UK Export Finance Country Heads and London Team - Africa
Published 4 July 2025
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1. Team Africa (London Office)
Emma Thomas (Co-head, Global Origination) - emma.thomas@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
Francois Pannetier (Regional Head) - francois.pannetier@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
Charlotte Kemp (Business Origination Officer, Sub - Saharan Africa) – charlotte.kemp@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
Yasmine Siddiqi (Business Origination Officer, North Africa) - Yasmine.siddiqi@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
2. Country Heads by Region
3. West and Central Africa
Steven Gray
Based at the British High Commission Accra
Julius Nyerere Link, off Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue
Accra
PO Box 296
Ghana
Deputy Head
Dimitri Koffi
Based at the British Embassy Cote D'Iviore
Cocody Quartier Ambassades, Impasse du Belier Rue A58
Abidjan
01 BP 2581
Cote d’Ivoire
4. East Africa
Isaac Kahara
Based at the British High Commission Nairobi
Upper Hill Road
Nairobi
P.O. Box 30465-00100
Kenya
Email isaac.kahara@fcdo.gov.uk
5. Southern Africa
Dirk van den Berg
Based at the British High Commission Johannesburg
Dunkeld Corner
275 Jan Smuts Ave
Dunkeld West
Johannesburg
South Africa
6. Morocco
Meriem Bennani
Based at the British Consulate General Casablanca
Villa Les Salurges
36 rue de la Loire – Polo
Casablanca
Morocco
7. Egypt and Algeria
Mohamed Saad
Based at the British Embassy Cairo
7 Ahmed Ragheb
Qasr Ad Dobarah
Qasr El Nil
Cairo Governorate 11451
Cairo
Egypt
Email mohamed.saad@fcdo.gov.uk