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Founding VentureSquare in August 2010, Mr. Myung is now helping IT startups in Korea grow by creating a community which brings together experts, investors and entrepreneurs to share information and form connections. He has featured as a regular guest on numerous media channels, including mainstream Korean networks such as SBS, KBS and MBC.
James possesses over 20 years of experience in the Financial Services industries across the United States, United Kingdom, and Africa He is a specialist in Project Management (Agile, Waterfall, Iterative), Business Transformation (Lean, 6 Sigma, CMMI), Software Development, Investment & Corporate Banking and Retail Banking. Before joining the Ubuntu Coin team, he worked for the Barclays offices in London and Johannesburg where he managed projects in Sourcing, IB Operations, and Technology. Prior to that he was the Project and Regional Manager for Deutsche Bank, London and Vice President – Global Research Technology for Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc, New York.
– Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital Limited
– Member of Bank of America’s Global Advisory Council
– Former CEO of Ashanti Goldfields, the first operating African company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
– Founding Member The United Nations Secretary General’s Global Compact Advisory Council
– Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Mamadou is Chairman and Founder of Ubuntu Capital, a leading Investment and Advisory firm focused on designing and implementing integrated innovative investment solutions uplifting projects ecosystems. He is also Founder and Chairman of Africa 2.0 Foundation, an initiative-driven advocacy group present in 30+ countries gathering emerging leaders representing African countries and the Diaspora. Over the last 15 years, he has worked on advisory assignments and various investment transactions in more than 26 African countries driving growth on the continent and leading a total value of transactions exceeding US $30 billion.
– Owner and President of leading Ukrainian industrial construction and property development company, Avista Holding Company
– Former Country Business Manager of Ukraine at Lundin Petroleum
-Former Head of R&D, Applied Math, System Management and Performance Improvement at Sonatrach (Algeria)
Ms. Demisse has over a decade of experience in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and strategic partnerships.
She works with organizations in developing key relationships and enhancing CSR programs. Ms. Demisse is also the Founder & CEO of Culture & Conversations on AfricaTM, a premier platform to enable thoughtful dialogue and enable collaboration around the trends impacting the African continent.
Zürich based Holistic life coach that combines Traditional Chinese Medicine with many other intuitive, and spiritual practices. Her inner/ outer, as above so below approach aligns being with doing, fostering balance between purpose and impactful action.
– Head of Department at Metallgesellschaft AG, previous world leader in trading
– CEO of LPH Trading, the main subsidiary of the British Guinness Peat group, specialized in the trade of physical metals
– Former CEO of Contimine SA, a Lausanne- based company active in the trade of physical gold products,
– Haiat was also director of DWA Associates, London’s first junior mining finance boutique. – Co-founder, shareholder and director of IC- Fineval, Imperial College Royal School of Mines, supplier/consultant in the field of mining software
– Shareholder and Director of New Diamond Corp (South Africa), and Platexco Platinum, South Africa
– Principal Consultant – RAKGOLD
– Founder and Managing Consultant Rhodes Precious Metals Consultancy DMCC
– Head of Trading for Aurum Monaco and Co-Founder
– He has a 40-year career in the global precious metals industry, working on four continents for major investment banks and financial institutions
– 2018 marked his 40’s year of involvement in the global bullion markets.
– Founder of Schubert Commodities |Consultancy DMCC in early 2015
– Gerhard Schubert was an active member of the LBMA and LPPM management committee whilst working in London and he joined the Dubai Gold Advisory Gold committee soon after his relocation to Dubai.
– Formerly Gerhard Schubert worked for Fortis Bank nearly 2 years in Hong Kong, followed by a 9 month stint setting up a bullion desk at Fortis Bank New York.
Selim, is a serial entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in the precious metal industry. He founded Alterama, a trading platform of precious metals and Forex; oversaw the setup of a Forex, Oil & Gas and Precious Metals Desk in Geneva; then later founded Noble Precious Metal in Dubai, regulated by the DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities). He’s CEO of Aurum Monaco, the first gold refinery in Monaco since 2016. He was recently nominated for Treasurer of the Watch-Making and Jeweler Chamber of Monaco. He’s also the co-founder of USAVE Blockchain, a Global Tracking Solution, Securing, and Marketing Eco-Responsible Gold, using Blockchain Technology.
ALT has more than 10 years demonstrable experience serving as legal counsel and business partner in the media industry. ALT has a positive mindset and solution oriented approach that helps building consensus across cross-functional stakeholders. Not only does ALT possess international legal expertise (Intellectual property, commercial contracts, marketing activities, regulatory and compliance) but ALT also has proven solid propensity building and growing collaborative relationships with public authorities and opinion leaders, which have materialized into endorsement of national commercial strategies for various governments.
Nick Lee is a world renowned thought-leader specializing in Blockchain, Financial Technology, Data Trading and Exchanges, Social Media, and Data Analysis. He currently serves as the Founder and Project Leader of EcoVerse ™, the first ever self-sustainable platform using AI-DPOC (Artificial Intelligence supported Delegated Proof of Contribution). He is also the Founder and Chairman of W3C Blockchain Community Group and was the Convener of ISO TC 307 Blockchain Committee SG4.
Ishmael is a blockchain evangelist, specialize in bridging the interests of Africa’s Public Sector, Private Sector and Development Finance Institutions. He was recently mandated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to design the Energy Complex’s blue-chip initiative – the Africa Energy Market Place. He also moonlights for Ubuntu Capital, providing regional advisory services on public and private sector projects across Africa and serves as a core team member of Africa 2.0.
Farell is a computer security expert with over 12 years of experience in Communication and Information Systems. Prior to joining the Ubuntu team, Farell was the Information Assurance Manager for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. Africa 2.0’s technology champion, he is pursuing a Ph.D. at the Bundeswehr University Munich on the use of graph theory to mitigate cyber threats in the Internet of Things.
