Admassu Tadesse
President & Managing Director TDB Group
Admassu Tadesse has been serving as Trade and Development Bank Group President and Managing Director since 2022. Prior, he led PTA Bank, and its evolution into TDB, and previously served as Executive Vice President for International Finance and Corporate Strategy with the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Under his leadership, TDB Group has expanded into several new and under-served markets, with new strategic business units and subsidiaries, achieved investment grade credit ratings, with total assets growing about 10-fold to USD 10 billion in 2023.
Its equity capital has also multiplied manifold, with its investor base more than doubling to 48 shareholders. He is a recipient of several distinctions and awards, including African Banker of the Year, African Business Leader of the Year and Development Banker of the Year. He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics, Western University, Wits Business School, and Harvard Business School.
- Thabo ThamaneChairman AADFI and CEO CEDA, Botswana
- Micheal Mensah-BaahDeputy Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank Ghana
- Boitumelo MosakoChief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Southern Africa
- Dr Adél BoschSenior Economist, Development Bank of Southern Africa
- Admassu TadessePresident & Managing Director TDB Group
- Dr Olasupo OlusiMD/CEO, Bank of Industry
- Muhammad Zubair MughalManaging Director, AlHuda CIBE FZ LLE – UAE Islamic Banking and Finance Expert
- Denis OchiengDirector of Finance & Business Operation, Uganda Development Bank
- Desta MebratuProfessor, Engineering X Lead, Africa Roadmap, Center for Sustainability Transition, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- Chinua AzubikeChief Executive Officer of InfraCredit
- Olympus ManthataHead Climate & Environmental Finance, DBSA/Coordinator of AADFI Climate Change Working Group
- Kevin RamkaloanCEO of Business Mauritius
- Harold K. Mogale, CFAClimate Finance Specialist, Development Bank of Southern Africa
- Emmanuel Adadé SALLAHExpert specializing in Strategic Orientation, Economics and Finance, Human Resource Management, and Governance
- Dr. John SteytlerPresident & Managing Director TDB Group
- Lilian Mwakalebela MbassyAg. Managing Director TIB Development Bank Ltd
- Youssouf FADIGADirector General, BNI, Cote d’Ivoire
- Daniil AlgulyanDeputy Chairman, VEB.RF State Development Corporation,Russian Federation
- Jaywant PandooCEO, DBM Mauritius
- Dr. Kheswar JankeeAmbassador of Mauritius to the Russian Federation
- Namasivayen (Ken) PoonoosamyChief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Mauritius
- Harvesh Kumar SeegolamGovernor, Bank of Mauritius
- Sunil BenimadhuAg. Managing Director TIB Development Bank Ltd