Marc L. Holtzman is Chairman of BK Group and has been a member of the Board since 2009. Mr. Holtzman also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of CBZ Holdings Ltd, Zimbabwe’s largest financial services company; a member of the Board of Directors of TTEC, (NASDAQ: TTEC), the world’s leading provider of analytics-driven technology- enabled services; Duddell Street Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: DSAC), a SPAC focused on telecommunication, media and technology, healthcare, fintech and consumer sector investment opportunities in Asia. From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Holtzman served as Chairman and later CEO of KazKommertsBank, Kazakhstan’s largest financial institution. From 2012 through 2015, Mr. Holtzman served on the Board of Directors of FTI Consulting, Inc., (NYSE:FCN) a global financial and strategic consulting firm and Sistema, Russia’s largest listed private company (London Stock Exchange).

Mr. Holtzman served as the Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital from 2008 and 2013. Between 2003 and 2005, Mr. Holtzman was President of the University of Denver. He also served in the Cabinet of Colorado Governor Bill Owens as Secretary of Technology between 1999 and 2003. Previously, as co-founder and President of MeesPierson EurAmerica (a firm which was acquired by ABN Amro) and as Senior Adviser to Salomon Brothers, he lived and worked in Eastern Europe and Russia from September 1989 until October 1998. To further assist with the development of Central Asia’s financial sector, Mr. Holtzman was appointed by Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister to serve on the Board of Directors of Kazyna - the nation’s sovereign wealth fund from 2006 – 2008. In addition, Mr. Holtzman served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States Space Foundation from 2004 – 2010.

Darren is the co-founder of 337 Frontier Capital, one of the largest institutional investors across Africa, and has been involved in frontier markets for 14 years. Prior to founding 337 Frontier Capital, Darren worked for The Rock Creek Group and helped established the Kimberlite Frontier Africa Strategy.

Previous to Rock Creek, he spent three years investing in Frontier Africa at Ashmore Equities Investment Management (US) LLC, where he was as a Co-Portfolio Manager for the Africa Emerging Markets Fund.

Prior to joining Ashmore, Darren spent five years in Dubai researching Middle East and North African stocks for Credit Agricole Chevreux as their Head of Research, Economist & Strategist.

Darren began his career as an investment banker with CIBC World Markets in Toronto. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bishop’s University in Canada and is a CFA charter holder.

Gilbert Nyatanyi is a non-executive board member of BK Group Plc. and the Chief Executive Officer of Agaciro Development Fund- Rwanda Sovereign Wealth Fund, one of our major shareholders.

He possesses more than 25 years’ experience in general legal practice and more than 29 years’ solid experience in banking and finance law, with particular experience in secured transactions, acquisitions and corporate finance, syndicated loans, refinancing, capital markets, public and private placements of securities.

Mr. Nyatanyi served as a Counsel for Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick in Belgium, General Manager of Liedekerke Great Lakes, Legal Consultant in Belgium, Burundi and Rwanda, he was also an Executive for Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs in Burundi, Rwanda & South Africa among so many other duties.

He holds a mini MBA for In- House Counsel from Questrom School of Business, Boston University and different degrees from Ghent University, Sint- Paulus Instituut Gent, Sint- Jozefs College Tielt, Broeders Maristen Pitterm.

Sonia is a Rwandan business executive with a career in Finance, Human Resources and General Management spanning over 25 years. Throughout her career, she has served in Senior Management Finance and Executive Human Resources roles for Bralirwa Plc, the Heineken operating Company in Rwanda.

During her tenure as Human Resources Director of Bralirwa ( 2009-2017), Sonia successfully led the People and Organizational agenda which was required to support the Company evolvement from an earlier dominant position in the market to a competitive and consumer facing Company. Changes made involved restructuring the Organization across all departments, developing functional, managerial and leadership capabilities within the Organization as well as equipping employees with needed behaviors required to win as a Business. Furthermore, during the same period, despite an increasing scarcity for talents in Rwanda and outside, Bralirwa was able to sustain its position of “Employer of choice” and attract and hire talented professionals at junior, middle and senior levels while also keeping good engagement levels within the Organization. Alsoas a member of Bralirwa Executive committee, she played an important and valued advisory role.

Sonia is currently a business leader in the coffee and tourism sectors in Rwanda, a mentor and a certified professional independent coach providing Executive coaching and facilitation services through Breakfast Club Africa, a Panafrican CEO membership organization which was created with a singular purpose of helping heads of organizations to become better leaders, thus benefitting their organizations and employees. BCA has presence in multiple African countries including Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and a vision for further expansion to the entire African continent

Furthermore, Sonia belongs to various professional membership organizations including the International Women Coffee Alliance(Rwanda Chapter), the Rwanda Tourism and Travel Association(RTTA), the Rwanda Hospitality Association(RHA), the African Women Entrepreneurship Program(AWEP) and the Rotary International(RI). She also serves on the General Assembly of SOS Children’s Villages Rwanda and is a former board member of the Rwanda National Labor Council.

Sonia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Administration from the University of Burundi and Executive Education from INSEAD , IMD, London Business School and Harvard Business School.

She is fluent in Kinyarwanda, French and English.

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