Mr. François van Schalkwyk is Executive Director Investment & Sector Development at the Namibia Investment Promotion & Development Board (NIPDB), an agency in the Office of the President of the Republic of Namibia He was appointed in this role in April 2021. François previously served as CEO and partner at Holbrook Advisors, a specialist management… Read more »
Folaseto is a highly accomplished private equity and infrastructure investor, with over 15 years of experience in both developed and growth markets. She has been instrumental in deploying and managing investments worth over $7 billion in growth markets particularly Africa. Currently, Folaseto serves as a Principal at Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure… Read more »
Florian Grohs is an experienced manager with a background in impact investing in emerging markets. Florian heads the blended finance investor relations at Symbiotics SA, a Swiss impact asset manager specialized in emerging, sustainable, and inclusive finance in emerging and frontier markets.
Florence started her professional career as an opera singer before moving into vocal coaching followed by executive coaching, and then went onto set up and run her own consultancy helping companies to increase productivity of their existing teams through better systems, processes and communication. Her previous clients include Apple, The Prince’s Trust and HSBC. She… Read more »
“Firas Ahmad is a fintech, energy, and technology executive with over 20 years of leadership and commercial experience in startups and high-growth companies in emerging markets. He has a cross-functional background in business operations, strategy, development, and implementation, with a focus on financial services, media, and distributed energy. He is the group CEO of AzamPay… Read more »
“Fiona is an experienced mining executive and former consultant with global experience in exploration, development and production. Prior to joining Sanu Gold Corp., she consulted to Mineros S.A. on their successful listing onto the TSX. She has held technical and corporate executive positions and consulted to a number of public and private companies, including Viceroy… Read more »
Dr. Fatma Salah is the managing partner of Riad & Riad, a leading Egyptian law firm. Dr. Fatma has more than 22 years experience in corporate law, energy and renewables, infrastructure, cross-border transactions, and dispute resolution. She represents local and international corporations and financial institutions from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia… Read more »
“Faruk Aliyu is a highly skilled and results-oriented leader with extensive experience in building and scaling companies. He is based in Abuja, Nigeria, and has worked for and built several companies in the venture capital, utility, hospitality and real estate industries. He is an alum of Georgetown University’s highly touted real estate program. He is… Read more »
“Portfolio Lead for Manufacturing Africa responsible for pipeline management and delivery of deal support across Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Senegal for the FCDO funded programme. Previously an economist and corporate finance professional in the UK with PwC, and small UK regional social impact fund board member. Currently an angel investor in spare time.”
“Fadi Bassir is a Manager in the Private Equity Funds and Co-investment team at British International Investment (BII). He is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing funds and co-investments across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Fadi has invested in and managed funds across the VC, SME, mid-cap, large-cap, credit, real estate and infrastructure categories. He… Read more »
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