Asatu Shannon 2026 speakers

Asatu Shannon is a Principal at CrossBoundary, where she leads the implementation of the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA) overseeing DFI investment support activities across Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo. She brings 16+ years of experience originating and managing investments mainly in West Africa and Europe, working closely with institutional investors to improve deal sourcing, investment readiness, and capital deployment in challenging contexts. Prior to CrossBoundary, Asatu ran her own impact investments advisory practice, and was an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs and Private Equity Investor for a BII-backed (formerly CDC) impact investment fund focused on post-conflict countries. Asatu holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Masters in Financial Economics from Boston University’s International Graduate Program, and a Bachelors in International Finance from The American University in Washington DC.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/asatushannon/