Julien Fouilliart is a business development professional with 15 years of experience in international, multicultural and cross-sector environments. He is currently Leading Bureau Veritas development strategy in Africa in Building and Infrastructures market. Based in Kenya since 2019, Julien has been on the forefront of business development efforts for in Africa, contributing to the emergence… Read more »
My name is Julia Hawkins. I run a financial advisory firm specialising in raising international capital for high-growth sustainable ventures across the African continent. Our specialities are corporate and project finance, with a focus on renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, agriculture and health.
Julia is the cofounder of Linea Capital, a revenue-based finance investment company in South Africa. Backed by USAID and the Dutch Good Growth Fund, Linea provides growth capital to high impact small and growing businesses. Julia’s background is in investment banking and asset management, having worked within FirstRand in South Africa for many years. During… Read more »
Jote is the Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Group Holdings Inc. For over a decade, he has championed companies aiming to expand into Africa. This journey began at TMF Group, where he served as the Manager for Africa for five years, starting as the group’s first employee in Africa and expanding the… Read more »
Joshua is the co-founder of Balloon Ventures, the world’s first financial institution dedicated to good jobs. Joshua is a serial entrepreneur with successful businesses ranging from corporate volunteering to e-learning to SME investing
“Josh Whale, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Josh founded Ampersand in 2014 and has been CEO since the company’s beginning. Josh’s previous career was as an intellectual property lawyer representing various international clients in China. As someone passionate about climate change, whilst in China Josh witnessed firsthand the falling costs of cleantech and the vast… Read more »
Josep has extensive experience in investments, law and private equity spanning over 20 years in Africa, Europe, USA, and Japan: first in Conservation Capital and subsequently at Kibo capital partners an SME private equity investor with $100M under management. Josep has acquired substantial experience in environmental conservation through investments in wildlife, tourism, forestry, carbon, and… Read more »
“Jonty is a sustainability and international development specialist, experienced in strategy consulting, applied and academic research, project management and technical advisory services. He is passionate about sustainable development and solving complex multi-scale environmental and socio-economic challenges across Africa. Jonty holds an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from Oxford University and an MSc in… Read more »
Jonathan has 35 years’ experience in financing the energy, infrastructure and resources sectors in Africa and other emerging markets. He has headed Barclays’ African investment bank and Deutsche Bank’s Johannesburg branch, served as a non-executive on the boards and IC’s of several African funds and exchanges, and has advised many of the continent’s pioneering energy… Read more »