Ken Osei
Principal Investment Officer-Manufacturing & Consumer Services International Finance Corporation
Ken Osei is a Principal Investment Officer; Manufacturing & Consumer Services with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Private Sector arm of the World Bank Group (WBG). Ken is the Hub Leader- for IFC’s Southern Africa Region, where he leads a team focused on originating, structuring, closing, and managing investments in the sectors of Manufacturing (including the automotive supply chain), Tourism, Retail, Property, Healthcare, Education. Ken has been directly involved in equity, quasi-equity, and debt investments including Green Bond investments. Prior to his current role as Hub Lead, Ken was Principal Equity Specialist focusing on equity investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining IFC, Ken had a long career in principal investing, management consulting and manufacturing, in the US and Sub-Saharan Africa. Ken holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the George Washington University, a Master of Science Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA Degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
2025 Agenda Sessions
Workshop 7 - Automotive focus session
The convergence of the mining and automotive sectors, and how this will shape company and countries’ industrial strategies
Working Group Sessions
- Public policy: Can commodity dependent countries work with the automotive sector to re think industrial policy around critical minerals?
- M&A strategies: What strategies are auto OEMs employing to invest into the critical minerals mining space?
- Auto value chains: How are OEMs securing critical metals supply in line with the energy transition agenda?
- Critical minerals and energy transition: How are critical minerals mining companies considering supplying the battery industry toward the energy transition?
- Converging industries and industrial strategy: How are states considering investing in the auto and metals sectors to drive national competitiveness and industrialisation?
Wednesday 05 February 13:00 - 14:30 CTICC2
Interactive Workshops
The convergence of the mining and automotive sectors, and how this will shape company and countries’ industrial strategies
Working Group Sessions
- Public policy: Can commodity dependent countries work with the automotive sector to re think industrial policy around critical minerals?
- M&A strategies: What strategies are auto OEMs employing to invest into the critical minerals mining space?
- Auto value chains: How are OEMs securing critical metals supply in line with the energy transition agenda?
- Critical minerals and energy transition: How are critical minerals mining companies considering supplying the battery industry toward the energy transition?
- Converging industries and industrial strategy: How are states considering investing in the auto and metals sectors to drive national competitiveness and industrialisation?
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