Archives: Speakers

Xoliswa Daku 2019 Speaker

Founder and CEO of Daku Group of Companies, lawyer turned Multi Award Winner Property Developer Recognition Awards 2018 Albertina Sisulu Business Achiever of the Year Gauteng 2018 Finalist” Top Empowered Infrastructure of the Year Award” category.2017 National Business Awards Top Performing Entrepreneur 2017 Standard Bank Top Women in Property Award 2017Women in Property Network Business… Read more »

Saad Sheikh 2018 Speaker

Saad is a Principal of Investments at TLG Capital senior member of the investment committee and heads portfolio operations across the firm’s African interests He is instrumental in originating, deal structuring and oversees execution across all sectors spanning the consumer landscape Saad manages strategic M&A initiatives for his portfolio Joining the firm in 2014 Saad… Read more »

Rosanne Whalley 2019 Speaker

Based in Nairobi, Ms. Whalley structures investments in East and Southern Africa, and provides post-investment portfolio support. She has broad impact investing experience across Africa, in the FMCG, agriculture and asset financing sectors. Prior to joining AHL, Ms. Whalley worked for InfraCo Africa, where she focused on investing in distributed solar PV mini-grids in Zambia…. Read more »

Lisa G. Thomas 2019 Speaker

Lisa G. Thomas has dedicated her career to promoting social and economic well-being in emerging markets. She has over a decade of experience in venture capital and private equity investing, strategic planning, governance and operations in emerging markets. She is the Managing Director of Samata Capital, a fund management company dedicated to making private sector… Read more »

Beatrice Hamza Bassey 2019 Speaker

Ms. Beatrice Hamza Bassey has been Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Atlas Mara Limited since February 16, 2015 and led Atlas Mara’s acquisition and integration of the nine banks it has acquired in Africa for much of that period. From February 2017 to May 2018 she was the Chair of Atlas Mara’s… Read more »

Greg Pearson 2019 Speaker

Greg Pearson is a founding member of Grit Real Estate Income Group and has been instrumental in sustaining its rapid growth since inception in 2014. Prior to Grit, Greg was responsible for expanding AECOM’s African footprint. His hands-on experience has allowed him to develop an expansive strategic business network with local and global developers as… Read more »

Frank Streppel 2019 Speaker

Frank Streppel started his banking career in 1992 with ABN AMRO Bank in the Netherlands, where he held several positions. In 1998 he was granted a full year leave to work voluntarily as Financial Controller for Médecins Sans Frontières in Sri Lanka. Since 2000 Frank Streppel has been working for Triodos Investment Management first as… Read more »

Shiori Onishi 2019 Speaker

Shiori Onishi is Head of Investment at CROWD CREDIT, Inc., and engaged in sourcing of potential partners, due diligence, and launching of funds for Japanese individual investors. Got her education in Japan/UK/Philippines, and built her career in Japan/India/Afghanistan, Shiori has gained her hands-on knowledge and experience on micro, SME, and rural finance as well as… Read more »

Saugata Banerjee 2018 Speaker

Saugata Banerjee is the Chairman of the DIGITIAN Group and Managing Director of the boutique digital Investment Fund DIGITIAN Investment Incorporated UAE. DIGITIAN Investment is an Africa focussed Fund mainly active in East and North Africa. He is an Investment Banker aged 48years, with a Top executive level working experience in three continents (America, Asia… Read more »

Emilio Cattaneo 2019 Speaker

Emilio Cattaneo 

Emilio joined the Private Infrastructure Development Group in 2015 as Executive Director of The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund.  He became Head of PIDG Technical Assistance in December 2019, responsible for the deployment of grants to projects being developed by the PIDG Companies, as well as providing upstream capacity building grants to governments and managing a… Read more »