Meet Our Senior Leadership Team
Jim Coleman BSc (Hons), DIC, MBA, FCT (Dip)
Director
Jim is a senior banker, treasurer and director with over 35 years' experience of financial markets in the UK and internationally, including NatWest Markets, Lloyds Bank and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and is a director of several businesses. He holds a degree in mathematics from the University of St Andrews, an MBA from Imperial College Business School and is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Leslie Cairns
Director
Leslie Cairns is based in London and is responsible for assessing the viability of funding requests and their structure, both in terms of the proposed security and the on-going project management.
Leslie has more than 30 years' experience drawn from managing investments in many sectors world-wide. Leslie maintains an excellent network across domestic and international financial institutions, finance ministries, central banks and the wider international investment community.
Leslie is committed to strengthening the overall investment environment for all sectors of the community including pioneering a new foreign investment model in emerging markets, freely usable and supported by the existing international banking network.
Robert Shipwright
Consultant
Robert has over thirty year's experience in co-ordinating the functions of sourcing, production and marketing world-wide. He has extensive operational knowledge and connections at all levels of Government and Trade in Tanzania where he lives.
Peter Franklin LLB, FCA, FCT
Consultant
Peter is a chartered accountant, banker and director with over 40 years' experience in the UK, Africa and internationally, including Salomon Brothers, NatWest Markets, EBRD and the Central Bank of Egypt, and is also a director of several businesses. He holds a degree in law from the University of London and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales.
Hilton Wood MGSM
Consultant
Hilton started his banking career in 1995 with Commonwealth Bank of Australia. During the next 15 years he gained invaluable experience in all aspects of Banking and Corporate Development. He went on to become Chief Operating Officer, International Business, with Arab Bank Australia, before establishing and running Doha Bank Australia from 2012 - 2024.
Hilton has been a member of the Overseas Bankers Association of Australia for 14 years and has served as its President. He is a director of de Carnys Capital Australia pty Ltd
