Tope Lawani was elected to the Board of Millicom in May 2005. He is co-founder and Managing Director of Helios Investment Partners a private investment firm formed to pursue private equity investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. From 1996 to January 2004 he was Principal in Texas Pacific Group a global private investment firm. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Finacity a former member of the Board of Directors of Debenhams and a former alternate member of the Boards of J Crew and Burger King Corp |