Business Leader Speakers

Fabien Konan Beugre 2019 Speaker

Founder , Granatum Finance, All Africa

Founder of Granatum Finance, a financial technology company with the objective of providing an alternative source of funding for corporates and governments based on asset-backed blockchain tokenisation (ABBT). Fabien's vision…

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Yann Pambou 2019 Speaker

Head of Africa, Principal Investments and Private Equity , Swiss Re direct Investment, Sub-Saharan Africa

Yann joined Swiss Re Direct Investment in 2014 as the Head of Africa for Principal Investment and Private Equity, taking on responsibility for originating and executing transactions and monitoring investee…

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Ulla Huotari 2019 Speaker

Investment Manager , Finnfund, Sub-Saharan Africa

Ulla works as an investment manager at Finnfund, focusing on origination and execution of Financial Sector investments and projects with gender initiatives. Previously she has worked in asset management with…

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Rupert Scofield 2019 Speaker

President and CEO , FINCA International, All Africa

Rupert Scofield is the President, CEO and Co-Founder of FINCA International, author of “The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook,” presenter of The Social Enterprise Podcast (www.socentpodcast.org), and a regular contributor to articles…

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Hirander Misra 2018 Speaker

Chairman , MINDEX, Pan-African

Hirander Misra is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group, which is a set of companies that offer sustainable and innovative solutions for the new era of global financial markets…

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Lasitha Perera 2019 Speaker

CEO , GuarantCo - Part of The Private Infrastructure Development Group, All Africa

Lasitha is Chief Executive Officer at GuarantCo, the contingent credit solutions arm of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) funded by members from seven countries (UK, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Sweden,…

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Fred Steiner CFA 2019 Speaker

Portfolio Manager , BCCM Advisors, All Africa

As Portfolio Manager of the Blue Clay Pan-Africa Fund, Fred Steiner is responsible for security selection and portfolio construction. Prior to re-joining BCCM Advisors, Fred earned his Master’s in Business…

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Ioto Iotov 2019 Speaker

Manager , AfricInvest, Pan-Africa

Ioto joined AfricInvest in 2018, after having spent his MBA internship with the FIVE team in 2017. Ioto has nine years of experience, initially as an auditor (PwC and KPMG),…

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Peter Leger 2019 Speaker

Head of Global Frontier Markets , Coronation Fund Managers, All Africa

Peter has been investing in emerging markets for 20 years and is as passionate about these markets as ever. He heads up Coronation’s Global Frontiers team, which manages $700m of…

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Paul Clark 2019 Speaker

Portfolio Manager , Ashburton Investments, Africa excluding South Africa

Paul is a Fund Manager at Ashburton Investments. He joined Ashburton Investments South Africa in 2012 to set up and manage an Africa Fund for the FirstRand Group. Paul started…

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