Advisory Board

The activities of the PAD are steered by an Advisory Board comprising the following experts possessing generations of experience across multiple regions in various public and private leadership roles:

Gideon Pogrund

GIBS, South Africa

⁠Abbasali Haj

East Africa Capital, Tanzania

Alfonso Prat Gay

Former Minister of Finance, Argentina

Daniel Pinhasi

Former Ambassador to Senegal, Israel

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Former President and Nobel Laureate, Liberia

Eerik Cross

Member of Parliament, Estonia

Gregory Nemyria

Rada Foreign Affairs Committee, Ukraine

Karin von Hippel

Former Director-General: RUSI, US/UK

Ian Khama

Former President, Botswana

Jean-Christophe Belliard

Ambassador, France

Leopoldo Lopez

Co-Founder World Liberty Congress, Venezuela

Luis Franceschi

Commonwealth, Kenya

Luis Ravina

University of Navarra, Spain

Marie-Noelle Nwokolo

Ghana

Moekesti Majoro

Former Prime Minister, Lesotho

Paula Roque

Intelwatch, Portugal/Angola

Peter Obi

Former Governor and Presidential Candidate, Nigeria.

Stephan Malherbe

Genesis Analytics, South Africa

Tendai Biti

Former Finance Minister and Human Rights Lawyer, Zimbabwe

Custodian Team

The PAD’s day-to-day activities are curated by:

Greg Mills, formerly the director of the South African Institute of International Affairs, the founding director of the Brenthurst Foundation, an adviser to several African leaders and governments, and an award-winning author of books which include Why Africa is Poor, Making Africa Work, The Ledger, Expensive Poverty, and The Art of War and Peace.

Ray Hartley, formerly the editor of the Sunday Times, Rand Daily Mail and Times Live, research and communications director of the Brenthurst Foundation, and the author of several books on contemporary African politics.

Kate Almquist Knopf, formerly the USAID assistant administrator for Africa, and the director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies.