Matthew is head of the Maples Group’s British Virgin Islands team in London and chairs the Real Estate Finance group. He advises on finance, banking and corporate law matters involving BVI companies and partnerships, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and project, real estate and asset… Read more »
Ralph is the co-founder and CEO of Paycode, a fintech company that provides biometric identity and low cost financial services in Africa’s deep-rural areas. He has worked in the IT sector for over 25 years, starting out as a programmer and system analyst and working in a variety of roles including consulting and directorships across… Read more »
Jonathan has over 30 years’ experience of emerging markets finance, particularly in the energy, infrastructure and resources sectors. He currently heads Autonomi, which has advised on assignments across 15 countries in Africa, and he is also an investment committee member of funds specialising in the renewable energy sector. His previous roles included CEO of Deutsche… Read more »
Ana Maria is a Partner and member of the Investor Relations Team. She works closely with clients in the development and monitoring of their private markets programs. Additionally, she is involved in the portfolio construction and monitoring of the various FoFs and separate accounts. Ana Maria is a member of Adams Street’s New Product Committee… Read more »
Wim van der Beek is the founder and managing partner of Goodwell Investments, a pioneering impact investment firm focused on inclusive growth in emerging markets. Goodwell channels capital to scalable business solutions that combine demonstrable social and environmental impact with commercial financial returns. Wim is an investment specialist with over two decades of experience in early-stage equity, financial structuring,… Read more »
Enrique is a seasoned syndicator with a 12 year experience mobilizing private and public debt to IFC projects and clients in SSA, Asia, EMENA, and LAC. During the last 5 years, he has played an active role syndicating debt in SSA across sectors (Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services and FIs, including Fintech).
Arnaud is an investment officer at Proparco, specializing in off-grid electrification in Africa. He is in charge of the deployment of the ARESUF facility in partnership with the EU, and more generally of the decentralized energy strategy in the countries where Proparco is active. He has been involved in various projects in geographies such as… Read more »
Frederick Holmes, Principal External Relations Officer, Global Directorate: Freddie currently manages a small team of External Relations Officers in the Government of Jersey’s Department of External Relations and has responsibility for coordinating and developing the Island’s commercial and political relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Government, Freddie spent 10 years in the Financial Services… Read more »
James Hardy is a partner in the Firm’s Debt Finance Group in London. He is an emerging markets specialist with an established track record of advising both lenders and borrowers on a diverse range of financing arrangements in mature and (especially) developing or frontier markets throughout the financial cycle. Product coverage includes: corporate and sovereign… Read more »
Kioi is the Co-Managing Director for IHS Kenya responsible for Credit and Portfolio Management. He comes with over 28 years’ experience in Construction, Engineering, Development Management and Real Estate Investment. Over the years he has gained experience in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa across different asset classes working for sovereign backed asset owners… Read more »
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