4th Annual Africa Pensions Emerging Markets Investment & Retirement Forum 2023 | Africa Pension | 8 May 2023 | Fairmont Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Trade Centre, Dubai UAE

This event is a gathering of the leading pension funds, experts in pension funds, investment and economic policy decision-makers.

Who Should Attend?
• Institutional Investors – Pensions, Insurance, Endowments & Foundations
• Chief Executive Officer / CEO / President
• Chief Investment Officer / CIO
• Chief Risk Officer / CRO
• Pension Board Trustees & Committee Members
• Asset Managers, Advisory Firms, Consultants and Technology Experts
• Portfolio Managers

2023 Speakers

M. Nicolas J. Firzli, LL.M
Director-General, World Pensions Council (WPC)

Geraldine Fowler
President, Institute of Retirement Funds South Africa

Nicholas Sherry
Chair, Independent Director: Superannuation and Pensions

Joy Ntare
Group Deputy Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer, The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)

Nicholas Silver
Chairman and Cofounder, Climate Bond Initiative (CBI)

Amanda Khoza
Vice President, Institute of Retirement Funds Africa

Professor Salamatu Idris Isah
Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Pension Bureau

Professor Dana Muir
Robert L. Dixon Collegiate Professor of Business, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business Law, and Area Chair of Business Law

Semoli Mokhanoi
Director: SADC and Head of Business Development & Marketing, Mergence Investment Managers

Melis Guven
World Bank Group, Global Lead for Social Protection and Jobs Delivery Systems (and Lead Economist) in the World Bank’s Global Engagement Unit of the SPJ Global Practice

Himanshi Jain
World Bank Group Social Protection Specialist in the Pensions and Social Insurance group of the Global Social Protection & Jobs (SPJ) practice at the World Bank.

Escher Luanda
Governance and Ethics Executive, Government Institutions Pension Fund, Namibia, B. Juris, LLB, MBL and a post-graduate diploma in compliance

Mike Brown
Managing Director and Financial Advisor, ETFSA

Oguche Agudah
CEO, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp)

Ngatia Kirungie
Founder, Spearhead Africa

Christopher Smith
Vice Chair of the Board, Westminster City Council Local Government Pension Scheme

Jacqueline Irving
Senior Economist, World Bank Group

Wayne Hiller van Rensburg
CEO, Pension Matters

Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud SAN OON
Non-Executive Director MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, The Aliko Dangote Foundation and Stanbic IBTC, Pension Managers Limited

Sanjeev Gupta
Board member and Executive Director for Financial Services at Africa Finance Corporation

Deresh Lawangee
Chief Executive Officer at RISE PROPRIETARY LIMITED.

Gordon Tveito-Duncan
Fintech Expert, Cofounder, GaiaLens

Sebastien Kirk
Fintech Expert, Cofounder, GaiaLens

Andrei Radulescu
Director, Macroeconomic Research (analysis and forecasting) la Banca Transilvania

David Damiba
Managing Partner & CIO at Kasada Capital

Desmond Nikanor
Head of Strategy, Research and Projects at the Government Institutions Pension Fund of Namibia

Tunji Andrews
Chief Executive Officer at AwaBah

Sundeep Raichura
Group Chief Executive Officer at Zamara Group

2023 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• World Pensions Council
• Singapore Forum
• Africa Finance Corporation

PARTNERS:
• GIPF
• Climate INITIATIVE Bonds
• WORLD BANK GROUP
• Pinsent Masons
• Univesity of Michigan
• IFC
• ZAMARA
• etf
• Stanbic IBTC Bank
• Africa Finance Corporation
• RISE
• Singapore Forum
• World Pensions Council
• IRFA
• TDB
• University of London
• PenOP
• Uganda State Government - Nigeria
• MERGENCE
• NORTHERN TRUST