Archives: Speakers

Ope is the Head of Project Finance for Arise where he focuses on raising and structuring financing for various projects in Africa. Arise, backed by shareholders such as A.P Moller Capital, Olam International and Africa Finance Corporation is a leading pan African infrastructure developer particular focused on design, finance and operation of integrated transport and… Read more »

Sam Preece is CEO of Clean Invest Africa Plc and London listed investment vehicle making investments in clean energy and waste to energy opportunities in Africa. Sam is an Environmental Geologist and has worked for over 20years managing the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) risks for some of the worlds largest companies as they implement… Read more »

Founder of Granatum Finance, a financial technology company with the objective of providing an alternative source of funding for corporates and governments based on asset-backed blockchain tokenisation (ABBT). Fabien’s vision is to bring more liquidity and transparency to the African capital market by tokenising and designing smart contracts for future or existing assets with the… Read more »

Yann joined Swiss Re Direct Investment in 2014 as the Head of Africa for Principal Investment and Private Equity, taking on responsibility for originating and executing transactions and monitoring investee companies throughout Africa. Prior to that, he worked as a Principal at Actis, based in Lagos, covering West Africa transactions. Yann founded and is currently… Read more »

Ulla works as an investment manager at Finnfund, focusing on origination and execution of Financial Sector investments and projects with gender initiatives. Previously she has worked in asset management with a special focus on microfinance. Ulla has also been responsible for Finnfund’s treasury. Prior to joining Finnfund Ulla has been working as a treasury professional… Read more »

Rupert Scofield is the President, CEO and Co-Founder of FINCA International, author of “The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook,” presenter of The Social Enterprise Podcast (www.socentpodcast.org), and a regular contributor to articles published on Forbes. A pioneer in microfinance and life-long social entrepreneur, Mr. Scofield leads FINCA International, the majority-owner of 20-community-based microfinance institutions and banks across… Read more »

Hirander Misra is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group, which is a set of companies that offer sustainable and innovative solutions for the new era of global financial markets through an aligned partnership driven approach. This involves the creation and operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in equities, debt, FX, derivatives and… Read more »

Lasitha is Chief Executive Officer at GuarantCo, the contingent credit solutions arm of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) funded by members from seven countries (UK, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany) and the World Bank Group. Lasitha joined GuarantCo in 2009, and prior to his current role was Chief Investment Officer with responsibility for… Read more »

As Portfolio Manager of the Blue Clay Pan-Africa Fund, Fred Steiner is responsible for security selection and portfolio construction. Prior to re-joining BCCM Advisors, Fred earned his Master’s in Business Administration at the Carlson School of Management where he graduated with distinction and was a Curtis L Carlson Scholarship recipient. During the full-time business school… Read more »

Ioto joined AfricInvest in 2018, after having spent his MBA internship with the FIVE team in 2017. Ioto has nine years of experience, initially as an auditor (PwC and KPMG), treasurer (SA Taxi Finance) and as an investment manager at Barclays Africa. He holds the following qualification and certificates; Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), South African… Read more »