Roberta Annan Earns B20 Trade and Investment Taskforce Appointment
Globally renowned voice for SMEs in Africa, development
consultant and philanthropist, Roberta Annan has been appointed a member of the
prestigious Business 20, (B20) the
private sector´s voice of the G20 community.
Roberta Annan who is the Founder and CEO of Roberta Annan
Consulting LLC (RAC) and Managing Partner of Roberta Annan Capital Partners
(RACP), also serves as an Investment Advisor to Family Offices across the globe
and a friend to several organizations such as UNICEF, Vista-Jet, Invest Africa
Club, Nexus, Milken Institute and Africa 2.0.
As a member of the B20, she will join renowned Chairman and
CEO of the Techint Group, Paolo Rocca and other prominent group of Argentine
business leaders on the Trade and Investment Task Force which is a committee of
high level business executives or board members of business organizations
associated with the G20 member countries or special countries invited to the
specific G20 cycle.
As a member of the B20 Trade and Investment Taskforce,
Roberta Annan will work on policy recommendations that will be presented at the
G20 meeting in Argentina later in 2018.
In a short interaction, she mentioned this position will give her the opportunity to
promote SMEs in Africa who are often neglected when it comes to the issues of
trade and investment.
In October 2018, her company Roberta Annan Capital Partners through
its impact investments arm will be making a huge undertaking and work on an
important project to support SMEs in the creative industries in partnership
with various global organizations. This will be a continuation of the efforts
of the African Fashion Fund, an NGO she founded in 2014 that is geared toward
empowering fashion designers from Africa and its diaspora to succeed in the
global fashion industry and market.
Roberta Annan was in 2017 voted among the top 50 Most
Influential Young Ghanaians in ranking poll by Avance Media.
The B20 has historically worked to provide practical
perspectives to the G20 interests and generate new ideas in a variety of themes
that include: employment and education, trade and investment, financing growth
and infrastructure and innovation, among others.
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