Combining the best of global institutional knowledge with extensive local insights and experience.

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Michael Wilkerson

Relevant skills and experience:

Mr. Wilkerson is Chief Executive Officer and a director of Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation (TSX: FAH.U), an Africa focused investment holding company. Prior to joining Fairfax Africa, Mr. Wilkerson served as the Managing Partner of AgriGroupe Limited, an Africa focused private investment firm which he co-founded in 2013 and whose core investment thesis was Food and Energy Security for the African Century. Previously, Mr. Wilkerson served as Global Co-Head of the Consumer, Food & Retail Group and as a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group at Lazard. He was also a Managing Director at Citigroup, where he led the Financial Institutions M&A effort in New York.

 

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Robert E. Diamond, Jr.

Relevant skills and experience:

  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Merchant Capital and co-founder of Atlas Mara.
  • Over 30 years of global banking experience.
  • Extensive knowledge of banking regulatory frameworks and relationships with regulators in US, UK, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
  • Deep experience growing and integrating banks in Africa.
  • Extensive risk management expertise.

External appointments:

  • Founder and CEO Atlas Merchant Capital LLC.
  • Diamond Family Foundation and Mayor’s Fund for London (Trustee).
  • Board of Trustees of Colby College.

Past roles:

  • Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Plc
  • President of Barclays and Chief Executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management.

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Rachel F. Robbins

Relevant skills and experience:

  • Three decades of global financial services institution experience as general counsel at the NYSE and JP Morgan and economic development experience at the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
  • Extensive experience in corporate governance and compliance.
  • Well versed in international banking and emerging markets, including sub-Saharan Africa.

External appointments:

  • Non-Executive Directorships at FINCA Microfinance Holdings LLC and New York University School of Law.
  • Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Past roles:

  • Vice President and General Counsel of the IFC.
  • Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Euronext.
  • Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary, JP Morgan & Co.
  • Managing Director and General Counsel, Citigroup International.

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