London, United Kingdom - January 21, 2014, London, United Kingdom - Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited announced the appointment of Funke Opeke, Amadou Raimi and Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane, Jr. as independent non-executive directors.
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Ms. Opeke brings extensive experience in technology and telecommunications in sub-Saharan Africa. She is the founder and CEO of Main One Cable Company, a Nigeria-based telecommunications solutions provider that built West Africa's first privately-owned, submarine cable system providing connectivity with the rest of the world.
Prior to Main One Cable, Ms. Opeke was Chief Operating Officer of Nitel in Nigeria and Chief Technology Officer of MTN (Nigeria). She began her career as a systems engineer before joining PA Consulting in New York and went on to hold senior positions at Allied Signal, Telcordia Communications and a venture capital-funded internet company.
From 2001-2005, Ms. Opeke was an Executive Director at Verizon Communications in New York. She graduated with a MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University (USA) and with a BS in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Ife (Nigeria).
Mr. Raimi is President of Croissance sud Conseils, an advisory firm focused on assisting African companies as they grow. He spent the majority of his career as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte in France (1976 - 2011). Most recently, he was Vice Chairman of the global Deloitte Board and, prior to that, served as Chairman of Deloitte in France.
Mr. Raimi led audit and consulting assignments for international companies, including Renault, Alstom and EDF, and contributed to the development and growth of Deloitte France's offices in Africa, including in Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo, as well as his native Benin. He is expected to become Chairman of Atlas Mara's Audit Committee.
Mr. Raimi is a graduate of ESSEC in Paris. He was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in 2009.
Mr. Mondlane, Jr.'s experience is in providing strategic advice to Africa-focused, multi-national corporations across the aviation, energy, and financial services industries. He is currently a senior strategic advisor to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Mr. Mondlane's previous roles have included serving as a Director of ABSA Financial Services, Barclays Bank Mozambique, and Banco Commercial Angolano. He also served for many years as a Non-Executive Director of ABSA Group, during which time the Board oversaw the merger between Barclays Africa and ABSA Group. ■