Business Leader Speakers

Nimrod Gerber 2022 speaker

Managing Partner , Vital Capital

Nimrod Gerber is the Managing Partner of Vital Capital Fund and a member of our investment committee. He has over 15 years of ground-level operational experience implementing investments, partnerships and…

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Sven Rosenberg 2022 speaker

Co-Founder , Postnest

Sven Rosenberg is an experienced business developer who has been working in the technology sector for more than 10 years. Has been through the building of startup cycle and currently…

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Ria Papier 2022 speaker

Client Director , Old Mutual Alternative Investments (Pty) Ltd

Ria Papier is the Client Director of Old Mutual Private Equity, responsible for leading the fund raising and investor relations functions. Ria Papier joined OMPE in June 2021 from the…

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Clark Varin 2022 speaker

Co-Founder , Muvule Financing Ltd

A versatile entrepreneur dedicated to creating a world of equal opportunity through financial inclusion. Clark Varin started his first business, Travel Young with a $700 loan on a credit card.…

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Thomson Kumwenda 2022 speaker

Chief Finance Officer , Malawi Agricultural & Industrial Investment Corporation

Mr. Thomson Nelson Kumwenda is a Growth Oriented Entrepreneurial Executive, Public Certified Accountant CPA (Mw), and Economist, with 15 years practical hands-on extensive experience in Corporate Finance, Accounting, Auditing, teaching,…

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Samuel Mokorosi 2022 speaker

Head of Deals and Origination , Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Samuel Mokorosi is currently the Head of Deals and Origination at the JSE. He is a seasoned financial services executive, with almost 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, private equity…

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Farai Sambo 2022 speaker

Financial Officer , IFC

Farai Sambo is a Financial Officer in the IFC Treasury Client Solutions team based in London and focused on the EMEA region. As a financial market practioner, Farai Sambo has…

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Tola Odukomaiya 2022 speaker

Investment Director , GuarantCo

Tola Odukomaiya is an Investment Director within GuarantCo’s Global Execution Team and is based in the London office. He initially joined GuarantCo as a Senior Investment Officer involved in developing…

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Suma Swaminathan 2022 speaker

Director , DWM Asset Management LLC

Suma Swaminathan is Director, Private Equity at Developing World Markets, a U.S. based impact investment manager that has disbursed over $2.5 billion in over 60 emerging and frontier market countries.…

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Gerrit Muller 2022 speaker

Senior Investment Director , Arise

Gerrit Muller is a Senior Investment Director at Arise and has 15 years of investment experience, of which 13 years include experience in investing across 13 different Sub-Saharan African markets.…

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