Speaker Group: Business Leader

Michael Fischer 2023 Speaker

“Michael Fischer has more than 25 years’ experience in international finance ranging from project finance to private equity. Over this time he has been involved in more than 150 finance transactions on the African continent alone. After heading DEG’s Regional Office, Southern Africa in Johannesburg for 14 years Michael Fischer now heads FI Africa and… Read more »

Michael Famoroti 2023 Speaker

Michael Famoroti leads our Intelligence team. He holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from the LSE. He spent the last few years identifying data gaps in the market as the Chief Economist at Vetiva Capital, an Investment Bank in Nigeria. He is the editor of two books, “Pathways to Shared Prosperity in Nigeria” and… Read more »

Michael Sanni 2023 Speaker

Michael is a climate and impact investment manager at BII, with a personal focus on private credit transactions (structured finance, guarantees and funds). He leads transaction origination, structuring and execution across priority climate ( including mitigation, adaptation, transition) and inclusion themes. He also co-chairs BII’s climate working group for financial services (leading the development of… Read more »

Michael Akampa 2023 Speaker

Michael Akampa is an impact investment professional with over 14 years’ experience structuring, leading, closing and managing impact deals. He is the Co-founder of [Investure](http://www.investure.co/) and [Nobon](http://www.nobon.app/), impact and climate finance platforms. He was also the Co-founder of RE Equity Partners and Traction Capital, Sweden based investment companies active in emerging and frontier markets. Prior… Read more »

Michael Mensah – Baah 2023 Speaker

“Michael Mensah-Baah has over 27 years of experience working in financial services across Europe, America and Africa. In 1998, Michael began his professional career in the United Kingdom and joined JP Morgan as an Associate on the Equity Derivatives Trading Desk. He later became Vice President, Investment Banking with Union Bank of Switzerland (UK), where… Read more »

Michael Musgrave 2023 Speaker

Born and raised in South Africa, Dr. Michael Musgrave has over 25 years experience in biodiversity conservation, forestry, natural climate solutions, carbon offsets, sustainable development, and business development. He has worked at every level in the Natural Climate Solutions industry and has on-the-ground experience in developing prefeasibility studies, project management, carbon measurement, reporting & verification,… Read more »

Michael Nzewi 2023 Speaker

Michael Nzewi is one of the founding partners of CardinalStone Partners Limited and has been Managing Director of the group since January 2017. Michael served as a Director in the Capital Markets division of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), London. Prior to SCB, Michael served as the Head of Investment Banking at Vetiva Capital Management. Michael… Read more »

Meredith Muthoni 2023 Speaker

Meredith Muthoni is Head of Electric Finance at BURN, leading strategy and corporate fundraising for electric cooking. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is the point person for the contact between BURN’s executive team and its electric cooking product line. She has spent over 9 years helping businesses across various sectors design business… Read more »

Merav Galili 2023 Speaker

Dr. Merav Galili is the CEO of the Menomadin Foundation, an international Israeli-based impact fund that promotes innovative solutions to social and climate sustainable development challenges in Israel and Africa, in a model that combines strategic philanthropy and impact investments. Over two decades in senior management positions in academia and non-profit organizations, Dr. Galili has… Read more »

Melinda Bohannon 2023 Speaker

“Melinda is the interim Director General, Humanitarian and Development at the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). She was previously FCDO Strategy Director from September 2020 to July 2023, and before that Strategy Director at the Department for International Development (DFID). Melinda joined the Civil Service in 1999 as an economist and has worked in… Read more »