Ø  Her Excellency, Mrs. Joan Rwabyomere, The High Commissioner, Uganda High Commission, UK (Lawyer), former advocate for the high court in Uganda, former High Commissioner of Uganda to Nigeria. Her Excellency was  the fomer MP, Minister of State for Agriculture, and Vice- Chair of Board of Directors, National Enterprises Corporation. Delegate to EU - ACP Joint Assembly.

Ø  Her Excellency, Mrs. Claurinah T Modise, The Ambassador of Botswana, To The Kingdom of Belgium, Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union, Brussels, Belgium. Embassy of Botswana, Brussels.

Ø  His Excellency Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida OFR, High Commissioner, Nigeria High Commission, UK - Medical doctor. Obtained his qualifications from The Royal Victoria Infirmary, New Castle Upon - Tyne, UK, Nigeria, and John Hopkins University in the USA. His Excellency, Dr. Tafida received the national honour of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 1983.

Ø  Her Excellency, Mrs. Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar, High Commissioner, Tanzania High Commission, UK. (Lawyer). Former partner of REX ATTONEYS a leading law firm in Tanzania. Her Excellency practised as an advocate of the high court of Tanzania specialising in corporate and mining law litigation. Prior to setting up her legal practice in 1991, she worked as Senior Legal Adviser with Bank of Tanzania and subsequently as Business Manager with Coopers and Lybrand, the predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tanzania.

ØHis Excellency, Mr. Claver Gatete, Ambassador, Embassy of   Rwanda, UK.  Former Personal Representative of the President on NAPAD steering Committee (Office of the President). His Excellency, was the former  Secretary General and Secretary to the Tresaury - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.

Ø  Ms. Catherine Barber, Africa Economic Adviser to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on sub Sahara Africa, Foreign and Commonswealth Office, FCO. Previously worked for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Taught at Oxford and Harvard Universities.

Ø  Ms. Sarah Lambert, Acting Head of Representation, The European Commission Representative in the UK. (Journalist). Before working for the European Commission, she worked as journalist for Reuters and The Independent in London, the US, Paris and Brussels.

Ø Mr. Achim Holzenberger, Economic Counsellor, Deputy Head of the Economic Section, German Embassy, London. (Bilingual Economist). Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Exchange officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada.

Ø  Ms. Ann Grant, Vice Chair, Standard Chartered Bank Capital Markets Ltd) Her Majesty’s Former British High Commissioner to South Africa 2000 – 2005. Council member Overseas Development Institute, London, (ODI), Director Tullow Oil.

   ØThe Hon Mr. Malcolm Bruce, MP, Chair of the House of Commons International Development Select Committee. (Barrister, former journalist). The Hon Malcolm Bruce, Member of Parliament, UK was made a Privy Councillor in 2006 by invitation of Her Majesty the Queen.

  ØMr. Takahiko Onozuka, Chief Representative for UK, Northern Europe and Africa, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Ø Dr. Dirk Wilem te Velde, Director of Programmes and Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute, (ODI)

  Ø Mr. Trevor Simumba, Customs and Trade Senior Advisor, Crown Agents

  Ø Mr. Kimiaki Jin, Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Ø  Ms. Varda Shine, Managing Director, De Beers, Diamond Trading Company, (DTC), the world's largest supplier of rough diamonds, handling approximately half of the world's supply by value. Business Strategist with a number of hats on: (A board member of De Beers, Head of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) in South Africa and Chairman of the Boards of the partner of DTCs in Botswana and Namibia.

Ø  Mr. Takahiko Onozuka, Chief Representative, Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, JBIC. (His remit covers the ares of Natural resourses (oil, gas, mining), infrastructure, Energy Security, and Climtate change in Europe, the Nordic countries and Africa. 

Ø  Mr. John Burton, Deputy Director, Head of DFID Africa Regional Department – (UK Department for International Development) – DFID (Economist). Has worked extensively in Asia and Africa in the role of economist and senior economist. Mr. Burton worked overseas for 12 years in four Country / Regional departments (Southern Africa in Malawi and South Africa, India, and SE Asia in Thailand).

Ø Professor Raphael Kaplinsky, Professor of International Development at The Open University.

  Ø  Madame. Jeanine Kambanda, Première Conseillère, The Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda, Brussels, Belgium

Ø  Ms. Sarah Lambert, Acting Head of Representation, The European Commission Representative in the UK. 

Ø  Dr. Christopher Stevens, Senior Fellow, (ODI), Former Director of Programmes, International Economic Development Group, The Overseas Development Institute, (ODI) (Economist)

Ø The Hon, Mr. Cohen, MP, UK

Ø  Mr. Bayo Odubelo, Lawyer, Senior Associate, Corporate Department – The Africa Practice Division, SJ Berwin LLP.

Ø  Mr. Adam Flynn – Assistant Manager, Global Vector Control, Sumitomo Chemicals, UK. (MBA Professional)

Ø Monsieur. Youssouph Diallo, Counsellor, Senegal Embassy, UK.

Ø  Dr. Khalid Al- Mubarak, Media Counsellor, The Embassy of The Republic of The Sudan, UK

Ø  Mr. Hegel Goutier, Editor – in – Chief, The Courier – The magazine For Africa – Caribbean – Pacific and European Union Cooperation and Relationship. (Brussels based Journalist)

Ø  Ms. Razia Khan, Regional Head of Economics for Africa at Standard Chartered Bank, London,  a renowned Economist  who is frequently called on to provide analysis on African markets on BBC, CNN, CNBC as well as the BBC World Service.

Ø  Mr. Ramón García-Gallardo, Managing Partner, Brussels and Madrid, SJ Berwin LLP

Ø  Dr. Sanoussi Bilal, Coordinator of the Economic and Trade Cooperation Programme, Editor of Trade Negotiation Insights, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) – Brussels and Netherlands

Ø  Mr. Mourad Belmokhtar, Counsellor, Economic Affairs, The Embassy of Algeria, UK. 

Ø  Mr. Carlos Alberto, Political Counsellor, The Embassy of The Republic of Angola, UK

Ø  Mr. Hugo Charlton, Practising Barrister at Law

Ø  Mr. Jonathan Steele, Senior Foreign Correspondent and in-house columnist on international affairs for The Guardian, London

Ø  Sir. Geoffrey Nice QC, Practising Barrister at Law, (part-time judge). 

Ø  Dr. James Thring, founder, Ministry of Peace

Ø  Mr. Kevin Metzger, Practising Barrister at Law.

Ø  Mr. Dan Large, Research Director at The Africa – Asia Centre at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) 

Ø  Dr. Zhang Gang, Manager, Exploration and News Business, China National Offshore Oil Corp, CNOOC Africa (UK) Ltd.