Charlie co-founded Maris in 2009 and is a Director of Maris Limited. He oversees the group from East Africa. Prior to establishing Maris, Charlie developed a successful portfolio of venture businesses in Afghanistan and East Africa. He worked for Societe General in its investment banking division in London after graduating from the University of Edinburgh.
Charles Robertson, a leading emerging markets specialist, is FIM Partner’s head of macro-strategy. He covers the global economic themes having the greatest impact on Frontier and Emerging markets, including democratisation, demographics, education, electricity, ESG, fertility, pension funds, savings, terrorism, as well as a focusing on exchange rates and achieving the best possible returns for equity.He… Read more »
“Charles has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry across many regions including Africa, Europe, United Kingdom, Channel Islands, and Caribbean. In 2022 Charles was a member of the team that executed a $1.5B blue-bond based debt restructure in Ecuador, lowering debt costs and protecting over 200k sq km of ocean around… Read more »
“Cedric Longange is the President of the Congolese Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain [CCCGB], bridging the UK and the DRC in trade, business and investments. He also sits on the board of i-Afrika, a network of African entrepreneurs operating in different sectors, with a common objective of positively impact Africa. He has accumulated 20… Read more »
“Cécile Sother is an impact investor in the agrifood sector across emerging markets. She is the Founder and General Partner of SABI Fund. She has led investments for a value of $0.75B in the food system across Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Latam through $1m-200m tickets. She has 10 years of M&A experience in agri-commodities trading… Read more »
Caroline Chinhuru is a Senior Investment Officer on the Calvert Impact Investments team and has been with Calvert Impact since 2017. Caroline grew up in Zimbabwe where she experienced firsthand how fragmented capital markets and inefficient capital flows can significantly curtail community development. This experience led her to her current role where she now works… Read more »
Carl Neethling is a founder of ACN Capital, previously known as Acorn Private Equity, and a respected private equity industry operator and Chief Executive Officer with 18 years’ experience in private equity and the broader asset management industry. He has successfully managed assets in excess of R5bn across various funds and has served as a… Read more »
“Caitlin Craig is the Head of Private Capital Markets at Untapped Global, previously Operations Lead and Investment Officer for Southern Africa. Originally from Canada and now based in Cape Town, South Africa, Caitlin works on deploying Smart Asset Financing across Africa and raising capital globally. Prior to Untapped, she spent years working in Nigeria with… Read more »
Brenton is an experienced Investment Professional with over a decade of demonstrated history of working in the Financial Services Sector. Skilled in Deal Origination, Investment Research, Strategy, Analytical Reasoning, Negotiation & Persuasion and Keynote Speaking. Currently at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), looking after Africa strategy across Developmental Investments, Properties and Private Equity; whilst managing… Read more »
Brad is an ex Investment banker, previously Global Head of Global Markets at Africa’s largest Bank, Standard Bank, before co-founding African Alpha Investment Partners, which manages a portfolio of assets on the African continent focused primarily on the consumer sector. AAIP’s largest investments are in Ethiopia where the FMCG assets are co managed with 54… Read more »
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