James Doree joined Lion’s Head in 2011, and has worked with the founding Partners to build investment banking and asset management activities across Africa and Frontier Markets. He now leads Corporate and Investment Banking, covering sectors such as power, infrastructure, affordable housing, industry and financial inclusion. As part of Lion’s Head’s work in African capital… Read more »
Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is Founder and CEO of 4G Capital, an award-winning African fintech delivering microloans and enterprise training to power MSME growth. Over 25 years’ experience in frontier market operations. creating sustainable and scalable operations to deliver high shared value outcomes. He has advised and served several commercial and non-profit boards in the social impact,… Read more »
With more than two (2) decades of career in banking covering Investment, Commercial and Microfinance in major Nigeria Financial Institutions such as Diamond Bank and Access Bank where he rose to the position of Assistant General Manager (AGM) before assuming office as the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of HASAL Microfinance Bank Limited. He holds a Bachelors… Read more »
Dr. Hamdy is, currently, the General Manager and Director of Capital Markets Group (CapM) as well as a member of both the Executive Committee and ALCO Committee at Banque Misr, the second largest public sector bank in Egypt. The CapM and has assets under management of more than EGP 45billion. She also heads the Committee… Read more »
Mr Ba is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners, one of the leading Africa focused private equity firms, with more than $3 billion in assets and investments across 30 countries in Africa. Helios deep sector expertise in financial services. Notable investments include Equity Bank, FCMB, Crown Agents Bank and Investment Management, Interswitch, Fawry and Bayport…. Read more »
Jan-Erik provides strategic and operational pre- and post-deal advice for Corporates, Private Equity and other Investors in the Financial Service industry. His transaction related work with leading global companies ranges from multi-country integration and carve-out development and execution, commercial and operational due diligence, target operating model and synergy case development, operational strategy and restructuring. Jan-Erik… Read more »
Asad Naqvi is a Partner at Apis, a private equity fund focused on growth equity investments in financial services and financial infrastructure. Asad is actively involved on all aspects of the firm’s investment process including investment origination, execution and portfolio management. Asad overseas several of the fund’s investments including companies in the MSME credit, asset… Read more »
Mark is the Director (CEO) of FSD Africa. Mark’s early career (1989-2003) was in investment banking in the City of London (Close Brothers) where he advised growth companies on M&A and capital raising. However, he has now been involved in financial sector development in Africa for 15 years. From 2004-2009 he was CEO of FinMark… Read more »
Rupert McCammon graduated from the Cass Business School, City University London, with a 1st Class (Hons) degree in Banking & International Finance in 1991. He was responsible for managing the Botswana Stock Exchange, and Botswana’s only stockbroking company in the mid-1990s, at a time when the Botswana Stock Exchange was one of the best performing… Read more »
Ed has originated and led high profile transactions across multiple different sectors and geographies in Africa and elsewhere. Ed has a total of fourteen years of experience in investment banking, of which the last seven years have been in Africa. Ed has completed twenty-five transactions in ten different African countries. He also has great expertise… Read more »