Lord St John Joins D.O.R.A

D.O.R.A is proud to announce Lord Anthony St John as our New chairman of the Advisory Board.

Lord St John was educated at the University of Cape Town, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, and at the University of South Africa, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. He was further educated at the London School of Economics and received a Masters of Laws. Lord St John took his seat in the House of Lords in 1979.

He’s worked as an oil analyst at County NatWest Securities and then Smith New Court Plc and thereafter served as a consultant to Merrill Lynch. He built up the Internet Datacentre business of Globix Corporation in the UK and then became President of Global Sales and Marketing for the International Group. Between 2004 and 2012, he was Non-Executive Chairman of Spiritel Plc, a telecommunications service provider and served as a Non-Executive Director at Sharp Interpak, WMRC and Pecaso. He has also been on the Advisory Board of Infinity SDC and Chayton Capital with a focus on agriculture and business opportunities in Africa. His company, African Business Solutions, assists International companies seeking to invest in Africa specifically in infrastructure, broadband, financial services and renewable energy.

Since 1998 Lord St John has served as an extra Lord-in-Waiting to HM The Queen. He is currently Vice Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Africa Group, Zimbabwe group and South Africa group as well as the endangered species group. His special interests are foreign affairs, particularly Africa, clean technology, wildlife conservation. He plays a proactive role in the charitable sector, as a trustee of 7 charities mostly focused on poverty reduction, education and wildlife conservation in Southern Africa.

We are excited to have you on our team, your skills, talents and ambitions will be a great addition to our project. On behalf of all of us welcome aboard.