimbai Masiyiwa
Chief Executive Officer
Batoka Africa
Haitham Mattar
Special Advisor, UNWTO
Managing Director MEA & South West Asia, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Andrew Mclachlan
Founder & Managing Director
Develop Hotels Inc.
Bernard Micallef
Snr Industry Specialist
IFC
Wanja Michuki
Family Business Coach, Consultant, Advisor
Be Bold Consulting & Advisory Ltd
Yonas Moges
Founder and CEO
Caliber Hotel Consultancy Plc
Samantha Muna
Group MD & Director of Business Development
Trianum Hospitality Limited
Thomas Mundy
Head of Capital Markets Strategy & Research, EMEA
JLL
Abraham Muthogo Kamau
Vice President - Africa
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Samson Mwale
Chief Executive Officer
Sunbird Tourism PLC
Gitonga M’Mbijjewe
The Aga Khan University
Nasra Nanda
CEO & ESG Lead
Kenya Green Building Society
Anantha Narayanan
Chief Technical Officer
HGS Holdings
Elizabeth Ndinya
Environmental Specialist
IFC
Nqobizita Mangaliso Ndlovu
Minister of Environment
Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Zimbabwe
Wesam Okasha
Head of Global Development and Managing Director
TUI Hotels & Resorts
Funke Okubadejo
Managing Director
ACTIS
Dupe Olusola
MD/CEO
Transcorp Hotels Plc
Anne Osir
Senior Relationship Manager
KCB Bank
Saad Rahman
Chief Executive Officer
Salaam Investment Bank
Johary Rajosefa
General Coordinator of Projects
Ministry of Tourism Madagascar
Mmatšatši Ramawela
Director, Gecko Afrika Holdings & Chapter President
International institute for Peace through Tourism Southern Africa (IIPTSA)
Assia Riccio
Founder
Evolvin' Women
Lasse Ristolainen
Principal: Development
Kasada Capital Management
Fuad Sajd
Founder & CEO
ToggleMarket
Willie Scholtz
Director
EQUATE
Stephane Sebah
Vice President Development GTAF & East Africa
Louvre Hotels
Daniel Silke
Political Economy Analyst
Political Futures Consulting
Paul Stevens
Chief Operating Officer - MEA & Turkey
Accor
James Stuart
Director
The Social House, Nairobi
Valery Super
CEO
Painted Wolves
Pat Thaker
Editorial and Regional Director MEA
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Daniel Trappler
Senior Director of Development
Radisson Hotel Group
Wytze Van den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotel Group®
Roelof van der Westhuizen
Chief Executive Officer
EQUATE
Jameel Verjee
Founder & CEO
CityBlue Hotels (a member of The Diar Group)
Trevor Ward
Managing Director
W Hospitality Group
Matthew Weihs
Managing Director
the Bench
Amos Wekesa
Founder
GREAT LAKES SAFARIS LTD
Reinhard Winsauer
Senior dealmaker
Rand Merchant Bank
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman
The Bench
Billy Cheung Yiu Tung
Chairman of the Board
Century Park Hotel and Residences Ltd