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Date: Wednesday 8th June, 17:00-18:30 (reception 18:30 – 19:30)
Location: Copenhagen Business School, Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, Room SC033
Registration deadline: Wednesday June 1st, 12:00

The Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School invite you to a public lecture with Hubert Danso, CEO of Africa Investor, with funding from the Inequality Platform, the Danida Fellowship Centre’s Knowledge in Action initiative and the Department of Management, Society and Communicationon Investor Opportunities in Green Infrastructure in Africa. There will be an extended reception after the public lecture, with additional financial support from the CBS Africa Initiative.


Biography Hubert Danso

CEO and Chairman: Africa investor (Ai), Chairman: African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders Forum (ASWPFF), Chairman, African Union Continental Business Network (CBN), African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Advisory Board (AfGIIB), Chairman, CFA Global Asset Owners Council

Mr 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 current Chair of The African Union Development Agency’s (AUDA) Heads of State Continental Business Network (CBN) and the Chair of the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Advisory Board (AfGIIB).

Mr Danso also serves on HRH The Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Advisory Council, the World Benchmarking Alliance Just Transition Advisory Group (WBA-JTAG) and the UNDP High-Level Project Steering Committee, advising on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Investor Map.

Mr 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. Mr Danso was instrumental in establishing the NEPAD-AU 5% Agenda Infrastructure Investment Initiative, for Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund infrastructure investors.

Hubert holds an LLB in Business Law and an LLM Masters in International Commercial Law from the University of Sussex in England.

In case of any questions, please feel free to reach out to the organizing team via mail: Ben – bha.msc@cbs.dk Sarah – sn.msc@cbs.dk

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