Yemi Lalude is a London-based Partner at TPG and leads investment activities for TPG’s Impact Platform in Africa and the Middle East. He is a leader in emerging market investment activities across the Climate, Financial Services, and TMT sectors. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Lalude founded Adlevo Capital, an Africa-focused VC firm. Previously, he was… Read more »
Jyrki Koskelo; Senior Advisor, professional Board Member and entreprenour, retired from a position of Global Vice President in IFC after a 20 plus year successful career. He is most noted at IFC for his relentless drive for de-centralisation of activities to be located closer to clients, management and growth of financial markets activities, and large… Read more »
Nicholas is a Partner at Fincon Africa, a Professional Services firm that advises on Corporate Finance, Knowledge and Social Impact, with focus on African markets. He is responsible for the firm’s Debt and Knowledge portfolios. Prior to joining Fincon he delivered over 14 years of Commercial, Corporate and Private Banking impact, pioneering enterprise and risk… Read more »
Lord St John of Bletso is a Crossbench/Independent Member of the House of Lords. He was brought up in South Africa, where he qualified as a solicitor before completing his Masters in Shipping Law at London University. He worked for 15 years in the City with Merrill Lynch before becoming Managing director of Globix Europe,… Read more »
Joseph is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Adventis, which is an Africa focussed investment firm. He is currently a portfolio manager of the Adventis Africa equity portfolios. He has twenty years of investment experience and previously managed the Africa public equity portfolios of Investec, Investec Investment Forum and the Investec Africa Macroeconomic Forum. Portfolio… Read more »
Graham is the Head of Strategy of Ethiopia Investments Limited. He is responsible for the Company’s performance on the ground and is actively involved in sourcing, executing and managing investments. Prior to running Ethiopia Investments Limited, he was an Investment Professional for Ascent Capital Africa, an $80m private equity fund focused on Eastern Africa. He… Read more »
A management accountant by profession I studied with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and have worked with small & medium enterprise in different capacities for over 20 years. I have worked in a wide variety of industries at different levels. This has helped me to develop the ability and confidence to communicate with individuals… Read more »
Carole Maman is currently Chief Investment Officer of BIO, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries and coordinates the investments in the fields of financial institutions, enterprises, infrastructure and funds in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Carole has been working in development finance for 2 decades first at the International Finance Corporation in the health… Read more »
Mr. Henk G. Mulder is the former Managing Director for Rabo Development. With a career spanning over 34 years, Mr Mulder is a Law Graduate of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands with extensive experience in banking coupled with functional expertise in Strategic and Change Management, Credit Risk, Treasury, Investment and Retail Banking. He… Read more »
Viola Llewellyn is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions, Inc. (www.Ovamba.com). Ovamba is an award winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve formal and informal African SMEs in the trade & commodities sectors. Ovamba’s solutions combine innovative Sharia compliant structures with eCommerce, logistics services, and technology to drive financial inclusion… Read more »
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