Obtala Limited (LON:OBT), the Africa-focused agricultural and forestry company, said frontier markets specialist Jessica Camus has joined the board as a non-executive director.
Camus brings extensive experience facilitating public private partnerships working with leaders from private sector, government and civil society globally, and across Sub-Saharan Africa, Obtala said.
Her primary responsibilities will be the company's strategic engagement with multilateral organizations, civil society and key funding partners of socially effective programmes in Africa.
"Jessica joins Obtala at a time of rapid expansion and it is of the utmost importance that the pace of this expansion does not leave behind our strong commitment to ethical standards. Jessica will immediately help by devising programmes that economically empower local communities and making sure that impact measurement is an integral part of our reporting processes,” said Miles Pelham, chairman of Obtala.
"All stakeholders should welcome Jessica's appointment which will amplify Obtala's social impact efforts. The policies, programmes and processes to be implemented will aim to contribute to profound positive change in the communities in which we operate," he added.
Shares in Obtala were up 1.7% at 17.8p in mid-morning trading.