Dr. Moorad Choudhry has over 21 years of experience in investment banking in the City of London and was latterly Head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank Plc. He was previously Head of Treasury at KBC Financial Products, and prior to that was in structured finance with JPMorgan Chase, inbound proprietary trading at Hambros Bank, and in gilt-edged market making and money market trading at ABN Amro Hoare Govett Sterling Bonds Limited. He began his City career at the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Moorad is Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, and Visiting Research Fellow at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment Institute, a Fellow of the ifs-School of Finance, a Fellow of the Global Association of Risk Professionals, and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Structured Finance and on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Securitization Forum. He is also the author of “The Principles of BankingThe Principles of Banking”.

A 1991 graduate of Economics from Ondo State University Ado-Ekiti, where he received awards for the best overall result in the department, faculty, and entire school for that year, Tope (called Tops by friends), began a career in the Nigerian financial industry in 1992 culminating in 2005, having served in several capacities including as a Regional Director (Abuja).  His 13 years plus banking career spanned Local Banking Operations, International Operations, Credit, and Marketing. Tope qualified as a Chartered Accountant in November 1996 and also holds a Master’s Degree in Financial Markets and Derivatives with Distinction from London Metropolitan University. He is an Alumnus of the Leadership Program of the prestigious London Business School. Tope is also an alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School Executive Training on Strategy (Balanced Scorecards).

He is a columnist with several newspapers, a teacher, and a writer, and has contributed to governmental and developmental matters in Africa and beyond.

Graham Cross is the founder and Managing Director of GXD Logistics Limited, based in Hull. The company was formed in 2006 and provides global freight forwarding services to clients in the UK and overseas, supported through its global agency network. GXD also offers bespoke Warehousing, Distribution & ‘Pick & Pack’ services from its Hull facility to a range of UK and International clients.

Graham is Chair of the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce’s Shipping Committee and represents the Chamber on the LEP Board.

Graham is also involved at the National level with BIFA (the British International Freight Association) the trade association for the Freight Industry. He also is involved with the CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport) at the regional level and represents them on the ‘North Sea Ports forwarding committee’ within Europe.