Executive Vice President, Rendeavour

Preston Mendenhall has more than 20 years’ experience in emerging markets, including six years at Rendeavour, Africa’s largest new city builder with 12,000 hectares of developments in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Previously, he was Director of Communications and Vice President for Strategy of Russian Standard, Russia’s leading global consumer brand with interests in financial services and alcohol beverage production and distribution.

From 1993-2006, Preston was a producer and correspondent for NBC News, covering global events in the Soviet successor states, Europe, Central and South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.