Archives: Speakers

Audrey Hanard 2021 Speaker

Audrey Hanard

Audrey is an Associate Partner at Dalberg where she works with clients to improve education, employment, and health outcomes globally through developing, implementing, and measuring impactful strategies in support of inclusive development. Audrey has more than ten years of experience advising corporate, government, and philanthropic clients on a range of development and social impact topics,… Read more »

Maria Largey 2021 Speaker

Maria Largey

Maria Largey has 20 years’ experience as a financial professional with the last decade focused on impact investing in Emerging Markets. Maria has a proven track record in investing across various products and regions, having worked in over 25 countries within Europe, the US and Emerging Markets. She is currently the Head of Financial Services… Read more »

Nerina Visser, CFA 2021 Speaker

Nerina Visser

Nerina Visser CFA is the former president of CFA Society South Africa, a professional body with more than 2,000 members in the SADC region. During her tenure she lead the Africa Outreach Project to develop African capital markets, working with regulators and employers, investment professionals and candidates aspiring to join the industry. The publication of… Read more »

Simon Gray 2021 Speaker

Simon Gray

Simon is the Global Head of Business Development and Marketing at BVI Finance.  Simon is a senior financial services’ professional with strong international experience gained in the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and Asia as well as major experience in both public and in private sectors. Combining an investigative background with 25+ years of first-hand… Read more »

Matthew Gilbert 2021 Speaker

Matthew Gilbert

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 Pecker 2021 Speaker

Ralph Pecker 

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 Berman 2021 Speaker

Jonathan Berman

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 Harrison 2021 Speaker

Ana Maria Harrison

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 2021 Speaker

Wim van der Beek

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 Tizon 2021 Speaker

enrique tizon

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).