Mr. Bolt has more than 25 years of experience as a senior banker working in the financial services industry, most recently at Credit Suisse. He focuses on wealth management, investment banking, risk & regulation, and financial technology business and his expertise centres on developing and launching new digital business platforms and establishing prime services for high net-worth and ultra-high-net worth clients. His focus is to help financial technology (fintech) and regulatory technology companies and financial service providers review/refocus business strategies, develop products and markets, execute sales, scout for fintech solutions and start-ups, build business partnerships, and implement corporate structures and process.

Toyin F. Sanni is the chief executive officer at Emerging Africa Capital Group, a group she founded to provide a link between Africa and the international markets by facilitating the investment process for African entities, individuals and for investors interested in Africa’s attractive investment opportunities. Prior to that, she was group chief executive officer of a leading African investment banking franchise, United Capital (UC), where she was responsible for the supervision of three market leading subsidiaries and two divisions providing Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Trusts and Securities Services. She retired from UC after twelve highly successful years during which she led the company to win multiple awards for innovation, governance, dividend yield and as the best overall company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange at the 2017 Pearl Awards, at which Sanni also won the CEO of the Year Award, becoming the first female CEO to win in the 22 year history of the Award which ranks all Nigerian Public companies.

As the Social Impact and ESG coordinator at Alitheia Capital, Temilade Denton is responsible for identifying and realising opportunities for value creation and sustainability by ensuring coherence in the investment and impact objectives of the firm. Before Alitheia, Denton worked at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris as a project consultant responsible for content creation, editing, and translation of the e-learning tool “Women in African History”. As a Capstone Consultant at the same organisation, her research was on understanding the social impact of environmental change in the Gambia. At Growing Business Foundaion, Denton was a pogramme officer who managed projects that gave financial access to women and youth. She has also gained experience in policy and programmes at other institutions including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), and the Centre for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA). Denton is skilled in investment and policy analysis, strategy development, research, and project management.

Attahiru Maccido is a director at Buraq Capital Ltd, a consultancy firm on Islamic banking and finance. He was the CEO of Lotus Financial Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Lotus Capital Limited; a pioneer Islamic Finance fund manager and investment adviser. Maccido was the head of the Northern Region of Lotus Capital Ltd. While with Lotus Capital, he left his footprints not only in the company but to the Islamic Finance Industry in Nigeria. Attahiru was instrumental in structuring first Nigerian private Sukuk Al-Istisna issued by Lotus Capital in 2010. He also constructed and managed the first Lotus Islamic Equity Index from 2009 to 2012. Attahiru led the Lotus Team that structured Osun State Government Sukuk, the first public Sukuk issued in Nigeria, Maccido is currently active in FGN debut Sukuk under the umbrella of Buraq Capital. He also worked with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2002 to 2006.

Temitayo Ade-Peters is currently the chief executive officer at WeForGood International, a nonprofit organisation she founded to champion the emergence of a new crop of African leaders who are committed to its sustainable development. The WeForGood community brings people together with its own platform to act on causes we care about, employing technology as an enabler for effective citizenship, collaboration and participation in fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ade-Peters also leads the programmes and communication and training efforts at the consulting arm of WeForGood, which supports companies in building purposeful and profitable businesses. Prior to her current role, she has led the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability efforts at a leading Exchange in Nigeria and, before that, she was head, CSR at one of the top banks in the country. Ade-Peters is an award-winning sustainable development consultant and an eco-segment leader with close to 15 years of experience in the operations, communications and sustainability fields.

Gaeta has been a banking consultant for around 25 years, and is one of Asia’s leading banking consultants and risk control experts. He has advised and served many of the leading financial services organisations across Asia and close to half of the top 100 banks worldwide. He specialises in developing and implementing analytical solutions for complex strategic issues in financial services-related industries undergoing significant change or being exposed to intricate risk issues.

Gaeta has published around 20 articles on banking and financial services and several books, notably “Frontiers in Credit Risk” and “Opportunities in Emerging Markets”. He is also a regular speaker on the international conference circuit, and a Guest Lecturer at several universities.

Founder of The Asian Banker, the most respected provider of consulting and intelligence in the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific region and other emerging markets. Mr. Daniel has led it to become a combination of leading industry research, publication and consulting house, with a strong reputation worldwide.