Meet our Speakers

BTIS 2023 Speaker
H.E. Slumber Tsogwane
Vice-President Botswana more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Hon. Phildah Kereng
Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Botswana more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Hon. Edmund Bartlett, CD, MP
Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Chairman, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) more…
ITIC Speaker
Hon. Vera Kamtukule Minister of Tourism Malawi more…
ITIC Speaker
Elena Kountoura Member Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left more…
ITIC Speaker
H.E. Raki Phillips Chief Executive Officer Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority more…
ITIC Speaker
Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman ITIC & Former Secretary General United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) more…
ITIC Speaker
Gerald Lawless WTTC Ambassador and Former Jumeirah Group President & CEO more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Cláudia Conceição Regional Director, Southern Africa International Finance Corporation more…
ITIC Speaker
Ian Goldin Professor of Globalisation and Development University of Oxford more…
ITIC Speaker
Christopher Rodrigues, CBE Chairman Port of London Authority more…
ITIC Speaker
Richard Collins Area Vice President, Sub Saharan Africa Marriott International more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Petra Pereyra EU Ambassador Botswana & SADC more…
ITIC Speaker
Ghaith Al Ghaith
CEO flydubai more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Marcela Lizarraga Engagement & Projects Director Membership & Commercial, WTTC more…
IBTIS 2023 Speaker
Cuthbert Ncube Executive Chairman Africa Tourism Board more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Eskedar Tamrat Area Manager Botswana Ethiopian Airlines more…
ITIC Speaker
Ibrahim Ayoub Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Keitumetse Setlang Acting Chief Executive office Botswana Tourism Office more…
ITIC Speaker
Paul Hoskins Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Jacinta Kiruthi
CEO, International Trade, Regional Implementation and Continental Integration, AfCFTA more…
ITIC Speaker
Lee-Anne Singer Chairwoman FEDHASA more…
ITIC Speaker
Gobusamang Dempsey Keebine Chief Executive Officer Corporate Nexus more…
ITIC Speaker
Hans Shrader Country Advisory and Economics International Finance Corporation more…
ITIC Speaker
Jonathan Puzon-Gomez Director of Tourism Malaga more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Hamza Farooqui Founder & Chief Executive Officer Millat Investments more…
ITIC Speaker
Mokwena Morulane Managing Director Cresta Marakanelo Ltd more…
ITIC Speaker
Liang Wang Resident Representative for Botswana World Bank more…
ITIC Speaker
Moshie Ratsebe Director, Investment Promotion Botswana Investment and Trade Centre more…
ITIC Speaker
Kasigo Koyabe Head – Business Development Services Business Botswana more…
ITIC Speaker
Kim Nixon Chief Operating Officer Chobe Holdings Limited more…
ITIC Speaker
Nuzhat Anwar Senior Country Officer for Botswana and Namibia International Finance Corporation more…
ITIC Speaker
Cross Kgosidiile Managing Director Botswana Development Corporation more…
ITIC Speaker
Mohamed Belkhodja Director Investments and Special Projects Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKDA) more…
ITIC Speaker
Guido R. Giachetti Executive Chairman RDC Properties Group more…
ITIC Speaker
Lily Rakorong Chief Executive Officer Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Onalenna Keseabetswe
Head, Investment Banking Implementation Stanbic Bank Botswana more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Masego Magdeline Mookodi Acting General Manager Air Botswana more…
ITIC Speaker
Muna Haddad Founding CEO BARAKA more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis
Director of the eTourism Lab Deputy Director of the International Centre
for Tourism And Hospitality Research
more…
ITIC Speaker
Samuel Nganga Manager MAS Upstream and Advisory International Finance Corporation more…
ITIC Speaker
Michaela Powell-Rees Managing Director Rera Partners more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Keletso Bogatsu General Manager The Grand Palm Hotel Casino and Convention Resort more…
ITIC Speaker
Neo Nwako Chief Executive Officer Abari Communications more…
ITIC Speaker
Kushata Chilisa
Head CEEP Stanbic Bank Botswana more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Mark Abraham
Founder & CEO Shackle more…
BTIS 2023 Speaker
Katlego Mphahlele CA (SA) Senior Deal Maker, Tourism & Services Unit Industrial Development Corporation, South Africa more…
ITIC Speaker
Carmen Roberts
Presenter The Travel Show BBC more…
ITIC Speaker
Emmanuel K. Yuh, PE Chief Executive Officer KEY Engineering Group Inc. more…
ITIC Speaker
Tumediso Anicia Mbanga Founder Comfort Palace (new Cultural Village project) more…