Matt is an experienced investment professional, and Managing Director of the Aldridge Family Office. He invests in growth capital businesses and startups. He has been a Board member of KOFISI for 6 years.
13th – 14th OCTOBER 2026 | LONDON
Speaker Group: Business Leader
Matt Brehaut 2023 Speaker
“Matt is a partner in the corporate team in Carey Olsen’s London office. He advises on corporate and investment funds matters, with particular experience in the structuring and launch of investment funds. Matt provides funds, fund service providers and fund promoters with advice on all aspects of the establishment, regulation and operation of investment funds…. Read more »
Mathieu Fourn 2023 Speaker
Mathieu Fourn is the EduFinance Technical Assistance Director at Opportunity International EduFinance. Mathieu works closely with MFIs to develop, launch, and improve financial products in the education finance space across the global footprint of MFI partners. Prior to joining the team, Mathieu worked for RCI Banque and General Electric in corporate finance and project management… Read more »
Mary Njuguna 2023 Speaker
“Mary has over 17 years’ experience in capital markets development, regulation and legal practice. She is passionate about supporting transformative capital market initiatives that promote economic development in Africa. Mary currently manages several projects on policy and regulatory reform, market infrastructure and product development. She leads the implementation of FSD Africa’s flagship Africa Regulatory Support… Read more »
Martin Freimuller 2023 Speaker
Martin is the Founder & CEO of Octavia Carbon, the Global South’s first Direct Air [Carbon] Capture (DAC) company. Octavia Carbon designs, builds and deploys DAC technology that uniquely leverages Kenya’s geothermal heat, geology & talent to reverse climate change and end the fossil fuel age. They and their CO2 storage partner Cella are now… Read more »
Martin Ewald 2023 Speaker
“Martin Ewald is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors and heads Private Equity Impact Investment. Martin has been driven by his mission to mobilize private capital for impact markets at scale. Accordingly, he has spent the last 15 years of his career shifting the boundaries of the investable universe for… Read more »
Martijn Proos 2023 Speaker
Martijn has over 17 years of infrastructure finance experience gained in various advisory, project, corporate and structured finance roles in both emerging and developed markets. He has been working with Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) since 2008. Prior to Ninety One (formerly Investec Asset Management), he worked at FMO’s Africa Infrastructure department, T-Mobile and Tebodin… Read more »
Mark Nisbet 2023 Speaker
“Mark qualified as an English solicitor in 2007 and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2009 and has previously worked in the corporate and banking groups for top tier Jersey law firms, Carey Olsen and Bedell Cristin. Mark has over 15 years experience of Jersey company law, security law and regulatory matters… Read more »
Mark Kenderdine-Davies 2023 Speaker
Mark is British International Investment’s Chief Legal Officer with oversight of the company’s legal, regulatory and tax affairs. Mark joined British International Investment in 2006 as its General Counsel/Company Secretary and manages the lawyers and tax executives, who have advised on/supported every British International Investment commitment since then. Mark also chairs the US-based Global Private… Read more »
Mark Napier 2023 Speaker
“Mark’s early career (1989-2003) was in investment banking in the City of London where he advised growth companies on M&A and capital raising. He has now been involved in financial sector development in Africa for well over a decade. From 2004-2009 he was CEO of FinMark Trust, based in Johannesburg. He then moved back to… Read more »
