<p>Sheila Khama is an independent consultant, a minerals, oil and gas policy advisor, an author, podcast host with more than two decades’ work experience. Sheila is a former executive of Anglo American Corporation and De Beers Groups in Botswana. She has extensive knowledge of the mining industry, the Africa business environment and sustainability challenges in mineral, oil and gas industries. She worked for the World Bank and African Development Bank’s mineral, oil and gas policy advisory units leading teams of experts advising governments in Africa, Latin America and Central Asia.<br />Sheila is a non-executive director Tullow Oil, a FTSE 250 company, a board member of the Mandela Institute of Development Studies and the Development Partner Institute. She serves on the Sustainability Panel of LafargeHolcim, the Advisory Boards of Columbia University Centre for Sustainable Investments, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Networks and the Audit Committee of the UN Office of Operations. She is a former of CEO of De Beers Botswana and served as a non-executive director of several companies including the world’s largest producer of gem diamonds by value, Debswana. She has served on the Sustainability Panel of AngloGold Ashanti, Technical Committee of Oxford University’s Natural Resources Charter among others. She has lived and worked in Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, the UK and USA.</p>