Euromoney Institutional Investor's MD, Christopher Fordham, will host an interview with Tony Blair during a special keynote presentation. Mining Indaba takes place from 9-12 February 2015 in Cape Town.
"Mr Blair has vast experience as a global leader and through the charity he founded in 2008, the Africa Governance Initiative, he has worked with African governments to improve regulation and investment oversight. As a result, Mr Blair will provide unique and charismatic insights to our global delegation who are vested in capitalising African mining," said Jonathan Moore, MD of Mining Indaba.
Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, having secured an historic third term in office. As leader of the Labour Party, he led extensive public service reform, introduced a national minimum wage, oversaw constitutional reform, led the London 2012 Games bid and was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process. He also oversaw devolution in Scotland and Wales.
Continuing his role in public life, Tony Blair now works to secure peace and prosperity in the Middle East, improve governance in Africa, encourage understanding of world faiths and boost access to sport for children in the North-East of England. He also remains committed to finding solutions to climate change.
In addition to Blair's keynote presentation, the Mining Indaba will feature a line-up of global speakers including: industry's most pervasive deal-maker, Robert Friedland of Ivanhoe Mines; global economist, Dr Dambisa Moyo; creator of the acronym BRIC, Jim O'Neill; the World Bank's Group emerging regions expert, Anita Marangoly George; and a host of other government leaders, world's largest mining company CEOs, and international commodities analysts.
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