Archives: Speakers

Rui Oliveira 2022 speaker

Rui Oliveira runs the largest money markets and fixed income mutual funds business in Angola with a cumulative track record, since its inception, of US$500 million of assets under management (AUM) servicing a solid client base including high net worth individuals and institutional investors. Rui Oliveira’s career spans over 10+ years of experience in capital… Read more »

Ashim Egunjobi 2022 speaker

Ashim Egunjobi is an investment professional and global leader with over fifteen years professional experience in the financial services and technology industry. Ashim Egunjobi has worked in tech, banking and finance, leading multinational teams and organisations across Africa, Germany, the Middle East and Asia, giving her a global perspective and local insight into the opportunities… Read more »

Weixi Gong 2022 speaker

Dr. Weixi Gong has over two decades of professional experience, with positions and expertise in the Aviation Industry, Systems Analysis as well as Investment Promotion, Technology Transfer and its negotiation, theory and practice. Currently, he is serving as Chief of Investment and Technology Promotion Division and Coordinator of Investment and Technology Promotion Network at United… Read more »

Kaylene Alvarez 2022 speaker

Kaylene Alvarez is a global, technical specialist in impact investing, access to finance for SME, gender lens investing and risk management with work experience in nearly 40 countries, spanning a 25+ year career. Her eclectic experience has spanned both private and public sectors, including: international non-profits; M&A for AIG’s Consumer Finance Group ($2B in earnings);… Read more »

John Lentaigne 2022 speaker

John Lentaigne heads up the Tysers credit and political risk team, a development-financed focused broking outfit focused on de-risking investments into emerging and developing markets. Tysers clients include many of the largest commercial lenders active in financing cross-border investments into Africa, as well as a number of the key development finance institutions operating on the… Read more »

Jonathan Sprigg 2022 speaker

Head of Standard Bank’s international fiduciary service business, Jonathan Sprigg has worked in the international financial services industry for 25 years managing African connected clients and investment transactions connected to Africa. Currently based in Mauritius, Jonathan Sprigg has worked in Jersey, Isle of Man and London and has travelled regularly to East, West and South… Read more »

Chris Ayodeji Oyeniyi 2022 speaker

Chris Oyeniyi is an entrepreneur passionate about Africa and the SME sector, His passion for entrepreneurship started early at the age of 17 where he managed the family business for 4years before proceeding to study Chemistry but soon became a chartered accountant (A fellow of the ACCA) out of his love for numbers. He has… Read more »

Victor Basta 2022 speaker

Victor Basta is the CEO/Co-Head of DAI Magister, a boutique investment bank. Victor has advised on over 130 transactions across 30 years, and helped found and build three successful corporate finance firms in the process. His orientation has always been towards sell-side financings and M&A, where experience and creativity can yield real additional value to… Read more »

Shrivar Mohan 2022 speaker

Shrivar Mohan is an Investment Principal at Edge Growth Ventures – a South African SME development specialist and impact investor. Shrivar has a special focus on early-stage, impact investments and also assists with driving new business development and capital raising for Edge Growth Ventures.

David Krivanek 2022 speaker

David Krivanek is the Impact Investing Institute’s Programme Manager for International Development. He leads the Institute’s international work, including the secretariat for the G7 Impact Taskforce, an independent, industry-led effort mandated by the UK Government under its G7 presidency in 2021. An economist by training, David Krivanek previously worked at the United Nations, where he… Read more »