Managing Director Attai Group Limited. Sarah is a wealth management specialist with over 16 years’ experience in the financial services sector. Prior to founding Attai, Sarah was a Director at Societe Generale Private Bank Hambros UK. Prior to this she with was with Barclays Wealth UK,where she was Vice-President in the Wealth Management division focusing on West African clients. Her wealth management career has seen her work with Investec Private Bank in South Africa and ABSA Wealth, it was her role at ABSA Wealth that propelled her move to Barclays Wealth UK.

She started off her financial services career with Citibank N.A South Africa, a role which gave her significant exposure to the financial services sector in Kenya, Zambia and South Africa. Attai Group is a consultancy services company. She has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Witwatersrand South Africa, a Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Cum Laude) degree from the University of Kwazulu Natal, where she received a Golden Key National Honour Society award for scholastic achievement. She is a member of the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investments UK (CISI). She is a 2015 Laureate of the Institut Choiseul “100 Africa Economic Leaders of Tomorrow” award and has published articles in the South African Journal of Psychology. She is currently a Non-Executive director for Prime Infrastructure & Engineering Services Ghana Limited a subsidiary of SWAP Technologies and Telecomms Plc and a Director for Sahel Health.

Dr Kambudzi was born in Gutu communal lands in south-central Zimbabwe, and later grew up in Chikomba District to which his parents had migrated, in 1964, to run an agro-commercial venture. He was educated at the University of Zimbabwe, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Politics and Administration, and subsequently, a Master’s Degree in International Relations in 1987. He then went to study in France where he obtained a Diploma in French and later on, a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in International Relations. Between 1993 and mid-2001, Admore Mupoki Kambudzi taught political science at the University of Zimbabwe. He later took up a United Nations consultancy in 2001, to assist the OAU/African Union in putting in place the African Peace and Security Architecture – this being Africa’s blueprint for promoting peace, security and stability in the continent.

In 2006, he became the Secretary of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, which is the supreme organ responsible for decision-making on issues of peace and security in Africa. Further, in January 2016, he also took an additional task as Acting Director and then Director of the AU Peace and Security Department until his retirement in 2021. Admore Mupoki Kambudzi is the author of the book ‘Africa’s Peace Fiasco’, and “Africa: A stride towards peace, security and stability”, numerous published articles in scientific journals and several book chapters. Alongside his professional endeavors, Admore Mupoki Kambudzi has remained an admirer and practitioner of entrepreneurship, with a special interest in agriculture and socio-economic development within proximity – a concept that forms the core of his doctoral thesis in International Relations. He has provided in the past, and continues to provide technical and financial support to several local community level development projects in Chikomba District – his home district. He is a farmer on his own merit.

Dr Obianuju Helen Okoye is a highly accomplished and sought after American Public Health Physician/Healthcare executive, with a Medical Degree (MD), an MBA in Healthcare Management, and a Masters in Epidemiology/Public Health. She has been featured on NBC News, Yahoo News, The Huffington Post, The Reader’s Digest, Tonic by VICE, She Knows, Massage Magazine, Carol Roth, among others. She is a contributing writer to Entrepreneur magazine and previously, the Huffington Post. She has been a scientific writer for several renowned platforms. Her background includes being a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Research Fellow, and leading two US States in transforming HIV Quality, and management. She has a plethora of clinical research experience and has presented at US and International Medical Conferences.

Dr Okoye also has a passion for empowering the underserved communities through business and served as a speaker on a panel with the Trade with Africa summit. Ardent about the African continent, and the underserved populations, she also seats on the board of organizations in Haiti and Nigeria, helping to improve the quality of life in rural communities. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Dr Okoye currently serves as a Chief Clinical Officer on the Executive Management for a leading health Center. Passionate about her Christian faith, Dr Okoye is married to an amazing husband, and blessed with three beautiful young kids. Uju Okoye, MD, MBA, MS-Epi.

Anisat is currently the Program Director of Product Release Readiness and Transformation for the IBM Watson IoT /Sustainability software brand and Manager of the Critical Escalation Team. She leads an international team responsible for enabling client success by providing technical solutions that enhance and maximize the use of IBM Sustainability Software’s products and best practices. Anisat joined IBM in September 2005 and has held various leadership roles, including responsibility for Operational excellence following IBM’s acquisition of Rational.

Anisat’s greatest strengths are her leadership skills, business acumen, and strategic thinking. She has repeatedly demonstrated her expertise in developing and leading high-performance teams that take pride in their proven ability to deliver exceptional results. Anisat completed her undergraduate work at Southern New Hampshire University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business. She graduated with honors from the university with three Master’s degrees in Information Technology, International Economic Development, & Business Administration. Anisat enjoys travelling, hiking, and volunteering for social causes outside of work. She resides in Los Gatos California.

Joshua is a thought expert with considerable working experience in mortgage banking, oiltrading, marketing, energy finance and business development. Joshua is currently the Marketing and Business Development Manager for Juwel Energy Limited, a bulk oil distributor in Ghana. Prior to this role, Joshua worked with the Home Retention Division for Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions domiciled in the United States of America.

Joshua has a strong risk and conventional mortgage underwriting experience. He started his career in Oil and Gas with Oando Ghana and rose through the ranks before relocating to the United States. Joshua has had various opportunities to develop his leadership credentials. He holds an MBA degree from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) from Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA. He holds a leadership certificate in Executive Development Program from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in the US.

Overall, Joshua’s experience and learning journey has built him into a consummate professional with a strong passion for the development of entrepreneurship and innovative skills of the next generation of Ghana, Africa and the world at large.

Anatu is a turnaround strategist with extensive experience working in development across ten sectors over the last fifteen years throughout Africa and the rest of the world. Having worked at regional level with organizations such as Enactus, Water Aid, the Hunger Project, Reach for Change to name a few her driving vision is to bring entrepreneurial solutions to the African grassroots in order to achieve the objectives of the African Union -Vision 2063 ‘the Africa we want’.

Driven from a young age by a vision of an African industrial revolution Miss Ben-Lawal believes that the current pandemic and dwindling donor funds give unprecedented opportunity for innovative African solutions that can position the continent as the industrial hub of the world providing youth employment and curbing forced migration in the process.

A passionate espouser of women and human rights Anatu has been instrumental in designing and implementing innovative women economic empowerment programs to combat sexual and gender-based violence in countries such as Senegal, DRC, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso to name a few. She has worked extensively across fifteen African countries and visited over 44 globally in her bid to create networks and connections towards the fostering of the coming African Renaissance. Anatu continues to consult for governments and cites herbology, astronomy and gardening as her main hobbies.