Begna Gebreyes 2025 Speaker
Deputy Director and Head Of Heavy Industries, Telecoms & Technology , Africa Finance Corporation
Begna Gebreyes is Head of Heavy Industries, Telecoms & Technology (HITT) at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). As Head of HITT, he oversees a portfolio of US$1 billion in assets with average annual debt and equity origination of US$300 million to US$500 million. He has over 20 years experience of investment banking and private equity across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The last 11 of those years have been at AFC leading greenfield investments across AFC’s 45 member countries in the natural resources, transport, heavy industries, telecoms and technology sectors. Prior to AFC, he held various roles at Standard Chartered Plc, CapitalSource Inc. and Bank of America N. A. He received his BA from Stanford University, MBA from University of California: Berkeley Haas and is a CFA charterholder.
