Dr. Adeyinka Adewale is a Lecturer and the Deputy Director of Studies in the department of Leadership Organisations and Behaviour at the Henley Business School. He is the convenor of the Africa Social Innovators Roundtable, an initiative that aims to connect key innovation ecosystem stakeholders with a new generation of African innovators to build sustainable enterprises that will ensure the economic growth and welfare of Africans. His research is primarily Africa focused looking into innovative leadership models and approaches to business ethics in entrepreneurship on the continent. Adeyinka has published his works in renowned management textbooks, journals and practitioner platforms such as Forbes. He regularly consults to private, public and social sector stakeholders across Africa.

Professor of International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School (UK) He is also Guest Professor at CIRCLE (Lund University, Sweden) and a Research Fellow of Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano (Italy). His publications have appeared in leading journals. He has been involved in a number of international collaborative research projects and acted as an advisor to the European Commission and other international organizations. Davide is also Director of Postgraduate Research Studies within the International Business and Strategy unit. He is a member of the independent tripartite High-Level Group on Trade Policy Innovation (Brussels, B).

Academic Director for the Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship (UK), Professor of Management and Business History, Programme Director for the MSc Entrepreneurship and Management Andrew Godley is Head of the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour. He joined the University of Reading in 1991 after completing his PhD at the London School of Economics (UK). His research focusses on the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation. He has been a consultant to several leading firms and government departments and is a frequent commentator in the broadcast and written media on industry trends.

Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun is a Fellow in the Department of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour at the Henley Business School (UK). Her research focuses on a cultural understanding of diverse and multinational organisational contexts as well as implications for organisational performance. This is a major aspect for the functioning of the future AfCFTA and for a future Partnership with the EU. Her collaborative research projects have examined the role of culture in African entrepreneurship and management. As Academic Director of the Henley’s Open Online Programme (Managing People) and the Programme Director of the Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (PGCBA, Pharmacy), she contributes to building capacity in organisational leaders and members, towards creating enabling environments for a productive and engaged collaborators.

Member of the National Planning Commission (NPC) and before of the President’s BEE Advisory Council, with special responsibility for rural and township economies and for small business strategies. Chairman of the South African Finance Exchange (SAFE). Former director of the Centre for Small Business Development at the University of Johannesburg, former professor of entrepreneurship at the Universities of Fort Hare and Western Cape. Thami Mazwai studied at the Universities of Pretoria (SA), Oxford (UK) and Harvard (USA) and has an MBA from Henley Business School (UK). He was twice imprisoned for his opposition to apartheid. He worked as a journalist and set up his own publishing company. He was one of three founders of African Renaissance in 1998, involving African intellectuals from the continent and the diaspora. His expertise is wide but focussed on helping SME and township start-ups. He is a board member of the Sukuma Relief Fund to deal with the covid-crisis economic consequences.

Klaus Rudischhauser has been with the European Commission since 1989. He started in the Directorate-General for the Environment. After the breakdown of the former Soviet Union, he worked on economic and democratic transformation programmes of the then Newly Independent States, which gave him very useful experience about middle income economies in transition. Afterwards, he worked several years as head of department in the Directorate-General for Administration and in the Directorate-General for Transport and Energy, where he was responsible for the trans-European transport networks, another key element in free trade areas. From 2007 to 2011, Klaus Rudischhauser was Director in the Directorate-General for Development and Relations with the ACP States. Since 2012, Klaus Rudischhauser has been Deputy Director-General in the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development and responsible in this capacity, among others, for general EU development policy and international cooperation, including negotiations in New York for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He was also in charge of negotiations of the European Partnership Agreements (EPA) with African regions and aid for trade, as well as for relations with the African Union and the African Common Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Since 2017, the Hon. Mr. Klaus Rudischhauser has been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary as Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico. After retiring from the European Institutions he worked as a Senior Advisor for the German Minister for Economic cooperation during the German Presidency 2020 of the European Union.