Farouk Gumel

Vice Chairman | Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group

Farouk is the Vice Chairman of Tropical General Investment (TGI) Group. TGI is a global conglomerate operating in 13 countries across Africa, the Middle East and Asia in various business verticals such as Food and Agribusiness, FMCG, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services. Farouk is Chairman of some of the TGI Group companies including WACOT Rice among others.

He is also the Chairman of Botswana Sovereign Wealth Fund and the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. He also sits on the boards of Corporate Council on Africa and Africa Business Coalition on Health. He is a member of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU), the Presidential Petroleum Reform and Value Optimization Taskforce – both in Nigeria – as well as the Lagos State University Governing Council.