Rosalind T.

Responsible for raising investment capital to build the SAEx Southern Oceans Cable network linking South Africa to the Asia via Singapore (SAEx East), and to the Americas (SAEx West).

has a +18-year track record of outstanding performance as a senior development and policy
advisor on regional infrastructure and PPPs, development finance, risk management, and trade and investment in Africa with extensive knowledge of key regional economic concerns.
As Director of the NEPAD, Regional Integration (RI) and Trade Department at the AfDB in Tunis from 2007-2008, Dr. Thomas was responsible for developing programs aimed at fulfilling the NEPAD infrastructure mandate given to… Show more

has a +18-year track record of outstanding performance as a senior development and policy
advisor on regional infrastructure and PPPs, development finance, risk management, and trade and investment in Africa with extensive knowledge of key regional economic concerns.
As Director of the NEPAD, Regional Integration (RI) and Trade Department at the AfDB in Tunis from 2007-2008, Dr. Thomas was responsible for developing programs aimed at fulfilling the NEPAD infrastructure mandate given to the Bank by the AU. In first 6 months of her appointment she introduced innovative thinking into the Bank's business on RI and regional infrastructure, including the NEPAD strategy on Development Corridors and SDIs. By December 2007 she
mobilized for the NEPAD-IPPF, then a USD10 million
facility, an additional +USD50 million from several donors.

From 2003-2007, she was the founding CEO of the SADC-DFRC in Gaborone, Botswana, where she engaged in building the capacity of SADC DFIs on inter alia, Corporate Governance, enterprise-wide risk management and financial sector reform. She was engaged in supporting PPPs in infrastructure, and strengthening skills on investment appraisal and risk analysis. Dr. Thomas was tasked by SADC Finance Ministers with
management of a two-year feasibility study for a Project Preparation and Development Fund for regional infrastructure projects, now used as a model by other RECs in identifying their most productive role in facilitating sustainable, regional investment projects.

She was the first African ever and second woman to hold a position from 2005-2007 on the world-wide
Technical Advisory Panel of the World Bank's Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
(PPIAF). Show less

Rosalind was a partner with Dr. Mandla S.V. Gantsho in an investment banking enterprise, Africa Rising Capital (Pty) Ltd (ARC), which partnered with a New York based Investment Bank, Nova Capital Partners LLC (NCP), to form a joint venture - Nova Capital Africa - to provide investment banking services in South Africa and in the rest of the African continent. ARC has since March 2010 been operating under license from NCP and trading as Nova Capital Africa. Nova provides investment banking… Show more

Rosalind was a partner with Dr. Mandla S.V. Gantsho in an investment banking enterprise, Africa Rising Capital (Pty) Ltd (ARC), which partnered with a New York based Investment Bank, Nova Capital Partners LLC (NCP), to form a joint venture - Nova Capital Africa - to provide investment banking services in South Africa and in the rest of the African continent. ARC has since March 2010 been operating under license from NCP and trading as Nova Capital Africa. Nova provides investment banking services in the following areas: capital raising; M&A and project finance in the following sectors – infrastructure (power, transport and ICT); mining; real estate; tourism; and agri-business. She left for business reasons. Show less

Johns Hopkins University, the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Mass Ave. N.W. Washington DC 20036., USA

I established the SADC-DFRC on behalf of the SADC Ministers of Finance and DFI Network to support financial sector reform in respect of the Development Finance Institutions in the region. In this position I set up programs to help build DFI capacity in the areas of corporate governance, credit risk management, investment appraisal and risk analysis. As DFRC CEO, I was also tasked by the SADC Ministers of Finance with the management of a two-year feasibility study for a new Project Preparation… Show more

I established the SADC-DFRC on behalf of the SADC Ministers of Finance and DFI Network to support financial sector reform in respect of the Development Finance Institutions in the region. In this position I set up programs to help build DFI capacity in the areas of corporate governance, credit risk management, investment appraisal and risk analysis. As DFRC CEO, I was also tasked by the SADC Ministers of Finance with the management of a two-year feasibility study for a new Project Preparation and Development Fund for regional investment projects, which is now used as a model by other Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in identifying their most productive roles in facilitating the completion of sustainable, regional investment projects, particularly those identified in NEPAD’s Short Term Action Plan. Show less

developed new policies and refined and improved existing ones and guidelines on credit, market and operational risk. Managed the meetings of and supported the Financial and Risk Management Committee, supported the Operations Committee at management level, and Credit and Audit Committees at Board. Risk policies were a significant influential factor enabling DBSA to obtain international credit ratings from Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s. Awarded 2001 Manager of the Year in DBSA’s Finance… Show more

developed new policies and refined and improved existing ones and guidelines on credit, market and operational risk. Managed the meetings of and supported the Financial and Risk Management Committee, supported the Operations Committee at management level, and Credit and Audit Committees at Board. Risk policies were a significant influential factor enabling DBSA to obtain international credit ratings from Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s. Awarded 2001 Manager of the Year in DBSA’s Finance Complex, and recipient of the CEO's Award for credit risk management policy innovations allowing DBSA to accept greater financial risk on a managed basis. Show less