Farouk Gumel

Farouk is the Vice Chairman of Tropical General Investment (TGI) Group. TGI is a global conglomerate operating in 13 countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in various business verticals such as Food and Agribusiness, FMCG, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, and Financial Services.

Farouk is Chairman of some of the TGI Group companies, including WACOT Rice, among others. He is also the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and sits on the boards of the Corporate Council on Africa and the Africa Business Coalition on Health.

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