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South Africa

Dr. Hubert Danso

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group

Dr Danso is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Africa investor (Ai) Group – a pan African Infrastructure Investment Holding Company for institutional investors. He also serves as the Chairman of the CFA New York Society Global Asset Owners’ Advisory Council, the Chairman of the African Sovereign Wealth & Pension Fund Leaders Forum and is the Chair of The African Union’s Continental Business Network (CBN) and the Chair of the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Advisory Board (AfGIIB).

Dr Danso serves on the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Advisory Council and co-chairs the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Africa Council established by King Charles III. He also serves on the World Benchmarking Alliance Just Transition Advisory Group, and is an Advisory Board Member for UNDP’s Africa Green Business and Financing Initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Investor Map.

Dr Danso leads Ai’s Pension and Sovereign Wealth Infrastructure Co-Investment Platform and advises corporates, institutional investors, governments and development finance institutions on ESG trends, infrastructure allocations and private equity investments in Africa. Dr Danso was instrumental in establishing the African Union’s 5% Agenda Institutional Infrastructure Investment Allocations Initiative, for Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund infrastructure investors.

Dr Danso holds an LLB in Business Law, an LLM Masters in International Commercial Law from the University of Sussex in England and a doctorate in Global Leadership from the European International University in France.

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