Michael Sudarkasa is the CEO of the Africa Business Group (ABG), an African economic development company, which includes Africa Business Consulting (ABC), Africa Business Media (ABM), Africa Business Tourism, and Africa Business Energy. He is currently the International Trade and Infrastructure Chair of the Africa CSO Committee of the Africa-EU Partnership Forum and is a past Chair of the African Law Committee of the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association and served on the Boards of the Calver New Africa Fund. He has vast experience as a commercial attorney and economic development practitioner, specialized in African private sector development, international trade and investment promotion and facilitation, corporate finance, and private equity investment.