SPEAKERS
H.E. Mokhtar Ould Diay
Prime Minister
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
H.E. Moses Micheal Engadu
Secretary General
Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG)
Commissioner Colonel Abarchi Ousmane
Minister of Mines
Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development, Niger
Sidi Ould Tah
President
African Development Bank
Gordon Birrell
EVP Production & Operations
BP International
Mike Anderson
Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Government Relations
Kosmos Energy
Mamadou Amadou Kane
Special Advisor to the Minister
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Chen Dengcai
Chairman
SD Mining
Nasser Dine Ould Mohamed Yeslem
Director of Exploration
ANARPAM
Dmitry ToKarev
Country Manager
Emiral Mining
Zeinabou Tandia
Director of Sales & Regulation
Maaden Mauritanie
Mohamed Yeslem Filali
Expert
Ministry of Finance, Mauritania
Kane Ousmane
Former CEO
SNIM, Mauritania
Madeline R. Young
PhD Researcher & Assistant Professor
University of Exeter
Dr Sidi Bouhamady
Managing Director, Higher Institute of Energy Professions
Higher Polytechnic School
Gu Xiaodong
Vice President & General Manager for Green Hydrogen
United Energy Group
H.E. Sid Ahmed Bouh
Minister of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mauritania
H.E. Leila Benali
Minister
Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Morocco
H.E. Martin Gama Abucha
Minister
Ministry of Mining, South Sudan
Andrew Grove
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Aura Energy
Adonis Pouroulis
CEO
Chariot Energy Group
Ismail Sid Ahmed
VP & Country Manager, Mauritania
Kosmos Energy
Amina Ben Khadra
CEO
National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Morocco
Mohamed Vall Telmidy
CEO
SNIM
Ibrahima Bâ Madine
Director of Marketing and Mineral Properties
ANARPAM
Mia Gous
Operations Director
First Quantum Minerals
Santiago Blanes
Senior Advisor
Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Spain
Ahmed Taleb Mohamed
Minister’s Advisor in Charge of Mines
Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Khroumbali Lehbib
Director General
SOMELEC
Mohamed Ould Lemrabott
Local Content Officer
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Aliou Ba Coulibaly
President
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Coalition, Mauritania
H.E. Mohamed Ould Khaled
Minister of Energy and Petroleum
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
H.E. Birame Soulèye Diop
Minister
Ministry of Energy, Petroleum, and Mines, Sénégal
H.E. Nani Juwara
Minister
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, The Gambia
Mohamed El Moctar Mohamed El Hacene
Country Manager
Aura Energy
Ravi Ruia
Vice Chairman & Co-Founder
ESSAR Group
Elhadramy Sidi Chrif
Country Manager
Mauritanian Copper Mines, Mauritania
Alioune Gueye
CEO
Petrosen Holding
Ismail Abdel Vetah
Director General
Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH), Mauritania
Mike Scholey
CEO
CWP Global
Benjamin Gallezot
Interministerial Delegate for Strategic Ore & Metals Supplies
French Government, France
Taghiya Abeidarrahmane
Director of Low Carbon Hydrogen
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Ibrahima Mbodj
Director of Research and Diversification
SNIM
Dr. Rokhaya Samba Diene
Director General
Service Géologique National du Sénégal (SGNS)
Pierre Raillard
Head of Gas Business and Morocco Country Director
Chariot Limited
Ibou Diouf
Operations Manager for Mauritania
The World Bank
H.E. Thiam Tidjani
Minister of Mines and Industry
Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
H.E. Robert Koffi Messan Eklo
Minister
Ministry of Mines and Energy Resources, Togo
Mohamed Abdel Vettah
High Commissioner
Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS)
Mohamed Limam
VP & Head of Country, Mauritania
BP International
J. Paul Rollinson
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kinross Gold Corporation
Chemsdine Sow Deina
Director General, Petroleum & Low Carbon Hydrogen (DGPH)
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Abdel Aziz Dahi
CEO & Founder & Former Minister
RICHAT Partners
Mohamed M’hamed
Director of the Mining Cadastre
Ministry of Mines and Industry, Mauritania
Mark Crandall
Chairman & Founder
CWP Global
Houssein Mohamed Abass
Founder and CEO
Kenz Mining Group
Moustapha Bechir
Technical Advisor, Upstream Sector
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Mauritania
Mohamed Saleck Heyine
Former CEO
SNIM
Ngagne Demba Touré
Director General
Société des Mines du Sénégal (SOMISEN)
Kirill Parokov
Project Manager
Emiral Mining
John Contino
Executive Vice President