Asuquo Nkposong has over 18 years of experience in the financial services sector across multiple markets in West, Francophone West, East and Southern Africa. His experience spans corporate and commercial banking and he has been involved in project finance, structured trade finance, derivative structuring and corporate syndication transactions such as the largest corporate syndication deal… Read more »
Olu Oyinsan is an Emerging Markets Seed-stage Investor and Managing Partner at Oui Capital- an early-stage VC fund investing in promising technology companies in frontier markets at the pre-seed and seed stage. Before launching Oui Capital, Olu Oyinsan started his career in commercial banking with Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank, later working as a TEI Consultant… Read more »
Born and raised in London, Sidney completed his three-year LLB (Hons) in Law with University of London whilst working for a private wealth management company in Hong Kong. In 2007 Sidney Yankson received an academic award from the University of London. Sidney Yankson was one of the top students in his class and was ranked… Read more »
Ndiarka Mbodji, a former Executive with Rolls-Royce Group, is Founder and CEO of Kowry Energy GmbH. During her 15-year tenure with the Rolls-Royce, she has gained extensive experience in Supply Chain, Operational Excellence, Engineering and Customer Business. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce, Ndiarka Mbodji worked for 7 years in the automotive industry where she held several… Read more »
Mr Thapelo Tsheole is a seasoned Financial Markets expert with a cumulative experience of over 20 years having worked for the Central Bank Bank of Botswana and Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). Mr Thapelo Tsheole holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Single Major Economics) from the University of Botswana and a Master of Commerce (MComm) in… Read more »
Christophe de Montille is an Investment Associate for Beyond Capital Ventures, focused primarily on the financial services, livelihoods, distribution, and mobility sectors. Christophe de Montille previously worked as a management consultant for 10 years and supported commercial and governmental clients with their portfolio management, capital planning, and governance. Christophe de Montille holds a M.B.A. and… Read more »
Tiaan Bazuin has a B.Comm (Economics + Law) and an LLB degree from the North West University in South Africa and was admitted as Legal Practitioner in the High Court of Namibia in 2006 with broad management experience in banking, telecommunications and capital markets. Tiaan Bazuin is the Chief Executive officer of the Namibian Stock… Read more »
Phil Skinner is a Managing Director at GuarantCo, having joined in October 2016. Philip Skinner leads the Global Execution (Investment) Team which is responsible for executing new transactions and restructuring stressed assets across Africa and Asia. Prior to joining GuarantCo, Philip Skinner worked for the Green Investment Bank where he was part of the founding… Read more »
Mr Opelo Motswagae has vast experience in management acquired through various critical roles in mining, construction, project management and Corporate Banking sector. Prior to establishing and actively managing Ticano Group (Pty) Ltd, Mr Opelo Motswagae was working as a Transaction Banker – Multinational Corporates at Stanbic Bank Botswana until June 2015, driving trade finance structured… Read more »
Aum Thacker is an Investment Professional at TLG Capital, with experience originating and executing a number of transactions in the venture and early-stage credit space. He also leads TLG’s investment into TLG Pharma as Finance Director: TLG Pharma is a Distribution and Marketing business present across Francophone Africa selling branded generic pharmaceutical products. Prior to… Read more »