“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 »
“Having started his career at Robert Flemings in equity research, John has over 25 years’ industry experience. During this time he has had a long career in portfolio management at London and Capital Asset Management focusing on clients from the African continent. With a keen interest on the entrepreneurial side of his clients’ activities, John… Read more »
“Jimmy Ranamane, General Manager: Global Markets: Global Markets at Brand South Africa I am a seasoned marketing, communications, and partnership specialist with solid experienced in creating and implementing specific business strategies, while evaluating results of executing the plans for brand development of Brand South Africa business, annual performance, and operations plan. At Brand South Africa… Read more »
Jessica is the Director of Business Development at Persistent. She is an entrepreneur, renewable energy and off-grid policy expert with more than 15 years of experience working across Africa, establishing and running businesses. Previously Jessica held the role of CEO of the African Minigrid Developers Association, which she co-founded after working for 2 different minigrid… Read more »
Jeanne has more than 15 years experience in the microfinance sectors and was previously working for Triple Jump and Grameen Credit Agricole among others. She has regional experience in Africa, Middle East and Africa and came across >80 MFIs. She is currently based in Nairobi Kenya since 4 years.
“Jean-Eric Matunga is a Pan-African banker working at the Mauritius based Bank One Limited where he holds the global responsibility for the execution and delivery of Financial Institutions and Sovereigns strategy and P&L. Matunga previously worked for Citi. Based in Cote d’Ivoire, providing Citi’s entire suite of tailored and unique solutions to Financial Institutions and… Read more »
“Jean-Marie KANANURA is the Chief Investment Officer of Rwanda Finance Limited, the company promoting and developing Rwanda as a leading financial destination for international investment and cross-border transactions in Africa. Jean-Marie joined Rwanda Finance as a Business Development Manager in charge of the Central and West African region. Jean-Marie is a Finance professional with more… Read more »