Archives: Speakers

Philip Sigwart has been appointed CEO of Baobab Group in October 2019. Before he joined Baobab Group, Philip Sigwart served as Director for SME Banking at Equity Group Holdings, one of the leading banking groups in East Africa. Previously, he held several senior management positions at the ProCredit Group, and served as CEO in ProCredit… Read more »

Peter started his career in 1989 with Lloyds Merchant Bank managing its EM debt portfolios, and then worked at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. In 1993 he joined Banque Indosuez in Paris, working alongside Alexis Habib and several other members of what is now the Spinnaker Capital team. In 1999 he founded Exotix (now known as Tellimer),… Read more »

Peter Boonman has worked as a bank manager in The Netherlands for 15 years before making the step to international NGOs. After a career in Business Development and Programme Design he joined the Principles for Responsible Investment where he discovered Impact Investing. Nowadays Peter is the Global Technical Advisor for Innovative Finance at SNV, Netherlands… Read more »

Peter George structured, fundraised, and co-manages Spark+ Africa Fund, a $64 million impact fund investing across the value chains of clean and modern cooking energy solutions in Africa. The fund is advised by Swiss investment advisory firm Enabling Qapital, and its general partner is a 50/50 joint venture between Enabling Qapital and Stichting Modern Cooking,… Read more »

Paul Kamau is a seasoned investment and transaction advisor with over 20 years’ experience in financial modelling, business restructuring and investment structuring. He also conducts business and intellectual property valuations and has advised on several Mergers and Acquisitions. He hasundertaken and led assignments across multiple African countries and has gained an enviable reputation as a… Read more »

Paul Ouma is a Partner based in the Nairobi office and co-Head of Africa Advisory with over 16 years of experience. Prior to CrossBoundary, Mr. Ouma spent several years in advisory and principal investing. Mr. Ouma started his career in Deloitte’s financial advisory services group in Chicago where he performed business and intangible asset valuations… Read more »

Patrick Watson |Chief Financial Officer – Turaco Patrick is a seasoned finance professional with over a decade of experience dedicated to impact investing in emerging markets. As an Investment Director at Blink C.V., he was responsible for shaping and executing Blink’s impact investment strategy, focusing on private companies and investment funds across Latin America, Africa,… Read more »

Oyin Solebo is Managing Director at Techstars – the world’s most active pre-seed investor, and the most active startup investor in Africa. Techstars is a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs. Oyin runs Techstars’ Africa-based accelerator, the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator, in partnership with… Read more »

Oriol Domenech has more than 25 years of experience in the supply chain for the automotive, food and chemical industries. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the UPC University in Barcelona and a PDD (Management Development Program) from the prestigious IESE Business School. He is currently involved in the international management and development… Read more »

Onyinye Okafor is a partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate Advisory departments. Her specialisations include corporate and project finance, debt restructuring, structured finance, trade finance, fintech, debt capital markets, insolvency and corporate advisory. Onyinye regularly advises international banks such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Standard Chartered Bank,… Read more »