Archives: Speakers

John Baptist Rugambo 2016 Speaker

He joined the Bank on 1st November 1999 from Citibank. He has also worked as Director of Marketing and Research, Marketing Manager, Project Manager Smart Card, Manager Institutional Customers. He has also worked with Citibank as Relationship Officer and Head of Customer Service. John holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in International Business Administration both… Read more »

Laura Foschi 2016 Speaker

Laura Foschi is currently Deputy Director at ADA a Luxembourg non-governmental organization that promotes inclusive finance worldwide. She is also Senior Investment Manager and responsible for all investment services to Luxembourg Microfinance Development Fund (LMDF). Prior to this position she has been the general director of the microfinance investment vehicle Consorzio Etimos for 5 years…. Read more »

Maria Largey 2016 Speaker

Maria Largey is the Head of the Financial Institutions sector team at CDC and is responsible for the equity FI portfolio across Africa and Asia. Prior to joining CDC in 2012, she worked in the microfinance sector at both Agora Microfinance Partners and Opportunity International. Before joining the development finance sector, Maria worked at JPMorgan… Read more »

James Marshall 2016 Speaker

James Marshall – Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital, responsible for the Enko Africa Debt Fund.  We provide exposure to high yielding African Debt markets in both hard and local currency whilst using strict risk management techniques to mitigate credit and currency risk.  Prior to this role I was head of local market trading for… Read more »

Patrick Duff 2016 Speaker

Patrick is a core member of LeapFrog’s investment team, and drives investments across the African landscape. Before leaping to LeapFrog, Patrick was Partner at Kingdom Africa Management, a pan-African focused private equity investment firm with more than $600 million in assets under management. Here, Patrick managed multi-million dollar investments from sourcing through to leading successful… Read more »

Karim El Hnot 2016 Speaker

Karim EL HNOT is the CEO of Sogécapital Gestion the asset management arm of Société Générale in Morocco. Karim has 18 years experience in the asset management industry in Morocco.  He was successively equity analyst, fixed income fund manager, CIO and Deputy CEO in major asset management firms in Morocco before joining Sogécapital  Gestion as… Read more »

Emeka Okonkwo 2016 Speaker

Mr. Emeka Okonkwo joined Union Bank, Nigeria in 2013 as an Executive Director heading the Bank’s Corporate, International, Investment Banking and Treasury businesses. Mr. Okonkwo’s career in the banking industry commenced 25 years ago as an officer in Citibank Nigeria. It has spanned Corporate Finance, Credit Risk Management, Marketing, Treasury and Strategic Management in Citibank… Read more »

Bennie van Rooy 2016 Speaker

Bennie is a qualified chartered accountant with diverse financial, executive management and entrepreneurial skills. His personality and professional skills are geared to add value to an environment that is growing and expanding. He is an excellent enabler of ambitious businesses and individuals embarking on a growth path. After matriculating in 1993, Bennie completed his B.Com… Read more »

Antti Urvas 2016 Speaker

Antti Urvas has M.Sc  Degree in Economics from Helsinki School of Economics.  Antti started his career as Investment Manager at the Central Bank of Finland in 1989. From there he moved to work in London and Helsinki with FX- and interest rate derivatives for an  innovative brokerage and risk management company serving multinational and international… Read more »

Grégoire Lecomte 2016 Speaker

Grégoire is in charge of funding strategy and development for Microcred Group affiliates in Africa and China. He has more than 15 years experience in financial services industry working in client management, credit advisory and asset management in Credit Suisse and Ernst & Young. He is active in Microfinance for the past 5 years. Gregoire… Read more »