Fuad Sillem
Executive Director Chillerton Group
Fuad Sillem has extensive operational and corporate development experience in the natural resources sector and has worked for AIM, TSX and FTSE 100 listed mining companies.
He is founder and partner at Silvertree Partners, a London and Toronto based specialist corporate services provider to the natural resources industry, and executive director of Chillerton, a privately owned Zambian copper group. Prior to this he was a consultant to Antofagasta plc.
Earlier in his career, Mr Sillem spent over ten years with the Dragon Group, a mining finance, management & venture capital group which incubated and developed a number of mining operations in Africa, the FSU and Latin America.
He is also a director of a number of private and publicly listed mining and exploration companies.
He has a BA in International Business from Regents University London, has completed an advanced executive programme at Imperial College London, is a member of the CFA society of the UK and the Society of Mining and Metallurgy.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Planting the seed – how sovereign funds can positively impact both domestic and capital markets
- Leading from the front – why are African sovereign investors best placed to catalyse development in both domestic markets and across the continent?
- What opportunities are there for sovereign funds within capital markets, and what positive impact can these have for further investment attraction & growth?
- How can intra-African investment initiatives, such as the ASIF, stimulate growth, collaboration, and co-investment across the continent?
Wednesday 05 February 12:00 - 12:45 CTICC2
Intergovernmental Summit
- Leading from the front – why are African sovereign investors best placed to catalyse development in both domestic markets and across the continent?
- What opportunities are there for sovereign funds within capital markets, and what positive impact can these have for further investment attraction & growth?
- How can intra-African investment initiatives, such as the ASIF, stimulate growth, collaboration, and co-investment across the continent?