Renowned African banker Rene Awambeng has joined the African Energy Chamber’s advisory board for 2020 and 2021. Awambeng will be advising and supporting the work of the AEC within its investment committee.
His impressive and successful track record in all aspects of structured trade, commercial and investment banking make him one of the most prominent figures of African banking, according to a statement by the chamber.
Awambeng has been the director and global head of Client Relations at Africa Export-Import Bank since 2016.
He brings considerable expertise in structured trade and commodity finance, cross border trade flows, risk management, sales, marketing, customer relationship, project finance, as well as general banking management in both Francophone, Anglophone and Lusophone Africa.
“Rene is a dealmaker and one who understands modern-day Africa and the opportunities and challenges of doing business within the continent’s booming energy industry,” explained AEC Executive Chairman, Nj Ayuk.
Prior to joining Afreximbank, Awambeng worked for four years as the group head of Global Corporates, Regional Corporates, and Commodity Finance, Corporate & Investment Bank, Ecobank Transnational Inc., based in Paris, France and Lagos, Nigeria and London.
Prior to this, he was executive managing director/chief executive officer of Ecobank Rwanda for two years and managing director/chief executive officer of Ecobank, the Democratic Republic of Congo for two years.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon and an MBA from the University of Nottingham Business School, Nottingham, UK.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London, UK.
