Eugene is a Director of the Izwe Group, tasked with managing funding relationship and liquidity. These activities span issuing of bonds, deposit taking, bilateral facilities, as well as the management of currency and interest rate exposures. Eugene holds a Masters Degree in Commerce.
Sanjeev Gupta is Africa Finance Corporation’s (“AFC”) Executive Director for Financial Services. He is responsible for Treasury, Trade Finance & Syndication and Corporate Advisory lines of business within AFC. Mr. Gupta has over 25 years’ experience in Investment Management, Private Equity and Corporate Advisory Services. Sanjeev’s forte has been to blend together global and indigenous… Read more »
Ahmadou Abdoulaye Diallo, economist from Mali, 58 years old, is the Director General of the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) since 31 October 2015. Between 1989 and 1991, he was chief of the section of the funders of the Arab Islamic civilization (Islamic Development Bank, Arab Bank for the economic development of Africa, Kuwait Fund for… Read more »
Vidur Ramdin has a strong background in management, specialised in marketing, public relations and communications. He holds an Executive MBA; a Master in Tourism Management and Marketing; and a degree in Tourism Management. He joined the African Solidarity Fund in 2017 as Director of the Communication and Marketing Department. As part of the development plan,… Read more »
Binta Touré Ndoye (45) is a Malian national and was appointed on July 1, 2016 General Manager of the pan-African banking network Oragroup. She started her career in the US before returning to Africa in 1995, when she joined Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire. She was appointed Managing Director of Ecobank Mali in 2007 and was entrusted… Read more »
Kenny is Chief Executive Officer at Norsad Finance. Norsad Finance is a provider of mezzanine and bespoke debt financing to mid-market companies and financial services providers. Our coverage includes most sectors principally across all Southern Africa markets. Norsad has an equity base of over USD 130 million and prioritizes investments to financially sustainable companies that… Read more »
Douglas Bennet is the COO of GuarantCo’s Management Company and has been involved with GuarantCo since 2007. Douglas started his career as a lawyer and has been advising, structuring, financing and arranging transactions, mainly in emerging and frontier markets, for almost 20 years. GuarantCo provides contingent solutions to help bridge the gap between the local… Read more »
Lorna Smith, OBE, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of LGS and Associates. Ms. Smith has more than three decades of experience at the highest levels of the public service in the British Virgin Islands. Over the course of her senior-level service, Ms. Smith developed extensive relationships with leaders from the business community, international… Read more »
Deepak filled the newly created Management position of Chief Risk Officer in February 2020. The position is part of ATI’s medium-term strategy to strengthen its overall risk management function. Deepak brings over 20 years of global experience in banking, capital markets and private finance to the role. He served in senior positions at GE Capital,… Read more »
Peter Bartlett has more than 30 years experience working in Emerging Markets and sits on the Board of several EM specialist firms, Investment Managers and has a vast array of relationships in the EM fixed Income and Equity markets. Peter founded his own business called Exotix in 1999 which has grown into a company employing… Read more »