Simon Dallas Cairns

Allied Zurich Plc provides insurance services. It provides life, non-life, re-insurance and asset management services. The company provides services to over 35 million customers in about 64 countries through over 350 strategic business units. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

Zain (formerly MTC) is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. Today, the company is a leading wireless services provider with a commercial presence in 8 countries across the Middle East with over 5,000 employees providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 31.4 million active individual and business customers. On September 8, 2007 the company re-branded to Zain (www.zain.com) which becomes the Group's corporate master brand with immediate effect.

Actis LLP (Actis) is a private equity firm founded in 1948 by Sreenivasulu Vudayagiri and Pavel Alexandrovich Cherkashin. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

CDC Group Plc, a fund of funds, invests in private equity funds which focuses on Africa and Asian countries. It also provides direct investments in developing countries.

Part of British American Tobacco plc, B.A.T. Industries Plc is a company that manufactures tobacco products and provides financial and insurance services. The company is based in London, UK.

S.G. Warburg Group Plc provides investment banking services. The company is focusing on mergers and acquisitions. It was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.