Christina (CJ) Juhasz is the Chief Investment Officer of WWB Asset Management (WAM,) a subsidiary of Women’s World Banking, responsible for raising and investing private equity funds with a gender-lens. To date, WAM has $150M in AUM, providing growth capital, and research-driven market and organizational solutions to guide portfolio companies to reach more women as… Read more »
Eugene Amusin is Head of Strategy and Client Solutions at Citi Social Finance. He is also a Director and Credit Officer of Citi and is based in London. Eugene Amusin is responsible for designing strategy and delivering client solutions with social impact in emerging markets. He provides industry specialist support across regions working with corporates,… Read more »
William Nkontchou is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of AFIIP (Africa Financial Institutions Investment Platform). AFIIP Was founded in 2021 to become a premier investment platform solely dedicated to the investment in financial institutions In Africa across assets classes including debt, NPL portfolio and special situations. Prior to founding AFIIP, William Nkontchou was a Managing… Read more »
John Humphrey has served as His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa since June 2022. Prior to joining the Department for International Trade (DIT), John Humphrey was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Kent HoldCo Limited (KHL). Between 2012 and 2019 John Humphrey was with the UK Hydrographic Office (an MOD Trading Fund). From 2015 he… Read more »
Before Philip Sigwart joined Baobab Group, Philip Sigwart served as Director for SME Banking at Equity Group Holdings, one of the leading banking groups in East Africa. Previously, he held several senior management positions at the ProCredit Group, and served as CEO in ProCredit subsidiaries in Kosovo, Georgia, and DRC. Philip Sigwart started his career… Read more »
Sudeep Laad is a Partner at L.E.K. Consulting. He is a founding member and leader of the Global Education Practice at L.E.K. Sudeep has delivered over 200 cases in the education sector and led more than 100 engagements across 30+ geographies in emerging markets. Sudeep Laad leads the education work in Africa, where he has… Read more »
Kenneth Mohammed is a UK Certified Accountant (ACCA) and holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University and an MA in Corruption and Governance from the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex. He has over 20 years of experience gained in the UK, USA, Africa and the Caribbean. Kenneth Mohammed brings… Read more »
Daniel Ngumy is a Managing Partner at Anjarwalla & Khanna and heads the firm’s Tax department. He specialises in regional and international tax law, and has extensive experience in tax disputes and tax transactional matters. Daniel Ngumy provides ongoing tax advice on matters affecting clients across various industries, including the financial sector, power, energy and… Read more »
Susan Payne has spent her career founding, building and managing businesses either focused on or located in global emerging markets, over the last decade primarily Africa. After having been trained as a lawyer and called to the Bar in Canada, Susan’s early work experience included senior management roles in securities trading over a decade with… Read more »
Jeffrey Kirk is the managing partner of the Appleby British Virgin Islands office and he leads the BVI office Corporate Practice Group. He advises on public and private M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, FinTech including digital assets, investment funds & services, private equity, (re)insurance and other corporate matters. He is also the global head… Read more »