Mr. K.C Li, Economist, is currently Chairman of Union Pay International Africa Regional Council and sits on the Boards of various international financial institutions as Independent Director.

He is holder of a B.Sc.(Econ) from the London School of Economics and LLM in International Tax Law. He started his professional career in 1974 as a Lecturer in Public Finance at the University of Mauritius.

Afterwards, he held different prominent positions in the Mauritius public sector, including Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Stock Exchange Commission. He launched the first Unit Trust and the first Property Fund in Mauritius in 1989.

K.C. LI was Board member of the State Trading Corporation, the National Remuneration Board and the National Economic and Social Council. He also sat on the Council of the University of Mauritius and the Financial Services Consultative Council.

K.C. LI was an external lecturer for the University of Surrey School of Management (UK) and has published numerous reports and articles on cooperative banking, project management, development finance, structural adjustment and fiscal planning issues.

In 1992, Mr. Li started his own private consulting firm and served as Consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

In 1993, he founded the Mauritius International Trust Co. Ltd (MITCO), one of the first professional firms licensed to provide international tax and investment advisory services in Mauritius.

He was also a Member of the Parliament of Mauritius (2010-2014) and sat on the Public Accounts Committee.

In 2015, Mr K.C Li was awarded the national honour of ‘Grand Officer of the Star and Key’ (GOSK) of the Indian Ocean by the Republic of Mauritius for distinguished services in the economic, social and political fields.

In May 2018, he was granted the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award by the Banker Africa for his outstanding contribution to the financial sector in Mauritius and in Africa.

He sits on the Board of Directors of several Emerging Markets Funds and Asia Hedge Funds, including Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate Funds in Africa & Asia.

He is currently a Board Director of Afreximbank (based in Cairo).

He was until March 2020, the independent non-executive Chairman of SBM Holdings Ltd (SBM Group), the 2nd largest banking group in Mauritius and a public listed company, while being also Chairman of SBM Bank (Kenya) Limited, Banque SBM Madagascar SA and SBM Bank Seychelles.

In this capacity, in 2017, he pioneered the partnership between SBM and Alipay, the leader of digital financial services and lifestyle platform of the giant e-Commerce Group Alibaba, thus making of SBM, the first banking group to offer Alipay services in Africa.

He was awarded the Magnolia Award by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in 2014.

In September 2018, in the context of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing, the Inter-Bank Association between China and African Countries, a consortium of major African banks and China Development Bank, was launched, of which Mr KC Li is a Founder Council Member.

He is also the Chairman of the UnionPay Africa Regional Council since June 2019 and member of the Kisumu Economic and Social Council in Kenya since January 2020.

Past experience

• Director at VisitPortugal (Benelux office)
• Director at VisitPortugal (UK office)
• Market Research and Development at VisitPortugal
• Project analysis at Portugal Trade and Investment Office – Senior auditor at KPMG Peat Marwick

Nigel is a multi-award-winning Destination Development Consultant with 35 years’ experience working with Governments, Tourist Boards and the private sector to create, implement and manage inbound tourism strategies.

A strong believer in education and knowledge transfer, especially for developing destinations, Nigel also works with global tourism not-for-profit organisations and provides mentoring internationally in-market and virtually.

Nigel was recently appointed as a Board Director of The World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage whose focus is benefitting local communities through the long-term preservation of a nations culture and heritage assets.

Judy is founder of Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda, a Pan African organisation shaping a sustainable future for Africa’s tourism.

With over 20 years’ experience Judy designs, implements and monitors community and Public, Private Partnership led conservation initiatives.

In 2019, Judy was awarded the Sustainable Citizen Award by “Forbes Woman Africa” in recognition of her outstanding contribution to awareness and knowledge of sustainability in tourism in Africa and in 2020 received the Responsible Tourism Legacy award from CREST and was also named amongst the top 40 global shakers in sustainable tourism.

Brian is a destination management, development and marketing specialist and passionate about community-led conservation and regenerative tourism.

Experience includes over 25 years in CEO positions in the private, public and civil sectors. Most recently as the Director of Guyana Tourism Authority where it became recognized as a leading sustainable destination.

Brian founded Sustainable Travel International and has lead initiatives in over 70 countries as well as leadership positions on the World Economic Forum Future of Travel and Tourism Council, UN Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board.

Vincent is Executive Vice President & President Europe, Middle East & Africa for Hilton. Based in London, Vincent is responsible for 549 operating hotels and a further 371 in the development pipeline, across thirteen brands and nearly 70 countries and territories.

Since joining the company in 2007, Vincent has overseen the opening of more than 350 hotels and spearheaded Hilton’s growing presence in the region, with the introduction of new brands such as LXR Hotels & Resorts, Canopy by Hilton and Curio – A Collection by Hilton.

A 32-year veteran of the leisure and travel industry, Vincent was previously CEO of Opodo, the pan-European online travel agency. He has extensive international experience and has also worked in North America and Japan. He spent the early part of his career in International Banking with HSBC.

He sits on Hilton’s global executive committee, represents the company as co-Chair of the UK Tourism Council and a member of the UK Cultural Renewal Taskforce. Vincent is also a non-executive director at iconic London retailer Fortnum & Mason.

Vincent is also Chairman of Trustees for the DM Thomas Foundation for Young People, a Trustee of Jigsaw School, an independent school for children on the autistic spectrum and a Trustee of Amber Trust – a Charity for Music for blind children.

In January 2015 he received an OBE for his services to the hospitality and tourism industries, having been recognized in the New Year Honours List.

