Zeinab Badawi

Broadcaster and Trustee,
BBC World Service Trust

Louis Michel

European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu

Former Chairman, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Dr Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke

Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur

Exec. President, African Business Roundtable Chairman, NEPAD Business Group

Paul Walsh (Chair)

CEO, Diageo plc

Peter Woicke

Former Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, a Nigerian national, is Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group. He is also Chairman of BHI Holdings Limited and Executive President of the African Business Roundtable.

As chairman of the NEPAD Business Group, which was established to help Africa realise its full economic potential, Alhaji Tukur has worked tirelessly to bring about closer contact between NEPAD and private companies that support NEPAD's aim of promoting sustainable development.

Alhaji Tukur has held numerous national appointments in Nigeria, including the directorships of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, the Nigerian National Shipping Line, Nigeria Airways, Central Water Transportation Company, and the Board of Customs and Excise.