Michael Cothill

Michael is a highly accomplished professional having gained extensive experience in a broad

range of industry verticals. Most of Michael’s assignments have been focused on providing advisory services to International private enterprise and Governmental/NGO institutions in best practice deployment of critical infrastructure projects such as telecommunications, broadband wireless deployment, alternative energy, hydro-electric plants and data center configuration amongst several other verticals. Michael has specialized knowledge of assisting emerging markets, most specifically African governments on regulatory governance regarding licensing and compensation strategies that are designed to attract capital investment to their respective countries. Amongst these projects have been the buildout of fiber optic infrastructure in Africa serving private enterprise projects covering countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eretria, Kenya and Sudan in the north east African region to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Congo and Mozambique in the Southern region. Michael brings 35 years of hands on strategic and corporate management, technological innovation and entrepreneurial guidance to emerging market companies, assuming a leading role alongside the company CEO in crafting a winning strategy. Michael has been the Chairman of the Hammer Group since its inception in 2015 and is responsible in guiding the Groups Strategy