Victor Williams, Managing Partner of Lions Range Group, will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

Victor Williams is a distinguished finance and sports business leader with over 30 years of transformative experience driving business growth across the U.S. and Africa. As the former CEO of NBA Africa from 2020 to 2023, he spearheaded the league’s basketball and business development initiatives, significantly enhancing the NBA’s footprint on the continent. Before this role, Victor served as the Executive Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) for African regions at Standard Bank Group, where he was instrumental in shaping the strategy, execution, and financial performance for the bank’s corporate, sovereign, and institutional investor client relationships in 19 sub-Saharan African countries. His leadership in this pan-continental position fostered the growth of key business lines, including global markets and investment banking. He helped lead Standard Bank’s strategic expansion into Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.

Victor Williams is a bicontinental investment expert

Joining Standard Bank in 2011, Victor initially led the Corporate and Investment Banking division for East Africa, later taking charge of the business in Nigeria. His previous experience includes a notable tenure as Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he directed over $5 billion in mergers and acquisitions and provided critical advisory to senior executives and boards of directors on complex corporate transactions.

Victor’s illustrious career also includes a significant tenure as Vice President of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in New York City, where he delivered strategic insights to Fortune 500 companies on merger and financing analysis and execution.

A proud Sierra Leonean-American, Victor holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in applied math and economics from Brown University. He is an esteemed member of the Harvard Business School Africa Advisory Board. He has served on the boards of publicly listed companies and non-profit organizations across the U.S., Nigeria, and Kenya. Victor is also a proud alumnus of the Prince of Wales School in Freetown, embodying the school’s legacy of excellence and leadership.

About the 2024 Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference

​​Sierra Leone Diaspora Investment Conference harnesses Sierra Leone Diaspora Entrepreneurship, Impact, and Direct Investment. The summit connects entrepreneurs and investors interested in Sierra Leone. SLDIC amplifies the impact of diaspora and Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs and strengthens culture and trade.

Registration for the 2024 SLDIC is now open at www.MakeSierraLeoneFamous.com.