PABF makes three key executive appointments

The Pan African Business Forum (PABF), a private initiative aimed at accelerating the socio-economic development of Africa, has announced three key appointments to its executive management team.

The appointments were made by the Forum’s Executive Committee during its Annual General Board Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 27 to 29, 2024. These new roles, proposed by PABF Chairman Dr. Ladislas Prosper Agbesi, were unanimously approved by the committee.

One of the appointments is Pierre Marcel Bonnard as Vice President for New Technology. Welcomed to the board with enthusiasm, Mr. Bonnard will report directly to the Board of Executives through the Chairman and other executive members.

Another significant appointment is His Excellency Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, who will serve as Chairman of the Energy and Oil & Gas Infrastructure Committee, a division of the PABF established to support the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The Board expressed its appreciation for his “unconditional contribution to the energy and oil & gas sector within Africa.” Like Mr. Bonnard, he will be accountable to the Board through the Chairman and other executives.

The third appointment is Mr. Abubakar Malami, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who will serve as Chairman of the Judicial Review and Transformation of Africa Committee. This committee also aims to advance the objectives of Agenda 2063. The PABF commended Mr. Malami for his “unwavering contribution to a properly functioning judicial and legal system within Nigeria, the West African sub-region, and Africa as a whole.”

Each of these board positions is set for an initial term of two years, with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance, subject to the approval of the Chairman and other executive members of the PABF. All three appointees will be accountable to the Board of Executives through the Chairman.

ABOUT PABF
PABF’s activities involve lobbying for a better operating environment for businesses which are of mutual benefit to both those businesses themselves and their host countries. Furthermore the Forum actually secures the requisite financing for projects and programmes which it has identified as critical for Africa’s socio-economic development and ensures that they are implemented with utmost efficiency to achieve the best possible outcomes. The is done through the PABF’s Africa Investment Fund.

To this end the Forum’s mission is to “empower current and future generations of Africans through policy reforms and skills development with funding support from the business community by way of growth initiatives and social responsibility.”

This aims to fulfill PABF’s institutional vision of an Africa that enjoys a renaissance at both the sovereign national and the pan-continental regional levels, resulting in vastly improved quality of political and economic governance for both private and public international investment and tourism that impact positively on the fortunes of communities across Africa.

PABF is a non-profit organization and membership is open to Africans both on the continent and in the diaspora as well as non-Africans who share their vision of the acceleration of the continent’s socio-economic development through pubic-private partnerships that can attract direct capital for economic activities that can benefit all stakeholders, including the African people themselves and the and the inflows of requisite indigenous and foreign capital.