Andrew is one of the founders of Blue International Holdings and has held various leadership roles within the group, including as Group CEO and Executive Chairman.  Since April 2023 he and the remainder of the executive management team provide management services to Blue International through a management consulting contract with BCMP, which also provides services to other clients.

Previously, Andrew was a Director at the UK-based private equity firm Octopus Investments. He was part of the original investment team whose performance helped increase funds under management from £20m in 2004 to over £800m when he left in 2009 (funds under management are now over £8bn). During his time at Octopus, Andrew was responsible for numerous middle market buy-outs, realising an IRR of over 26% over 5 years with four successful trade sales and two IPOs. Earlier, Andrew was part of the founding team at London Seed Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund owned by Greater London Enterprise.  Andrew, spent an early part of his career working at corporate law firm Theodore Goddard, (now Addleshaw Goddard) in the corporate finance department of their London office.

Andrew holds a BA Hons in Philosophy from University College London and is a qualified Barrister in the UK.

Mark is one of the founders of Blue International Holdings and has held various leadership roles within the group, including as President and Executive Chairman.  Since April 2023 he and the remainder of the executive management team provide management services to Blue International through a management consulting contract with BCMP, which also provides services to other clients.

Previously, Mark co-founded Desert Lion Partners LLP, which was set up in 2009 to invest in infrastructure and other asset-based projects in Sierra Leone, West Africa. It merged with Joule Investments Limited to create Joule Africa.  Mark has also worked as COO for a new microfinance organisation in Sierra Leone, on behalf of a London-based asset management company.

Prior to working in Sierra Leone, Mark co-founded a property investment and development company operating in the UK and USA with over $20m of development completed. He has also worked in the strategy team at Accenture and as the Head of International Business Development for retail financial services conglomerate CPP PLC.

Mark holds a BA Hons in Theology from Birmingham University.

Kevin is a non-executive director on the board and acts as a consultant to Joule Africa on various projects. Kevin was co-founder and CEO of Joule Management, overseeing all aspects of the firm’s hydroelectric plants in Latin America.

Prior to this, Kevin was a General Partner at Integrity Partners, where he played leading roles in the firm’s investments since 2000. Kevin also co-founded Silicon Edge Law Group, an intellectual property law firm. Earlier, Kevin worked as an engineer and patent attorney for Qualcomm.

Kevin holds a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School where he graduated Order of the Coif.

Greg is a non-executive director on the board and is also co-founder of Joule Management, which has hydroelectric plants in Latin America.

In 1999 Greg co-founded Integrity Partners, a seed-stage venture capital firm, where he was a General Partner. Integrity Partners was the first investor in Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), a Chinese multinational technology company specialising in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence, where Greg served on the Board of Directors until taking the company public in 2005. Prior to Integrity Partners, Greg was part of the founding team at C2B Technologies, subsequently acquired by Inktomi and later Yahoo! Previously, he was on the founding team at Macromedia, which was subsequently acquired by Adobe.

Greg has over twenty years of executive leadership experience creating shareholder value at Fortune 500 companies including Oracle and Apple. He currently serves as a director for several charitable organisations.

David spent most of his working career as an underwriter in the Lloyd’s insurance market. He was a founding partner and director of Ascot Underwriting Limited, a company that was taken from start-up in 2001 to a very successful sale to AIG in 2008.

David is now involved in numerous start-up companies in non-executive directorship and advisory roles, assisting these companies during their development.

In addition, David brings experience and expertise in risk assessment and management as well as providing advice on Joule’s insurance arrangements.

Candice Beaumont is Chief Investment Officer who runs L Investments, a single-family office with an endowment style portfolio of public and private equity.  She is also Chairman of Salsano Group, a Panama based family office.   She serves on the Advisory Board of the Family Office Association, the Steering Committee of Yale University School of Management College of Family Offices, NYU Stern Family Office Council & the Princeton University Council of Family Offices and Endowments and is a regular contributor for family office related content in Impact Wealth Magazine.   Candice has been a member of the Board of Directors of numerous private equity firms including DFSA regulated i2BF Venture Fund, is on the Board of Clean Earth Acquisitions Corp., is advisor to numerous SPACs and remains committed to community and philanthropic causes having served on the Board of Directors of Most Valuable Kids, and Care for Kenya, and is currently on the International Council of Advisors for Global Dignity, a charity founded by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to foster global respect and dignity across all borders, genders religions & races, and is a part of the Academy of The Global Teacher Prize, founded by the Varkey Foundation.

Candice worked previously at Lazard Frères executing over $20 billion of merger and acquisition advisory assignments, and in private equity at Argonaut Capital.  She completed Global Leadership & Public Policy for the 21st Century at Harvard Kennedy School and obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Miami, graduating first in her class with a major of International Finance & Marketing.  Candice is a member of Young Presidents Organization, & was part of the Milken Young Leaders Circle.  Candice was honored by Trusted Insight as one of the Top 30 Family Office Chief Investment Officers in 2017, and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014 & is a former world ranked professional tennis player.

Ken Costa is Chairman of Ken Costa Strategic. He was previously Chairman of Lazard International. Before joining Lazard he was Chairman of EMEA at UBS Investment Bank. He has over 30 years’ experience of mergers and acquisitions in the City.

Ken read law and philosophy at Witwatersrand University in South Africa. He later studied law and theology at the University of Cambridge. He is highly active in a number of charitable and faith-based organisations.

Ken is the Gresham Professor of Commerce, where he has recently completed a series of Gresham lectures on “Vision and Values in a Volatile World”.

Lord Dannatt is the Former Chief of the General Staff and Chairman of the National Emergencies Trust. He has also served as the Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces; and the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, among many other positions.

In addition to his considerable experience in geopolitical and logistical matters, he has direct experience of Sierra Leone, both professionally and via his status as a patron of the charity, Street Child of Sierra Leone.

Philip Green has held various executive and non-executive roles in the UK & US. He was the Non-Executive Chairman of Baker Corp in the US 2011-18, Non-Executive Chairman of Carillion Plc 2015-18, and an advisor to David Cameron on corporate responsibility 2011-16.

From 2006-11 he was the Chief Executive of United Utilities Plc, the UK’s largest listed water company. Before joining United Utilities, he served as CEO of P&O Nedlloyd, Chief Operating Officer of Reuters Group Plc, and Chief Operating Officer of DHL for Europe and Africa.

Philip has also been involved in numerous charitable activities. From 2011-18 he served as Chairman of Sentebale, a charity set up by Prince Harry in Lesotho. Philip is a Patron of Hope Through Action.

Lord Triesman is the former UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Africa under Tony Blair. Among his other responsibilities, he is now Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the boutique merchant bank, Templewood, whose investors and clients have a strategic interest in Africa.

Lord Triesman maintains close relationships with a number of heads of state in Africa and brings an understanding of the political issues involved in progressing projects of this nature.