AFLI draws upon distinguished leaders from across a multitude of sectors to share their personal leadership lessons, insights and experiences with participants. Please
- Mr Trevor Manuel - Chairman of the Board, Old Mutual Group; Former Minister of Finance, South Africa. Current AFLI SA Chairman
- Mr Strive Masiyiwa - Founder & Chairman, Econet Wireless Holdings. Former AFLI Chairman
- Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Director General of the World Trade Organisation. Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria
- Mrs Graca Machel - Founder of the Graca Machel Trust, Former First Lady of Mozambique, and Former First Lady of South Africa
- Dr Donald Kaberuka - Former President of the African Development Bank
- Dr Akin Adesina - President of the African Development Bank
- Prof. Benedict Oramah - Pres African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
- Dr Ibrahim Mayaki - CEO of the NEPAD Agency
- Prof Carlos Lopes - Former Executive Secretary, UNECA; AFLI Advisory Board member
- Dr Mo Ibrahim - Entrepreneur and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
- Dr Dambisa Moyo - Economist & author of “Dead Aid”, amongst others
- Grant Harris - Former Special Assistant to President Obama & Senior Director for African Affairs
- Baroness Scotland - Secretary General of the Commonwealth; Former Attorney General in the UK Government
- The Rt Honourable Lord William Hague - Former Leader of the Conservative Party, UK & Former Foreign Secretary
- Lord Mark Malloch-Browne - President of Open Society Foundations; former UN Deputy-Secretary General & UK Foreign Minister
- Lord Chris Patten - Chancellor of Oxford University; last British Governor of Hong Kong; former Chair of the BBC Board.
- Prof Ngaire Woods - Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. AFLI Advisory Board member
- Sir Myles Wickstead - Former UK Ambassador to Ethiopia & Coordinator of the Africa Commission
- H.E. Jakaya Kikwete - Former President of Tanzania
- H.E. Joachim Chissano - Former President of Mozambique
- The Rt Hon. David Cameron - Former PM of the UK
- Sir Andrew Witty - Former CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
- Babatunde Fashola - Former Governor of Lagos State
- Baroness Valerie Amos - Former UK Minister for Africa
- Prof Ian Goldin - Dean of the Oxford 21st Century School
- Jan du Plessis - Former Chairman Rio Tinto
- David Milliband - President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee; former UK Foreign Secretary
- Richard Dowden - Former CEO Royal Africa Society
