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Arnaud Schalk 2021 Speaker

Arnaud Schalk

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 2021 Speaker

Frederick Holmes

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 2021 Speaker

James Hardy

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 Wambaa 2021 Speaker

Kioi Wambaa

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 »

Milko Skoro 2021 Speaker

Milko Skoro

Milko is the Managing Director of Africa Merchant Capital Advisory and Infrastructure where he leads the advisory teams in London and Cape Town. Prior to joining the AMC Group, he was Fund Manager and Head of Structuring for a pan Africa multi strategy US$ 3 billion private equity fund where he oversaw transactions across infrastructure,… Read more »

Wesley Davis 2021 Speaker

Wesley Davis

Wesley Davis has over 30 years of professional experience devoted to Emerging Markets Finance spanning a wide range of roles, products, and geographies at Global Investment Banks and local operating companies.  While working in Africa for HSBC and Renaissance Capital Wesley developed a passion for promoting development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and applying his financial… Read more »

Paul Okunaiya 2021 Speaker

PAUL OKUNAIYA

Paul is the Managing Director of Forest Capital Limited, a Private Equity Fund Management and Investment Advisory Company providing private equity, private credit, and quasi-equity instruments for projects, infra-development, and expansions. He was a Senior Investment Professional with Africinvest, a Pan African Private Equity Firm with assets under management in excess of $1.5 Billion. He has… Read more »

Ebele Okeke 2021 Speaker

Ebele Okeke

Ebele is Managing Partner of Altica Partners, an Africa focused investment firm. He has over 20 years’ experience structuring, deploying, and risk managing capital across developed and emerging markets. He has held multiple senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Standard Chartered Bank focused on lending and risk management to African corporates, financial institutions… Read more »

Ope Sule 2021 Speaker

Ope Sule

Ope Sule is the Business Development Manager for Africa at London Stock Exchange and is responsible for managing the firm’s equities listing business across Africa. Ope has over 8 years’ experience in banking with a focus on capital markets and corporate finance. Prior to joining London Stock Exchange in January 2020, Ope worked in various… Read more »

Andrew Brown 2021 Speaker

Andrew Brown

Mr. Brown has served as President of Delphos International since 2021, where he has oversight of the growth and operations of the firm’s global advisory business.  He has nearly twenty years of experience in project finance, corporate finance, and private equity in frontier markets. Mr. Brown has additional responsibilities as Head of Global Origination, including… Read more »