Leadership, Vice Presidents & Senior Associates

Sebastian Spio-Garbrah is Global Managing Director & Chief Frontier Markets Analyst at DaMina Advisors and leads the Chamber's promotion of free trade to the African Union. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading frontier markets analysts, was voted among the ‘Top 30 under 30 Analysts’ by New York’s Institutional Investor Magazine in 2006. 

Garreth Bloor is President of the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business and co-founder and MD of Glenheim Venture Capital, set up in 2016 as a joint venture with the South African-based OutsourcedCFO. Bloor is former executive politician heading economic development in the City of Cape Town and was elected to Parliament at age 26. Read More

Mahvish Batool brings a diverse background spanning accounting, finance, business, and education.Ms. Batool currently serves as an Accounts Specialist at SDF Consulting (Canada), our accounting partner and a Diamond Sponsor of The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business.Read More

Toye Abioye coordinates the activities of the Chamber through its social media platforms. He assists with the development, management and evaluation of cross-sector partnerships amongst Chamber members. Read More

Vice President (Canada) Susan Namulindwa is a seasoned, client-focused and results-oriented executive, with twenty-five year plus track record of management, mobilizing partners, teams and stakeholders with often competing interests to solve problems and achieve results for clients and stakeholders.

Jacques NdoutouMvé is the CEO of 121 Canada Inc, a Toronto based advisory firm, that focuses on advancing solutions to enable investments and impactful solutions in Africa. He is the co-owner of an African-based private equity fund, that has the ambition of promoting trade and investment in Africa, with a focus on local value-creation in Africa’s dynamic market.

Karen Woolcock serves the Chamber as a Senior Associate handling the logistics of in-bound travel to Canada for VIP delegations and leading business executives, in addition to the firm's support for major Chamber events. Read More

A Canadian public service worker for over 20 years with practical training in Business Management and International Human Rights. As Business development Associate - her focus is on market development and entrepreneurial rapprochement between Canada and Africa.