Cuthbert is a seasoned Tourism Executive and has held leadership position within International and Regional Organization. His mandate at the Africa Tourism Board is to leverage strategic relationships in the industry and beyond to unify Africa’s efforts in positioning herself as a Tourism destination powerhouse.

Cuthbert has had the honor to share his knowledge in the tourism industry as a Guest Speaker at various Local, Regional & International Conferences.

A passionate capacity and enjoy music and a spot of gardening during his free time. Position held to date:

• Executive Chairman – African Tourism Board
• CEO- Kwela Fleet Management, South Africa
• Owner & Managing Director – Golden Feathers Hotel, Cape Town
• Former Regional Vice President & Board Member of UNWTO
• Non-Executive Director – African Tourism Partners
• Non-Executive Director – Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme

Konrad Mizzi is a leading European public policy innovator and executor. He was the architect of many of the innovative, economic initiatives that transformed Malta’s economy to the fastest-growing in Europe, in the space of only five years. Culturally, he attracted many iconic events, organisations and partnerships to Maltese shores for the first time, including Cirque de Soleil, Manchester United, Viacom, Christmas Fairyland, BBC Radio 1 and the BBC2 Orchestra.

As Tourism and External Transport Minister he led the national airline, Air Malta, to turn an operational profit for the very first time in its history. He pioneered a world-first investment by Ryanair to create an entirely new airline called Malta Air, with hubs in Germany, Italy, France and Malta. Thanks to Mizzi’s leadership and investment, Malta’s airport is now a regional medium sized operation, serving over 7 million visitors each year.

Mizzi previously served as Minister for Energy and Conservation of Water and as Minister for Health. There, he revolutionised the energy sector through investment pouring into Malta. In turn, this led to the closure of Malta’s outdated heavy fuel oil power generation, and profitable investment in cleaner, greener renewable alternative sources. Mizzi also spearheaded the introduction of the Gas Security of Supply directive across Europe when the chaired the EU Energy Council.

In one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, Mizzi undertook similar reforms , introducing ‘New Water’ through an innovative process for converting raw sewage to high quality water for industry and agriculture. In Health, he succeeded in eliminating out-of-stock medicines and long waiting lists.

Prior to entering politics, Konrad Mizzi was Partner and Head of the Energy and Infrastructure Practice for Europe and Africa with Pcubed, a global leader in programme management. Before that, he was with Deloitte and Touche and BT. In that time, Mizzi led several high-level change projects in the UK, including the forging of an Alliance between seven energy companies which improved services and realised large savings. He developed a strong interest in regenerating areas of severe deprivation.

Nikolina Angelkova was born on the 30 November 1979. She is Harvard business school alumni, graduated form the Leadership development program. Master in Law from the University for National and World economy (UNWE), Sofia graduated with an award for excellent success; postgraduate qualification for company management to the Post qualification institute to the UNWE. She has specialized financial management of the EU structural funds, regional policy and government to the Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht and the Regional Institute for Public Administration in Nantes, France.

2002-2006 she was a President of the Association of legal development and legal adviser in the parliamentarian committee of Regional development.2005-2007 she was a blue book trainee in DG” Environment”, European Commission and advisor of the BG leader in the EPP group, European Parliament, working in the field of environment, transport and regional development.2005-2010 she was an owner of Nikolova and partners consult LTD; CEO of Hercesa Bulgaria LTD and CEO of Helector Bulgaria LTD working in the field of transport and environment infrastructure, real estate investments; mergers and acquisitions.2008 founded “Friends of sport” Foundation representing Real Madrid Foundation social school to integrate children in needs through sport.

Currently is a honorary President of the foundation. 2010-2011 she is leading the Control, communication and coordination department to the Minister of regional development and public works.2011 she is Member of the management board of the Road Infrastructure Agency and till 2013 Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works responsible for European and international policy, European territorial cooperation and regional planning; contact point for the EU Danube strategy. 2013-2014 she was EU policy advisor to the President of the Republic-Rosen Plevneliev. In March 2014 she was elected Young Global Leader of WEF and currently is a WEF alumni.2014 she became the first woman Minister of Transport, information technology and communication in the caretaker BG Government.

In November 2014-2017 she became the first Minister of tourism in the regular PP GERB BG Government founding the Ministry of tourism as separate state administration. March 2017 was elected member of parliament in the 44th National Assembly leading the Sofia region election list of PP GERB. May 2017- 2020 became Minister of tourism in the PP GERB BG National Government. In 2018 she was awarded by the Italian President in the “Stella d’Italia award”.

Member of the PP GERB and since 2019 and currently party political coordinator in Sofia region. Currently member of the parliament from PP GERB in the National Assembly, member of the economy and tourism policy and Chairwomen of the Parliamentarian friendship Committee Bulgaria-USA. Oct.2020 member of the Women in International security organization.

Holds lots of prestigious awards in the fields working and have participated and organized many international and internal events.

Speaking English, Spanish and Italian and having working knowledge of French and Russian

He is member of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and had various in it. He was chosen as the chairman of Zavarian Student Association of ARF and represented the party in the group of Lebanese parties as well as in numerous assemblies. He had participated in political parties’ international assemblies that were held in Kazakhstan and Cambodia.

In 1998 he was elected as member of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon for the first time. From 2001 till 2005 he was the foreman of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon. Since 2009, he has been the principal of Voice of Van. In 2015, he was elected as the vice-representative of ARF Central Committee of Lebanon. He was Minister of Tourism twice in 18.12 2016 and in 31.01 2019.