Wayne Hennessy-Barrett 2024 Speaker

Founder & CEO

4G Capital

Biography

Wayne Hennessy-Barrett is Founder and Executive Chairman of 4G Capital, an award-
winning neobank powering business growth in East Africa. The company was ranked in
the top ten global B Corporation financial institutions and the Financial Times 100 fastest growing companies in Africa. He is a committed advocate for the power of business and technology for the alleviation of poverty.

He has over 25 years leading high-performance teams in frontier markets for high impact outcomes. Wayne has advised and served on several commercial and non-profit boards in business, technology and development including the prestigious Global Advisory Council for the Wilson Center (a non-partisan US government think tank), and positions with the SMART campaign, B for Good Leaders Network, Council for Inclusive
Capitalism and Ethereum Foundation. Listed in the top 50 Fintech CEOs, he had a
distinguished first career as a British Army infantry officer with active duty in Bosnia,
Macedonia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the MOD and as an instructor at
Sandhurst.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and a Chartered Fellow of
the Chartered Management Institute. He holds an MA in Conflict Studies from King’s
College London, a BA in Politics from Exeter University and a diploma in International
Compliance. He attended the Harvard Business School Strategic Leadership in Financial
Inclusion executive course. He enjoys all outdoors pursuits, current affairs and supports a number of charities in the UK and Kenya focused on learning disabilities, advocacy for
marginalized communities and veterans. He is Vice-Chairman of the Companions of the
Order of Malta in Kenya.