Tewodros Ashenafi

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  SouthWest Energy

Degree in Economics, Columbia University; graduate, Harvard Business School. Formerly: with Merrill Lynch; international, political and economic advisory work. Founder, Chairman and CEO, SouthWest Energy (HK); concurrently, Chairman, SouthWest Development, a leading Ethiopian oil and gas services company. Chairman, Ambo Mineral Water, a beverage brand in Ethiopia. Member of the Board, EastWest Institute, a security think and do tank. Member of the International Advisory Board, Atlantic Council, a think tank and public policy group. Member of the Advisory Board, Development Partners International, an Africa-focused private equity firm. Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2009).