Born and raised in Zimbabwe, David leads Momentum’s frontier Africa real estate investment management business. Before joining Momentum’s Africa team in December 2012, David spent six years in Momentum’s Alternative Strategies team. Prior to joining Momentum, David was a Vice President at Maples Finance Limited in the Cayman Islands where he provided fiduciary services to… Read more »
Graham was appointed Chairman of the Board in the summer of 2013. Ever since visiting Nepal and India in 1981 Graham had wanted to work in international development. So, ten years ago he quit his business career and decided to “retrain” for a new career by completing an MsC in Development Economics at SOAS. Since… Read more »
Robert Haynie leads SPRING, a social enterprise accelerator that helps scale small businesses by creating products and services that empower girls and young women across East Africa. He has over 17 years of experience bringing together governments, foundations, corporations, and impact investors to build market-based solutions for challenging global issues. Robert is based in London… Read more »
Johann is in charge of the division responsible for equity investments in financial institutions and startups at Proparco. Prior to joining Proparco in 2013, Johann was a sell-side equity analyst at Natixis, a French bank. He subsequently worked on strategy and corporate development at Boursorama, the leading french digital bank, subsidiary of Société Générale. Finally,… Read more »
Aunnie Patton Power is the founder of Intelligent Impact, a technology for social impact advisory firm, and a university lecturer on Innovative Finance, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact. At the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, she holds the title Associate Fellow as well as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Skoll Centre for Social… Read more »
Mohamed Maarouf is an international expert in finance and development. He was the Managing Director of BTI Bank. He was Head of Participatory Finance at BMCE Bank of Africa, and previously Executive Director of PlaNet Finance Morocco after leading the MENA zone. He was also the first President of Development Gateway Morocco. Mr. Maarouf was… Read more »
Loïc MACKOSSO, Managing Partner at ARIES Investissements, began his career in Paris in 2003 as a junior compliance officer in the finance industry within the asset management company Asset Allocation Advisors (AAA) which became Neuflize OBC Investissements. In 2006, following his return to Congo, he joined the legal affairs department of the state-owned oil company… Read more »
Mr Kwasi Kyere is a Professional accountant with the institute of chartered accountants Ghana. He holds a Master degree in Microfinance and a PhD in finance. He has over 20 years of experience at the management level having been the chief executive officer of triple protection services, a manned guard security company for 4 years,… Read more »
Andrei is a Principal with the IFC Asset Management Company, working on the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, a USD 1.2bn vehicle investing in infrastructure companies and projects across emerging markets. He is leasing the Fund’s business development and origination efforts for Sub Saharan Africa. Before joining IFC, Andrei was a director with DP Holdings, focusing… Read more »
Ladé Araba is a senior development finance professional with over 17 years of experience. She is the Managing Director at Convergence Finance and Co-Chairs the Board of EED Advisory. She previously served as Technical Adviser to the former Minister of Finance of Nigeria and was the Head of the Strategic Monitoring Unit. She was also… Read more »