30-31 May 2017 | Africa

Meet the Speakers

Conference Chairman

Vice Admiral Mathew Quashie
Chief of the Defence Staff, Ghana Armed Forces (2013 to 2016)
President, AFSEC 17 Conference

Dr. Kamal-Deen Ali
Executive Director, Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa
Moderator, AFSEC 17 Conference

Monsieur Charles Richard Mondjo
Minister of Defence
Republic of Congo

Vice Admiral Valentim Alberto António
Chief of Navy Staff
Angolan Navy

Rear Admiral Momar Diagne
Chief of Navy Staff
Senegalese Navy

Commodore Issah Yakubu
Chief Staff Officer
Ghana Navy

Captain Albert BADOU
Chief of Navy Staff
Armed forces of Benin

Captain Cyrille Serge Atonfack Guemo
Technical Adviser to The Minister
Cameroon Ministry of Defence

Commander Loïc Moudouma
Director of Operations
Gabon Navy

Chris Trelawny
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Maritime Security and Facilitat
International Maritime Organisation

Vice Admiral (ret) Jean-Pierre Labonne
Project coordinator, Gulf of Guinea Inter-regional Network (GoGIN)
European Union

Captain (R) Phillip Heyl
Principal
The Heyl Group

Dr. Ian M. Ralby
Founder & CEO, I.R. Consilium and Nonresident Senior Fellow
The Atlantic Council

Sophie Quintin Adali
University of Portsmouth
West African Peace and Security Network

Captain (FR Navy) Loïc R. MICHEL
ACOS CJ3 Operations - OHQ ATALANTA
EU Naval Force (Somalia)

Ambassador Richard Morningstar
Chairman Global Energy Center
Atlantic Council

Alexander Stephenson
Editor
Defence IQ