Speaker Group: Business Leader

Emma-Jane Fulcher is Head of Structured Finance and Corporates at ARC Ratings. Her responsibilities include overseeing the rating process for all asset classes within Structured Finance and Corporates. Additional responsibilities also include publishing research and commentary. Emma-Jane worked for Fitch Ratings for eleven and a half years in Structured Finance, as well as heading up… Read more »

Houenou Eric Armand is associate director of SIGMA-H, a company specializing in sector studies, financial advice and fundraising. He has over 15 years of professional experience in audit, management control, project management, fundraising for public and private companies. Previously, Houenou Eric was Manager at ALGEST CONSULTING specialized in fundraising and he structured financing up to… Read more »

Eva Yazhari founded Beyond Capital in 2009 and has been instrumental in building the firm’s due diligence practice to ensure effective capital allocation. Eva was previously a Vice President at EnTrust Capital Inc., an asset management firm where she worked on the fund of hedge fund investment team and specialized in due diligence and portfolio… Read more »

I’m a lead corporate and entrepreneurial finance consultant with extensive experience in strategic business planning and venture capital advisory spanning across Africa and Asia. Never missing the bigger picture!

Ezekiel OLAJUMOKE is an Agribusiness Consultant and the Managing Director of NGsnails with over 5 years experience in the Agribusiness sector. He’s an Ambassador of the YALI West Africa; an Alumni of the Enterprise development Center and Fate Foundation. He’s so keen at solving various health diseases using the safest natural, organic methods and that… Read more »

Faridah K Mugimba (MSc Financial Aspects in Decision Making), Faridah is a Certified Pension Analyst and Financial Services Specialist in Pensions and Investment. I am the CEO and Lead Consultant in Pensions and Investment. Writer and Editor of the Award winning “Pension Focus Africa Magazine” in 2017-Best Pension Journalist of the year in both East… Read more »

A training Consultant. Former Commercial Banking Manager with 15 years experience. CEO of a running microfinance firm in Ibadan Nigeria.

Francis has accumulated more than 15 years experience in the finance and real estate sector. A passionate real estate entrepreneur, he spearheaded and founded Ioka Group (Property, Retail & Hospitality) where he serves as CEO, Ioka Hospitality (hotel management), West Coast Property (Benin’s premier high-end real estate agency) and Fourtrust (a financial services company). Francis… Read more »

Greg Marchand is a Partner at Avencion Group, an emerging technology, consulting and investment advisory firm focused on operations optimization and digital transformation in high-growth industries. At a glance: • Previously a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting Group; Post-Merger Acquisition, Strategy, Operations and Technology practices • Named by African Business Magazine in 2014 and 2015… Read more »

Greg oversees GAIN’s innovative financing, food fortification and urban nutrition portfolio supporting governments and over 1,000 agri-food businesses improve access to nutritious foods in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Before joining GAIN in 2011, Greg spent a decade in management roles at for-profit agencies designing and delivering public health and nutrition initiatives in Asia and… Read more »