Event contact: Mathilde Thue
NABA is excited to host a member event with S&P Global, discussing key trends driving the business environment in Africa’s key markets in 2023, and the implications for doing business on the continent.
S&P Global will present its perspectives on the most important trends shaping policy in key markets, as well as regional dynamics, providing insight into how companies can adapt to an evolving operating landscape.
Anna Boyd
Associate Director, Economics & Country Risk, S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Anna Boyd joined Economic and Country Risk Consulting team in February 2018 and is responsible for integrity due diligence, market entry and investigative business intelligence consulting at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
She was previously the head of MENA corporate investigations at FTI Consulting where she managed many complex multi-jurisdictional matters in the field of integrity due diligence, asset tracing and litigation support, including in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Libya.
Prior to her move into consulting, she was head of the Middle East and North Africa Country Risk Forecasting team at S&P Global, responsible for political risk forecasting, scenario modelling and quantitative risk scoring across the whole region. Anna has led on projects including devising a political risk model relating to the security of Qatari food imports, managing a series of in-depth MENA region country studies for a US government client, and war-gaming possible future developments in the Syria conflict. She has provided expert comment to several media outlets including Al Jazeera, Reuters and the BBC. Anna started her career as an Arabic linguist with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Anna holds an MA with Distinction in Arabic from the School of Oriental and African Studies, having written her dissertation on 1950s-60s Iraqi poetry. She also holds a 1st class honors degree in Arabic from the University of Edinburgh and studied in Cairo and Damascus. She speaks French and Arabic.
Martin Roberts
Principal Analyst, Deputy Head - Sub-Saharan Africa Country Risk, S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Martin Roberts, a principal analyst in Country Risk at S&P Global Market Intelligence, serves as deputy head of desk for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Martin is deputy head of the Sub-Saharan Africa team and a principal analyst responsible for the political, security and business environment of several West African countries, focusing primarily on Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal and Guinea. He has carried out extensive work, including consulting projects, for multinational companies looking at country entry, sectoral dynamics, and the impact of political and security developments on their businesses.
Martin has travelled in and conducted research across 16 African countries which included several research trips to West Africa. Educated in the UK, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Cambridge University, a Masters degree in international politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies - London (SOAS), where he specialized in African politics. Martin also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Cardiff University, and prior to joining S&P Global he was a journalist working at the BBC World Service and several national newspapers. He speaks French.