Corporate · Leadership

The people behind the group.

Founders with decades of venture building, an executive team running the portfolio day to day, and a board and advisory committee spanning medicine, energy, finance and public service.

Founders

2001
Founded: 65+
Years: 9
Sectors: 8
Countries

Founder & Chief Executive Officer · Board Chairman

Keith McAllister

Keith McAllister has a history of developing private ventures into globally recognised brands. Before Oicintra he founded International Oil & Gas Holding Corp, which extracted oil from Utah's tar sands and was sold to a major operator. He co-founded Mobile Wireless Security, was president of Entertainment Direct TV — later co-Chairman and CEO of Broadband Wireless International — and was CEO of Dudley Bernichi Diamonds in Cape Town.

Founder, International Oil & Gas Holding Corp — sold to a major operator
Co-founder, Mobile Wireless Security
Co-Chairman & CEO, Broadband Wireless International
CEO, Dudley Bernichi Diamonds, Cape Town

Co-Founder & Chief Group Officer · Board Co-Chairman

Dr. Nana Ekow Andam

His Majesty Dr. Nana Sanzule Manwere Andam I is an inventor, technologist and serial entrepreneur who oversees the group's portfolio of subsidiaries. He founded OS Petro, WorldVuer and Sleek Media, and is general partner and chairman of Side Equity Ventures, a Singapore-based advisory firm focused on emerging markets. He holds patents from medical-claims data transfer to video email.

Founder, OS Petro, WorldVuer and Sleek Media
General partner & chairman, Side Equity Ventures, Singapore
Patents from medical-claims data transfer to video email

Board of directors

Governance for a multinational group with subsidiaries across nine sectors.

Keith Anthony McAllister
Chairman
Founder of International Oil & Gas Holding Corp and co-founder of Mobile Wireless Security; former co-Chairman and CEO of Broadband Wireless International and CEO of Dudley Bernichi Diamonds in Cape Town.
Dr. Ronnie Shade
Co-Chairman
Medical Director of Urban Health Systems in Dallas, Texas, affiliated with Charlton Methodist Hospital and Dallas Medical Center; Doctor of Medicine, University of Kansas.
HRH Dr. Nana Andam
Co-Chairman
Co-founder and co-chairman; general partner and chairman of Side Equity Ventures in Singapore, and an inventor with patents from medical-claims data transfer to video email.
Melanie Poyo-McAllister
Board Member
Over ten years of management experience across mortgage banking, human resources and communications; Vice President of Communications and HR at a leading California reverse-mortgage bank.
Jose Sanchez
Board Member
Founder and former CEO of Sanjo Construction and The Sanjo Group, bringing three decades of business growth to the group's Southern African mining and power plans.
Anita Kaye-Essien
Board Member
Leads the group's expansion across Southern, East and West Africa; previously operations director at Singapore-based SEV Global and CEO of XPAT Consult.
Paolo Cozzolino
Board Member

Global executive management

Leading strategy, finance, administration and operations across the group.

Richard Casinelli
President / CFO
Melanie Poyo-McAllister
CEO / Administrative Executive Officer
Over ten years of management experience across mortgage banking, human resources and communications; Vice President of Communications and HR at a leading California reverse-mortgage bank.
Anita Kaye-Essien
Co-CEO / Operations Executive Officer
Leads the group's expansion across Southern, East and West Africa; previously operations director at Singapore-based SEV Global and CEO of XPAT Consult.
Paolo Cozzolino
Executive Vice President / Corporate Management Officer
Jose Sanchez
Executive Vice President / Operations Management Officer
Founder and former CEO of Sanjo Construction and The Sanjo Group, bringing three decades of business growth to the group's Southern African mining and power plans.

Global administrative management

Marketing, administration, development, technology, information and public relations.

Antonio Allen
Vice President – Marketing
Kevin Jackson
Vice President – Administration
Sebastian Sanchez
Chief Development Officer
Stephen Pecevich
Chief of Social Affairs
Muhammad Umair
Chief Technology Officer
Muhammad Allauddin Chishti
Chief Operations Officer – Technology
Muhammad Ahmed
Chief Information Officer
Ali Hassan
Director of Public Relations

Corporate advisory

Senior counsel working directly with the Chairman and the President.

Dereck E. Moore
Executive to the Chairman
Neal Taylor
Executive Advisor to the President
Susan Joseph
Executive Advisor to the Chairman

Subsidiary leadership

Oicintra Power & Water – South Africa

Dr. Keitumetsi Mothibeli
CEO
Clive Meiring
President
Thirty-five years as a senior sales and marketing executive in South Africa's elevator and escalator industry; studied business management at Stellenbosch University.
Craig Poyo
Executive Vice President
Managing Director of LENTEC Training Academy and a specialist in strategy, execution oversight and human resources, supporting the structure of Oicintra South Africa.