Archives: Speakers

Yvan De Grauwe is an experienced and long-time owner and grower of roses in Belgium. He has a well-developed network within East Africa. He has experience with business in Kenya on growing and sale of roses.

Funmi Dele-Giwa is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of legal and regulatory experience. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and the United Kingdom and is also a Chartered Governance Professional. She is the Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs and the Group Company Secretary at MFS Africa, an innovative and dynamic… Read more »

Thomas Dugdale is a member of our London practice where he advises clients on investment funds and corporate matters involving both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. He specialises in Cayman Islands hedge funds and private equity funds, specifically in their formation, maintenance, restructuring and winding up. Prior to joining us in January 2012,… Read more »

Scott is a serial entrepreneur with a twenty year track record of venture growth & profitability including three successful exits of his US tech and media ventures. After his last exit, rather than retiring, Scott felt inspired to start Verdant Frontiers in 2013 and plans to spend the “second half” of his life building ventures… Read more »

Gavin is Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Hawksford. He is active in all of Hawksford’s key markets working closely with clients, intermediary partners and stakeholders, including those investing in Africa. Gavin has extensive experience across a range of private and regulated funds, investment structures and capital markets including the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Aquis and… Read more »

Peggy is originally from Belgium, where she obtained a Masters in Economics at Antwerp University before working as a manager in the Foreign Trade and Credit functions of KBC Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to joining Jersey Finance, Peggy was working at the Belgian Embassy in London, where she was responsible for developing… Read more »

Based in London, David is the Global Head of Private Equity at Sanne. In his role, David works with business leaders to refine and continue to drive strategic direction, management and delivery of Sanne’s private equity offering. David started his career at PwC Channel Islands supporting private equity fund managers and their structures. He later… Read more »

Josh is the co-founder of Balloon Ventures, innovating to create a profitable model to grow small businesses in emerging markets that drive good jobs. Investing tickets of $10k-$100k combined with tech-enabled human capital. Seed funding from Global Innovation Fund, Argidius Foundation, Citi Foundation, UKAID, and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment. Part of the Balloon… Read more »