Who we are

Dr. Amy Jadesimi

Dr. Amy is the Chief Executive Officer of LADOL, a $500 million Industrial Free Zone. Amy got financial training at Goldman Sachs & Stanford Graduate School of Business & medical training at Oxford University.

Her accolades include being appointed to UNDP Steering Committee on SDGs (2019) and the UNICEF Advisory Group (2019). Dr. Jadesimi was voted the Oil and Gas Leading Woman of the year (Foreign Investment Network, 2018), one of Top 25 Africans to Watch (Financial Times and she is a member Advisory Board of Prince’s Trust International and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Advisory Group on Trade Finance (ATF) and contributor to Forbes.

Dr. Jadesimi received her MBA from Stanford University, MA (OXON) and her BMBCh from Oxford University).

William Steinman (Rtd)

William Steinman has been providing advice to multinational companies regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and other anti-corruption laws for over a quarter century. Prior to establishing Steinman & Rodgers, Mr. Steinman was the head of the international practice group at a major U.S. law firm.

Mr. Steinman is considered an authority in the engagement of overseas third parties, such as sales representatives, consultants, distributors/resellers, logistics service providers, and other supply chain partners.

He is an adjunct professor at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law and Roger Williams University School of Law, where he teaches advanced seminars on international anti-corruption law. Mr. Steinman received his J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1993, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Vermont in 1990. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Samia Tnani

Samia Tnani, Chief Credit Officer at AfricInvest Private Credit, the debt vehicle of the AfricInvest Group is a seasoned credit professional with strong expertise on the African continent. In her current role, Samia drives credit transactions for African SMEs to finance their growth in a sustainable manner.

Previously, she was the General Manager of the Université Paris-Dauphine, Tunis Campus, where she led the launch of the university's campus in Tunis. Samia also has 11 years of banking experience with Citibank in Tunis, her last position being Country Risk Manager.

Samia is passionate about gender finance, she volunteers with the Cartier Women Initiative as Jury member for Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a board position with the Fondation de la Maison de Tunisie in Paris.

Samia is a graduate of IHEC Carthage (BA), and the University of Paris-Dauphine (Master and PhD in Finance).

Thomas Fox

Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 30 years. He is an Independent Consultant, assisting companies with anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance and international transaction issues. He specializes in bring business solutions to compliance problems. He was most recently the General Counsel at Drilling Controls, Inc., a worldwide oilfield manufacturing and service company.

Tom is the author of the award winning FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog and the international best-selling book “Lessons Learned on Compliance and Ethics”. He is a monthly columnist and weekly blogger for Compliance Week; a monthly columnist and frequent contributor to the SCCE Magazine and a Contributing Editor to the FCPA Blog.

Thomas is the founder of the Compliance Podcast Network and a notable speaker on issues related to compliance and ethics, the use of social media in compliance and corporate leadership

Mohamed Komara

Mohamed Komara is a Senior Legal and Compliance Counsel with expertise spanning across the areas of strategic and operational management of regulatory matters, legal, compliance and corporate governance matters within sub-Saharan Africa. In January 2019, Mohamed assumed the position of General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Central, West & Central Africa Region and oversees the legal and compliance portfolio for Nestlé’s businesses in the Region (25 countries).

Before Nestlé, Mohamed had a wealth of experience from the FMCG and private sector in sub-Sahara Africa, having worked with multinationals such as Ernst & Young Senegal, British American Tobacco, GlaxoSmithKline, Lafarge-Holcim and The Coca-Cola Company. Aspects of his work record include implementation of Good Governance standards and proper adherence to Code of Business.

Mohamed holds a master’s degree in International Business Law and Tax. He enjoys sports, travelling, reading, music and is very passionate about developing Young African talents.

David Mparutsa

As Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development (ESD) for Absa Corporate & Investment Bank, David is responsible for defining and implementing the ESD strategy, which looks to leverage corporate partnerships to improve access to finance for suppliers, distributors, and retailers in corporate value chains. The strategy has a strong focus on driving localisation and financial inclusion through financing Small and Medium sized entities with corporate offtake or distribution agreements while also ensuring the SMEs develop adequate skills to manage and grow their businesses sustainably.

Before his current position, David held various roles in Risk and Finance across the bank. This included Head of Risk and Control for Global Finance and Transactional Banking and Head of Product Control for Africa Markets and Treasury, responsible for the migration of the Absa African markets from vanilla forex based banking books into full trading books covering forex, fixed income, equities and risk management products. Prior to joining Absa, he worked on the Credit Hybrids Desk at JP Morgan in London. He also has experience in Audit and Consulting from PricewaterhouseCoopers and Academics from the University of the North-West in South Africa where he lectured Accounting.

David currently serves as an advisory committee member of the World Bank Gender Equal & Inclusive Just Transition Coalition reference group which seeks to enhance participation of women owned SMEs in the Just Energy Transition in South Africa. David is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a World Bank certification for Banking Executives through the George Washington University. He has recently completed a transformational leadership course through IMD business school in Switzerland.