Eren has 20 years of professional experience in the investment industry on a wide range of asset classes, investment strategies/solutions and geographies both in direct and fund investments. Eren joined the African Development Bank in 2018 as Chief Investment Officer, Food and Agriculture, focusing on the origination and execution of private sector transactions across Africa…. Read more »
Enrique is a seasoned syndicator with a 13-year experience mobilizing private and public debt to IFC projects and clients in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America. During the last 5 years, he has played an active role syndicating debt in Africa across sectors (Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Services and FIs, including Fintech).
Emad Naseraldin is an Associate Director at the EBRD, advising the Board and Management in respect of integrity and reputation risk. Prior to joining the EBRD, he worked at risk advisory firm Kroll in London and at the BBC. Emad holds an MSc in International Public Policy from UCL and an MA in political science… Read more »
Elias has over 10 years of experience in developing policies and regulations in the financial sector. He leads the development and implementation of programmes that work to improve the enabling environment for risk markets in Africa to drive systemic change in the market for insurance and other risk management instruments at FSD Africa. Previously, Elias… Read more »
After a successful career in consulting then entrepreneurship, Laure Djoukam is now working to develop and promote trade and investment opportunities in emerging markets as well as serving as a bridge between impact projects and her network of investors. She offers 20 years of leadership in the Finance industry along with entrepreneurial, forward-thinking mindset and… Read more »
Ed has spent his career working on nature and climate issues from a broad range of perspectives spanning finance, major corporates and international NGOs. A large portion of his career has been spent living and working in Africa. He is currently Natural Climate Solutions lead at carbon finance firm Respira were he focusses on the… Read more »
Edmund Higenbottam is Managing Director of Verdant Capital. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund worked in London and in emerging markets at bulge bracket investment banks including Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. Edmund has over 20 years experience in total.
Ed is a Managing Director at GKB Ventures. He has more than 20 years’ experience of working in structured export finance. He started his career as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons specialising in cross border transactions and then moved to Barclays Capital where he was head of emerging markets on the Capex Financing Solutions… Read more »
Dylan is currently Chief Business Officer at Asaak, a mobility fintech operating in Africa and Latin America. He leads Asaak’s capital markets, finance and marketing teams. Previously, Dylan was an early employee at TikTok, DoorDash and LendingHome. Dylan is also an active angel investor and startup mentor via First Round Capital, focussing on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Duncan Onyango has more than 30 years of senior management experience in leading large-scale investment, small and medium sized enterprise (SME) support and infrastructure projects across East Africa. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Trade Catalyst Africa, Board Chair of the Kenya Innovative Finance Facility for Water (KIFFWA) and Board Director at the… Read more »