Archives: Speakers

Ria Papier is the Client Director of Old Mutual Private Equity, responsible for leading the fund raising and investor relations functions. Ria Papier joined OMPE in June 2021 from the Client Solutions team at Standard Bank Investment Banking. Ria’s investment banking career spans 17 years, where she has worked across diverse sectors, in the origination… Read more »

A versatile entrepreneur dedicated to creating a world of equal opportunity through financial inclusion. Clark Varin started his first business, Travel Young with a $700 loan on a credit card. That business opened so many doors for Clark Varin and accelerated his career as an international entrepreneur–making him passionate that everyone should have access to… Read more »

Mr. Thomson Nelson Kumwenda is a Growth Oriented Entrepreneurial Executive, Public Certified Accountant CPA (Mw), and Economist, with 15 years practical hands-on extensive experience in Corporate Finance, Accounting, Auditing, teaching, Financial Risk Management and Administration. Thomson Kumwenda is currently pursuing a PhD in Economics with Focus on Banking, Capital, and Financial Markets Developments in Malawi…. Read more »

Samuel Mokorosi is currently the Head of Deals and Origination at the JSE. He is a seasoned financial services executive, with almost 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, private equity and the bond market. Samuel Mokorosi has successfully executed corporate finance and private equity transactions worth R40 billion. He has worked at Standard Bank, Cadiz… Read more »

Farai Sambo is a Financial Officer in the IFC Treasury Client Solutions team based in London and focused on the EMEA region. As a financial market practioner, Farai Sambo has actively partcipated in IFC investments in some of the most notable bond issuances from African private sector companies globally. Farai Sambo has also led several… Read more »

Tola Odukomaiya is an Investment Director within GuarantCo’s Global Execution Team and is based in the London office. He initially joined GuarantCo as a Senior Investment Officer involved in developing and executing GuarantCo’s business in Francophone Africa. Prior to joining GuarantCo, Tola Odukomaiyawas an Associate Director within the Structured and Asset Based Lending unit at… Read more »

Suma Swaminathan is Director, Private Equity at Developing World Markets, a U.S. based impact investment manager that has disbursed over $2.5 billion in over 60 emerging and frontier market countries. She manages deal sourcing, execution and portfolio management across Asia and Africa and is currently a board director at financial institutions in India, Armenia and… Read more »

Gerrit Muller is a Senior Investment Director at Arise and has 15 years of investment experience, of which 13 years include experience in investing across 13 different Sub-Saharan African markets. Gerrit Muller is known for his in-depth knowledge of the financial services sector in Sub-Saharan African. He is one of the founding members of Arise,… Read more »

Jonathan Berman has over 30 years’ experience of banking and investment in emerging markets, particularly Africa and Asia, and of the energy, infrastructure and resources sectors. He has been head of Barclays’ pan-African merchant bank and of Deutsche Bank’s Johannesburg branch, has been an investment committee member of two renewables debt funds, and has advised… Read more »

Rob Stangroom is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years sub-Saharan capital markets advisory experience (specialising in IPOs) and 14 years experience in digital corporate communications, with a specia focus on online investor relations. Rob Stangroom advises companies on Africa-specific digital and capital markets communications strategies. He is excited about ESG and sustainability frameworks as a… Read more »