Arif Montsi is the Executive Director at Montsi Investments.

Trade Representative to South Africa
Republic of Uganda
Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial
Development (PACEID)
Kampala, Uganda

CEO & Founder of BTP+ Advisers
Mark is an Anglo-Australian PR Executive and the founder and CEO of BTP Advisers. He has advised governments and aspiring opposition leaders from Europe, Africa, and Asia on international communications strategy. These include the administrations of Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Mark has advised winning campaigns and ballots in the UK, US, France, Montenegro, Lithuania, Georgia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone – amongst others. Mark also has extensive experience of devising international PR campaigns for international businesses and across multiple sectors including tourism and travel, aviation, investment, energy, and extractives. Prior to setting up BTP, Mark served as a press spokesman for the Mayor of London, as spokesman for the worldwide Vodafone Group, and as Vice-President Communications for Deutsche Bank AG.

Chairman Board and CEO
ADRIA Management Services, Podgorica, Montenegro, is involved in management consulting and
media marketing services provision across the Open Balkan, Western Balkans, and the EU countries,
including Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Its turnover in 2021 was
app. 2.5 million euro in services provision. Our clients are dominant local and international corporations
across different vertical industries, including telecommunications, electric power production and
distribution, hospitality, and more.

Trade Representative to the Balkans Region
Republic of Uganda
Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial
Development (PACEID)
Kampala, Uganda

● “2022 Africa & US Entrepreneurship Award” by Africa Global Chamber of Commerce
● Led Endiro Coffee to win “2022 Small Business Excellence Award” by the Aurora Regional
Chamber of Commerce
● Led Endiro Coffee to win “2022 sofi Best New Product Award” by the Specialty Food
Association for the Uganda Bududa Bukalasi Coffee product.
● Led Endiro Coffee LLC and Endiro Community Harvesters to be named an official “Illinois
Maker” by the Illinois Department of Transportation (2020)
● Recognized in official proclamation by Mayor Richard M. Irvin of Aurora, Illinois declaring
August 29, 2019 as “Endiro Coffee Day” in Aurora, Illinois.
● Awarded “Re:Co Symposium Fellowship” in 2019 recognizing the future leaders of the global
specialty coffee industry
● Led efforts to successfully bring Endiro Coffee’s global operations in alignment with “Benefit
Corporation” standards and to achieve “B Corp Certification” (2019) with an initial score of
89.4.
● Worked with executive leadership of Endiro Coffee to achieve numerous awards and
recognitions including: Next-door Neighborhood Favorite (2018-2022); Best of the Fox
Aurora (Many awards, 2019-2022); LUX Ethical Food Service Business of the Year (2019);
TripAdvisor “Hall of Fame” status (2018); TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence for various
Endiro Coffee branches (2012-2021); “People Love us on Yelp” award (2017-21); “Best
Business of 2018” from Three Best; Restaurant Guru Awards (many awards 2020-21); Gold
Star recognition from Aurora Downtown Business Association (2018); “Best Café” by Three
Best (2019-2021); Bicycle Friendly Business “Bronze Medal Award” (2019-2021)
● Served as Executive Chef during Gout de France celebrations in 2018 & 2019 at Endiro
Coffee in Aurora, IL.
● Initiated and successfully completed campaign to get Endiro Coffee selected as Uganda’s
sole presenter of Ugandan coffee to Pope Francis during his visit to Uganda in 2015
(11/2015).
● Led Endiro Coffee, Ltd to win “Best Café/Deli” in the 2015 Kampala Restaurant Awards
through successful culinary and social media campaign (10/2015).
● Selected as an official delegate of the Lausanne North American Younger Leaders
Consultation (7/2012).
● Selected as on-site participant for the Lausanne Third Congress on World Evangelization in
Cape Town, South Africa (10/2010).

Trade Representative to the United States specifically Coffee
Republic of Uganda
Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial
Development (PACEID)
Kampala, Uganda

Lawyer by profession, Justin Katoto is a founder and managing partner of K&K Services and Advocates in DRCongo and K&K Business Consulting Ltd in Uganda.
Congolese citizen, Justin Katoto’s educational background spans a Bachelor’s and Masters’s Degree in Law from Kisangani University in DRC and two MBA degrees, in Global business and Sustainability from the Catholic University of Milan in Italy and as well in Impact entrepreneurship from Uganda Martyrs University in Uganda.
Justin Katoto has been a Business lawyer at the DRCongo Law Bar Association since 2008(ONA 6616), with work experience focused on Project management, international trade, mining regulations, procurement, and supply chain management in the last 12 years. He has consistently demonstrated a strong work ethic and a dedication to success in business within many African countries.
He is proudly married and father of two beautiful daughters and one handsome boy.

International Investment & Trade Advisory &
Consulting
International Financial Management
Venture and Capital Markets
Financial Planning (Wealth, Retirement, Income
Tax, Estate, & Risk Management)
Capital Projects
Cost avoidance and reduction
Public-Private Partnerships
Initial Public Offerings
Joint Ventures – entering new markets.
Financial Valuation Assessments and Feasibility
Studies
Infrastructure Development
Corporate and Project Finance
Restructurings and Privatizations
Acquisitions and Divestitures
Private Placements
Project Impact Investing
Project Management
Business Development
Market Development
Process Improvement
Entrepreneurial Leadership & Management
Efficiency Improvement
Computer & Information Technologies
User of Social Media

Trade Representative to the United States
Republic of Uganda
Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial
Development (PACEID)
Kampala, Uganda