RAY WILLBERN
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Founder, Ray Willbern has been in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2010, consulted on over $2 billion worth of successful foreign direct investment coming in to the region and has an extensive network of contacts and relationships in business, diplomatic, finance, legal, media and political circles.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Studies from the University of Nottingham in the UK, certificates in the Economics of Global Poverty from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, and in Corporate Finance from the IESE School of Business in Spain. He is also certified by the World Bank in Unlocking Investments in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs).
He speaks English, German, Spanish, French, Nyanja and Swahili.
Nyanja is an official language of Zambia, most widely spoken in Lusaka and Eastern Provinces as a primary language and along the country’s line of rail as a secondary language. It is intelligible with Chewa, the most widely spoken language in Malawi.
Swahili is an official language of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda although it is spoken in varying degrees and levels of fluency from country to country.
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KENYA NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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MALAWI NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
IVAN OCHIENG
RWANDA NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ivan is a Kenyan national who has been resident in Rwanda since 2019, where he is Group CEO of Limitless Africa Investment, a holding company consisting of subsidiaries conducting marketing and event management; efficiency management; developing mobile phone applications; an e-commerce platform; and industrial kitchen solutions.
Ivan is also Director and Co-Founder of a Kenyan based business called Green Pencils, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly pens and pencils made from recycled newspaper that has received significant international press coverage for its green initiatives.
Ivan is formerly Chairman of the SME Caucus for the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and a Board Member for the Kenya Chapter of the UN Global Compact, which is an organisation advising the private sector on ESG issues.
Ivan has also overseen imports for a variety of companies into East Africa and has worked as a Tax and Audit Consultant. Ivan holds a degree in Accounting and Auditing from B.A. Marathwada University in India and a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability & Responsible Leadership from the Swedish Institute.
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TANZANIA NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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UGANDA NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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ZAMBIA NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR